The parliament voted in favor of giving half a million forints to help with the construction of a new building for the museum.

The Revolution was partially spurred by the reading of Sándor Petőfi's 12 points and the famous poem Nemzeti dal on the front steps of the museum.

This display covers topics such as the age of the Arpads, the long Turkish occupation, Transylvania and royal Hungary.

More modern and Contemporary history covered begins with the Rákóczi War of Independence, showing different sections of his military attire and various coins.

[2] The ground floor's permanent exhibit is focused on Medieval and Early Modern stone inscriptions and carvings.

The scenes depicted the coffin of Eva Peron being carried into a 'Buenos Aires' government building to lay in State.

On 28 October 2023, the Hungarian ministry of culture and innovation ordered the museum to prevent minors from viewing the annual World Press Photo exhibition it was hosting as part of its child protection law against "sexual propaganda".

The exhibition, which included five photographs of elderly members of the LGBTQ+ community in the Philippines taken by Hannah Reyes Morales, was the subject of a complaint by MP Dora Duro from the far-right Our Homeland Movement.

[4] World Press Photo executive director Joumana El Zein Khoury expressed surprise over the decision, and said there was "nothing explicit or offensive in these images".

[6] On 6 November, culture minister János Csák dismissed the museum's director, Laszlo Simon, who had assumed the position for a five-year term in 2021, citing his failure to comply with the said law and "engaging in conduct which made it impossible for him to continue his employment".

In response, Simon wrote that he took "note of the decision" but could not "accept it", adding that he firmly rejected "the idea that our children should be protected from me or from the institution I run.