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  • Herend-film
    To start your visit to the Porcelanium, you can watch a film showing the captivating history of Herend porcelain from 1826 up to now, in which a myth becomes known all over the world.
  • Porcelain-making behind the scenes
    After watching the film on Herend, our guides will show visitors round the Minimanufactory. It is the scaled-down version of the original Manufactory, home to all the genuine, mainstream knowledge about the craftsmanship of porcelain manufacturing.
  • Fabrication
    Feel like holding a piece of raw porcelain mass and invoking your hidden artistic ambitions?
  • Painter's course
    You might be one with hidden artistic ambitions, for we are all born with a flair for creation. To be creative and active is what we want, a sign that we are here to be part of it all.

View enlarged picture Herend is the centre of artistic porcelain production in Hungary. Until quite recently only a select few could explore the mystery of the creation of these wonderful examples of masterful craftsmanship. Today this is an opportunity open to everyone. Herend has been running a visitor centre – home of the creation of porcelain items – offering, if requested, a full day's programme to porcelain enthusiasts. Porcelanium offers high-class entertainment to its visitors.

With the help of video films, pot-throwers and professional painters there are demonstrations to show how the porcelain mass will turn into a glossy porcelain item. Guides show visitors round to see the "magician's tricks" behind the scenes. It is all there for you to discover – the world's biggest collection of Herend pieces, hosted by the Porcelain Museum and the largest selection of purchasable products in the Viktória Brand Shop – both to be found in Herend. The Apicius Restaurant and Café is a nice way to relax following a lesson of craftsmanship in the manufacturing of porcelain and the first impressions of glossy, shining porcelain items. Here the unique ambiance of intimacy and service out of "Herend sets" might as well be the highlight of the day. So join us for a special tour!

Herend is a place offering special as well as traditional programmes and unconventional opportunities of entertainment for all seasons of the year, expecting art fans, porcelain buffs and everyone else interested in what it has to offer.