Tragor Ignác Múzeum Memento Mori/Ars Memorandi Kiállítóhely

Quite extraordinary place. The museum has basically been created as a result of the discovery of a sealed-off burial crypt containing the coffins, personal artifacts and mumified remains of 18th Century town's folk. Some of the burial artifacts are display on the ground floor, but the main reason for coming here is to visit the crypt.
A bit creepy seeing the actual mumified facial remains of several people. The coffins on display are well preserved and decorated with a variety of motifs which revolve around themes of redemption, death and vanity.
Note that entrance ticket is cash only.

Awesome little museum! Gives you a bit of 18th c. Hungarian history to put everything in context and then you go down into the basement to see the actual coffins they found and a few mummified bodies (the clothes they are in are not original however). Really worth seeing, especially if doing the Danube River bend trip. Only needs about 30 min to an hour, depending on how closely you want to read everything.

The museum is great, unfortunately access to the Greek church is not allowed due to safety concerns. You can't take photos of the mummies in the basement.

At this time of year, January, it was very quiet. I was given a one on one guide with a very friendly member of staff. The museum is small, but contains fascinating items, including several mummified bodies in the cellar area and many recovered religious artefacts. A good job has been done restoring the 17th-18th pine coffins using appropriate colours. If this museum was in Budapest it would be extremely busy. Make time during your holiday to take the train from Nyugati station. It only takes 25 minutes or so. If you want to know more about this place there are several interesting videos on YouTube.

A great museum to visit to get an idea of the history of Vác. The price of entry is reasonable and the staff are very friendly and courteous, we highly recommend this small museum.

This place surprised me in a good way. It’s very modern and informative. And a lot of English to learn from as well. The man that works there, I think his name is pronounced Jakob? He was amazing. He spoke little English but enough to help. You can see how passionate he is about this place as he guides you around. Thank you for the good experience!

Very interesting museum, the place where you should start visiting the town.
Don't miss the Triumphal Arch, just a few minutes walk, the Danube and the churches.
A half-day trip from Budapest is definitely worth it.

Was very interesting and the staff were very pleasant and informative. Vacs is such a historical town.

Great museum with helpful guides. They can speak German, and English besides Hungarian. The videos were subtitled in English. Interesting place to visit.

A small museum with a lot of interesting information about the past of Vác and Hungary.

Found by mistake but was fascinating. Staff were excellent even though they hadn't any english

Lovely Museum with the history of Vac.
Has lots of beautiful rosaries and coffins to be seen

Well laid out and very interesting History. A lot has happened in this small town.!

Lovely, quaint museum. Very friendly and helpful staff

Definitely worth visiting if you are in Vác.

Interesting museum. It's it's full of mumias.

Those mummies were must see

Izgalmas hely a pincében lévő mumifikált holttestek kiállítása.
A világ szenzáció immár 30 éves.

1994-ben a váci főtéren álló domonkos templom restaurálásakor, a statikai vizsgálatok során megkopogtatott falak az egyik helyen kongó hangot hallattak. Megbontva a téglákat egy üreg, és benne a mélybe vezető kőlépcső tűnt fel. A lépcsők egy boltozatos kriptába vezettek, ahol rengeteg kisebb-nagyobb koporsó halmozódott egymás tetejére, szinte a mennyezetig betöltve az egész helyiséget.
A Fehérek templomának kriptáját kezdetben csak a fehér kámzsát viselő domonkosok (innen a templom neve) használták, de 1731-től világi polgárokat is temettek bele, majd befalazták.
Elfelejtkeztek róla, hiszen Vác, várával, sok évszázadra visszanyúló történelmével annyi titkot rejt.
A feltáráskor 262 koporsó, feliratok és a halotti anyakönyvek alapján 166 személyt tudtak beazonosítani. A kripta különleges mikroklímájának köszönhetően a holttestek többsége mumifikálódott, és jó állapotban maradtak meg a ruházatok, szövetek is.
A kiállítás már nem a templom alagsorában, hanem egy szomszédos épület, XIV. századi pincéjében van. Szemben egymásra halmozott koporsók láthatók, a falakon körben a legszebb festett koporsókat, fedeleket állították ki. A terem hátsó részében egy szabómester, egy polgárasszony és egy csecsemő mumifikálódott teste nyugszik, rekonstruált, az eredeti alapján készült viseletben, üvegkoporsóba zárva.

Érdekes, egyedülálló szelete a múltnak. A 18. századi koporsók, múmiák, kegytárgyak betekintést nyújtanak őseink életének utolsó fázisába.