HEREND PORCELAIN MANUFACTORY LTD.

PORCELANIUM VISITOR CENTRE – Culture, art, adventure

Those who are on their way to Herend can catch sight of the special, stately building complex – accommodating the Porcelanium Visitor Centre – right from a distance. It goes without saying that the mission of the Herend Porcelain Manufactory is also evident from here: to provide, apart from producing fine porcelain, ideal conditions for popularising this special profession and technology as well as to pass on the tradition of applied arts.

Since the year 1999 this has been the home of the Minimanufactory, where the visitors can get an insightinto the secrets of porcelain-making. If you would like to become a porcelain maker, even if just for a little time, take the raw porcelain paste or the painting brush into your hands, and the workshops will give your imagination free flight.

The Victoria Brand Shop is located in the side-wing opposite the Minimanufactory. The PorcelainMuseum offers a permanent exhibition and temporary shows, renewed in every season, to highlight the historyof the Manufactory. Coming back from the trip to porcelain world, visitors can take pleasure in the catering facilities offered by the Apicius Restaurant and Café.

PORCELANIUM visitor centre ― opening hours 2018
1APRIL– 31OCTOBER
EVERY DAY / 27FEBRUARY – 31MARCH / 2NOVEMBER – 20 DECEMBER
TUESDAY–SATURDAY / TUESDAY–SATURDAY
MINIMANUFACTORY / 9:30 –18:00 / 9:30 –17:00
The Minimanufactory is a scaled-down version of the Manufactory, a home to all the genuine and mainstream knowledge of porcelain manufacture.
PORCELAIN MUSEUM / 9:30 –18:00 / 9:30 –17:00
The HerendPorcelainMuseum is the world’s largest Herend treasure trove.
APICIUS CAFÉ / 9:00 – 18:00 / 9:00 –17:00
After an eventful, rewarding day, the place to rest and revive is the Apicius Café which offers just the friendly milieu that guests are seeking for. Choose from a range of our coffee specialities, each served on a different, aptly chosen pattern of Herend Porcelain. Taste the different flavours of Herend Tea, all exclusive to Herend, made with leaves sourced from the finest estates. The Apicius Café is a comfortable place for 55 persons at maximum capacity.
APICIUS RESTAURANT ― opening hours 2018
10 APRIL – 27 OCTOBER
TUESDAY — SATURDAY
12:00 –17:00
We hope you are curious to know about the delicious meals served on top-class place settings, offered by a restaurant bearing the name of a gourmet from ancient Rome. In the elegant grand hall and the more intimate gallery it is a comfortable place for 55 and additional 35 persons at maximum capacity. Preliminary group reservations are taken also BEYOND REGULAR OPERATING HOURS, then minimum of 10 guests required.
victoria brand shop ― opening hours 2018
3APRIL – 31 OCTOBER / 2 JANUARY – 31MARCH / 2NOVEMBER – 29 DECEMBER
MONDAY — FRIDAY / 9:30 –18:00 / 9:30 –17:00
SATURDAY / 9:30 –17:00 / 9:30 –14:00
SUNDAY / 9:30 –16:30 / CLOSED

Operating days and public holiday closures in 2018

Minimanufactory,Porcelain Museum and Apicius Café

FIRST OPENING DAY IN 201827FebruaryTUE

15 March THUclosed

30MarchGOOD FRIDAYclosed

1 – 2April EASTERopen

1 MayTUEopen

20–21MayPENTECOSTopen

20 August MONopen

23October TUEopen

1November THUclosed

LAST OPENING DAY IN 201820December THU

Apicius Restaurant

FIRST OPENING DAY IN 201810 April TUE

1 May TUEclosed

20 – 21 May PENTECOSTclosed

20 August MONclosed

23 October TUEclosed

LAST OPENING DAY IN 201827 October SAT

Victoria Brand Shop

27 – 30 December 2017 (WED – SAT)open

31 December 2017SUNclosed

1 January 2018MONclosed

15 March THUclosed

30March GOOD FRIDAYclosed

1 – 2April EASTERclosed

1 May TUEclosed

20 – 21 May PENTECOSTclosed

20 August MONclosed

23 October TUEclosed

1 November THUclosed

24, 25, 26December CHRISTMASclosed

27 – 29December (THU – SAT)open

30 – 31DecemberSUN – MONclosed

1 January 2019TUEclosed

tours of the minimanufactory

▪The Minimanufactory can be visited within a ca. 40-minuteguided tour including film projection. Tours departin every 20 minutes. Individual visitorshave also the opportunity to joinpre-bookedgroups, which may require a short wait.The last tour departs40minutes before closing.

▪Visitors may choose Hungarian, English andGerman language tours of the Minimanufactory.

ENTRANCE FEES
visit to the Minimanufactory INCL. GUIDED TOUR IN ENGLISH OR GERMAN LANGUAGE and visit to the porcelainmuseum
All prices include VAT
ADULT / 2700 HUF
STUDENT
6 –18 years / 1500 HUF
STUDENT
APICIUS CAFÉ MENU
6 –18 years / 1800 HUF
FAMILY
2 parents with children / 6200 HUF
Visit to the Minimanufactory and the Porcelain Museum including bonus coffee or tea or mineral water served at the Apicius Café. The family ticket includes three bonus drinks. No bonus drinkgoes to a student ticket.
Student & Apicius Café menu including visit to the Minimanufactory and the Porcelain Museumas well as homemade biscuits with 1 chocolate milk/cappuccino/tea served at the Apicius Café.
STUDENT GROUP RATE
Student groups including at least 20 persons receive 10% discount off the entrance fee.
Each student group adult leader receives a student ticket.
Free of charge
-children under 6 years
-handicapped persons
PHOTO/VIDEO TICKET / 1100 HUF
PHOTO/VIDEO TICKET FOR GROUPS OF 10 PEOPLE OR MORE / 4000 HUF
Only visitors with a photo/video ticket are permitted to take photos or make video recordings.
CREATIVE WORKSHOP
Porcelain rose-making
(30 min) / 1600 HUF p/p.
Porcelain figure-assembling
(30 min) / 1600 HUF p/p.
Herend motifs in watercolour painting
(30 min) / 1100 HUF p/p.
Porcelain painting course for hobbyist porcelain painters / One-day course fee 28 000 HUF p/p.
You might be one with hidden artistic ambitions, for we are all born with a flair for creation. The Herend Porcelain Manufactory is a unique way of turning ambitions into reality. Our painting courses help participants learn about specific elements of painting. There are courses for both beginners and those with previous painting practice and they will be run by experienced master instructors and artists from the Herend Porcelain Manufactory.
The course fee covers the following range of services:
▪introduction to artistic decoration, explanation and initiation of stages in the porcelain painting process
▪provision of the painting utensils required, such as paint, oil, brushes
▪a self-painted piece of porcelain provided with unique trade mark of the Herend Painting Course including firing process, not including cost of delivery
▪coffee-times, not including the lunch menu for a mid-day break
▪Memorial Certificate
We look forward to receiving your application!

Subject to change without prior notice.

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Porcelanium Visitor Centre – Balázs Csarmasz, tourism manager

H – 8440 Herend, Kossuth Lajos u. 140.

Phone: +36 88/523190. Fax: +36 88/261 518

E-mail: ;

Web: herend.com