The Statue Park Museum in Budapest was opened on August 23rd, 1993 as part of the country-wide festivities to celebrate the second anniversary of the last Soviet troops' departure from Hungary.

Walk in the Park, [the visitor's guide] descibes the site in five languages:

The Wall behind the Scenes

The crude, monumental brick wall has all the characteristic elements of socialist realism (pillars, arches, wall spaces). It wishes to create the illusion that it is a natural successor to classical architecture, but in its own legitimate terms.

The statues of Lenin, Marx and Engels great the visitors.

The imposing facade has only one "small fault" - the building behind it is missing.

You cannot enter at the main gate. It is always shut. But then again, if you are clever, you

can always find aside-entrance

The Path

This path is as straight as an arrow: "One and indivisible."

Around the path is figure eight on its side, the mathematical symbol for infinity.

Whatever adventures you may have on your route, you will always return to the "true path."

Each circle has its own theme:

The Endless Parade of Liberation Monuments

The Endless Parade of Personalities of the Workers' Movement

The Unending Promenade of Worker's Movement Concepts


The Road and the End Wall

The path, which has guided the visitor so far, goes past the two statues of the negotiators, which have become a symbol for "farewell", (by standing for decades at the city limits of Budapest), ......and a few metres further, travels straight into the end wall.

You can progress no further. You have to turn back.

It was a dead end.

back to democracy -- very difficult.