Due to its favorable location and accessibility by both road and rail, Keszthely and the surrounding area is a preferred holiday destination.

[3] The city is also known by alternative names in other languages: German: Kesthell; Latin: Mogentiana, later Castellum; and Slovene: Blatenski Kostel.

The swamp is particularly known as a water fowl habitat and enjoys international recognition and protection as a nature reserve.

The starting of the museum building in Keszthely was in 1925 with the help of count Taszilo Festetics, on the basis of Györgyi Denes's design in Neo-baroque style.

The collection shows the archeological, ethnographical, historical and natural scientific values of the Balaton area.