Past as you order?
16 Apr 2025 — 25 May 2025 at Budapest
· Hungary
"Past as you order?" takes its provocative title from the age-old practice of bending history to political will. Focusing on medieval Hungary and Russia, the exhibition investigates how rulers, chroniclers, and institutions manipulated the past — rewriting genealogies, forging documents, and crafting origin myths — to legitimise authority and consolidate power.
Through manuscripts, artefacts, and scholarly commentary, visitors are invited to reflect on the surprisingly modern resonance of medieval political time travel: the idea that the past is never fixed, but endlessly reordered by those who hold power in the present.
Through manuscripts, artefacts, and scholarly commentary, visitors are invited to reflect on the surprisingly modern resonance of medieval political time travel: the idea that the past is never fixed, but endlessly reordered by those who hold power in the present.
About the venue
Budapest
· Hungary
Budapest is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is Hungary's primate city with 1.7 million inhabitants and its greater metro area has a population of about 3.3 million, representing one-third of the country's population and producing more than 40% of the country's economic output…