Herend - Porcelanium - Porcelain city

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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.

Painting course dates for 2008

26-27 February 2008 (Tuesday-Wednesday)
30 June – 1-2 July 2008 (Monday- Wednesday)
22-24 September 2008 (Monday- Wednesday)

Few can claim to have painted on porcelain...

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. The Manufactory is a unique way of turning ambitions into reality. Our painter's courses help participants learn about specific elements of painting, making sure that our visitors will enjoy a taste of the delicious meals served out of the Herend porcelain service sets of the Apicius Restaurant. This is art and gastronomy in perfect harmony.

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Painter's course for porcelain buffs.

9.00h: Arrival in Herend – welcome speech to visitors.
9.15h: Guided tour round the exclusive exhibition hall of the Manufactory.
9.45h: Start of course.
11.00h: Coffee break – refreshments in the Apicius Café.
11.15h: End of coffee break, the course continues.
12.30h: Lunch at the Apicius Restaurant.
13.45h: End of lunch, the course continues.
15.30h: Coffee break – refreshments in the Apicius Café.
Optional programme: Visit to the Mini-manufactory and the Porcelain Museum, shopping (optional) at the Viktória Brand Shop.
16.15h: Course continues.
17.30h: Certificate handover ceremony.

Course fees include meals – an elegant lunch – coffee breaks, seminars, working tools and also the fee of porcelain items painted and marked with a special brand logo, and the cost of post-firing mailing (within Hungary) of products.
(Working tools shall be returned to the workshop).

Detailed information available regarding current course times, fees and sign-up conditions.

Few can claim to have painted on porcelain...

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