[2][3][4] It operates on the program of German Kunsthalles, as an institution run by artists that does not maintain its own collection.
[2] Its government partner is the Ministry of Education and Culture.
[5] It has a bookshop, library, and the Műcsarnok Café that overlooks the square.
[6] The large Neoclassical style structure, designed by architects Albert Schickedanz and Fülöp Herczog, was completed in 1896.
The three-bayed, semi-circular apse houses a roofed exhibition hall with skylights.