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Museum of fine arts to open after renovation in Oct

Budapest’s Museum of Fine Arts will open after a three-year renovation on October 31, the state secretary of culture said. Alongside new permanent
exhibitions, the museum will open with a temporary exhibition marking the approaching 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci’s death, Péter Fekete told reporters. The reconstructed Romanesque Hall will be open to the public for the first time since it was damaged in WWII. László Baán, the museum’s director, said that during the works, about 40% of the building was upgraded. New exhibition halls have been created and the heating
and air conditioning systems have been renewed, he said.