Márton Áron Museum

The museum pays tribute to one of Transylvania’s most influential 20th-century figures, Bishop Áron Márton, while also presenting the history of 20th-century Transylvania through the perspective of the Hungarian community. Áron Márton’s life journey is exceptionally suited to illustrate the contradictory historical events, political changes, dictatorships, and restrictions of freedom through which the minorities of Transylvania had to remain faithful both to the Christian commandment of love for one’s neighbor and to their national culture. Our exhibition helps visitors understand the present-day situation of Transylvanian Hungarians – in many ways thought-provoking, yet in even more ways a source of pride – and shows interactively the unique Transylvanian path of today, above which, like a “guiding light,” Bishop Áron Márton’s exemplary life and legacy point the way.

At the same time, the exhibition, which presents the complex historical contexts, offers visitors the opportunity to recall their own families’ 20th-century stories and to share with their children and grandchildren memories of those times, whose tragedies must never be repeated. For teenagers, we have also prepared museum education programs designed to help them learn in an explorative and engaging way about the 20th century and about the life and teachings of Bishop Áron Márton, whose message remains meaningful and relevant even today.