The Christian Museum (Keresztény Múzeum) occupies a 19th-century archbishop's palace in the Víziváros district, and houses what is generally considered the finest collection of medieval art in Hungary. The emphasis is on Italian, Flemish, German, and Hungarian paintings and sculpture from the 13th to 18th centuries — the kind of collection that would be a major attraction anywhere in Western Europe but remains comparatively undiscovered here.
The highlights include a remarkable series of Gothic altarpieces from Hungary and Slovakia, several panels attributed to major Italian masters, and a large collection of Renaissance goldsmith work. The wooden Easter Sepulchre from Garamszentbenedek is the single most important piece: a 15th-century processional structure of startling beauty. Budget at least an hour; two hours is better if you take the painting collection seriously.