When people from Hungary with dayjobs take their summer vacation, and when a portion of foreign tourists with Hungarian ancestry come to visit the country during the months of summer, they might wish to pay a visit to archives, libraries or museums to pursue some genealogical diggings. Only if this would be possible!

Usually the staff at these places take their vacation during summer, too. So, if you plan research during July, and especially, during August, be careful and arrange your visit so that you don't have to face closed doors.

I'll try to give some details about summer openings hours here. Although I wish I could be comprehensive as far as central and county archives are concerned, but I couldn't find much information on their websites.

None of the county archives display their summer opening (closing) hours on the websites. As a rule of thumb, one should expect a closing of approx. 2 weeks, ending on 20 August. Thanks to one of our research fellows we can be aware of the closing of the Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County Archives from 11 July for 2 weeks and the closing of the Reformed Church Archives in Debrecen throughout July.

The Veszprém County Archives closed on 31 March because they are moving to a new location. They are not likely to open before the end of the year.

The new website of the Hungarian National Archives is up-to-date with opening hours, their usual closure is scheduled for 5-16 September.

I'll post more on the topic as soon as more details become available. Stay tuned, as the summer library hours should follow.