{"id":634,"date":"2025-07-11T08:17:23","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T06:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/konyvtar\/?page_id=634"},"modified":"2026-01-12T13:55:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T12:55:17","slug":"festival-of-museums-2016","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/konyvtar\/en\/museum\/exhibition-history-list\/festival-of-museums-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Festival of Museums 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"
21-22. May 2016<\/h5>

Science and art in the drawing room of veterinarians<\/strong><\/p>

The villa of Ferenc Varga (1835\u20131908), director of the veterinary academy, at R\u00e1kospalota, a suburb of Budapest, was often accommodating scholarly discussions or chamber music. This played a part in the development of the veterinarian community and publicity as well as in the vitalisation of the social life of the then popular resort. Varga and his step son, B\u00e9la N\u00e1daskay, have started the first Hungarian veterinary journal entitled Veterinarius, and founded the Hungarian Veterinary Association. N\u00e1daskay also used his artistic talents as an anatomist. We can still admire the wonderful, prize-winning preparations of his museum, his anatomic models, and paintings. Besides he was also playing music and was also engaged in skating. Franz Liszt visited Professor Varga two times in 1885. The professor\u2019s daughter, Vilma (who became a pianist and a piano teacher) had been the private student of Franz Liszt and cherished his memory later. This drawing room will be presented with tests and lots of fun!<\/p>

Our presentation is based upon an earlier exhibition:\u00a0Piano and horseshoeing<\/p>