invisible exhibition (lathatatlan kiallitas)

This slightly bizarre but insightful exhibition is to be found in an exhibition centre a short tube ride away from central Pest. Essentially, you spend an hour and a half in various rooms in total darkness, being guided around some settings that a blind person is likely to experience – and some that they aren’t. The exhibition places emphasis on using your other senses – in particular touch – in order to experience life as a blind person. Our guide, who himself was blind, was informative and honest. It’s by no means perfect and more could certainly be made of the importance of hearing to blind people, but it’s a good way to spend some of an afternoon if you’re looking for something a little different, and it was certainly enlightening.

If you are going to Budapest and you want to do something different then this is a must. What a great experience, spent the best part of 2 hours experiencing what it is like to be blind. we were taken around by a blind guide and went through a number of spaces which included a house, a street scene, a market, a woodland and a art gallery with statues and then a cafe. really makes you appreciate how lucky you are to have sight.

This was recommended to us by a friend and was one of the most interesting things we did in Budapest, would highly recommend.

This experience was one I will never forget! My boyfriend and I were in Budapest for only three days and I am SO glad this exhibition was one of our experiences. We had an English speaking guide who was very welcoming and was happy to translate all of our questions to our blind Hungarian guide, who was also very informative and open.We joined a group of 6 others and had a lot of fun trying to work out our surroundings in the dark - I carried a potato for longer than anticipated as I obviously couldn't see a surface to put it on!The whole experience has really helped me to appreciate some struggles blind people have every day, and aside from that it was a really entertaining way to spend an hour!Fantastic idea run by wonderful people, worth every penny.

This is so much more than an exhibition- it's a fantastic 'insight' - not sure that's the right word, into the world of the blind. Our guide, Mishy, took us through a variety of rooms in complete darkness. It was confusing, shocking, exciting and fun at the same time. Mishy had a great sense of humour and really put us at ease. You feel your way around everyday objects, smells and sounds helping you to identify where you are. The sculpture park is a hoot! The most poignant part was when Mishy explained how he became blind and the impact it had on his relationships, friendships, work and mental health. We came out into the bright sunshine outside blinking and grateful for the gift of sight. Would recommend this to anyone visiting Budapest.

A little out of the way from town, though it's definitely worth a visit if you have a couple of hours to spare.

After reading the reviews I had quite high expectations so I was slightly disappointed. To start with, our guide was late. I think it was because he wasn't well & probably asked to come in. There were a few things that weren't working eg the traffic crossing so the guide couldn't show us how it worked. Overall, an interesting experience and probably worth a go.

In general it's a different experience, something you cannot find often. However in my group the guide was a blind person (which is good) who couldn't really narrate us in english (That's not good). We lost like half an hour until he found his words and still the whole tour he seemed a bit off from place and time. Maybe because we were the first group of the day (10 am). In general I expected better, but I am not disappointed. Do it if you have spare time (is also a bit remote, but you see also the "other" budapest.

Book the tour and 4 courses dinner with English guide.Was easy to book, one can choose dinner courses, (could be good idea to choose each other's dish and try to figure out what are you eating) staff was following up quickly on our questions/requests.The only negative experience was that our guide was "high", chewing indian tobacco, during the whole trip, the smell of tobacco was strong and unpleasant.

I organized a group of international study abroad students to visit this exhibition and it was a great experience. It was easy to book a group date and time, and Invisible Exhibition was flexible with we had one of our groups drop from the reservation.The staff was kind and spoke good English which was very convenient. Great experience going through the exhibition and I would definitely do it again. Even ordered a beer in the dark in the final room which was a bar!

Fascinating experience! makes you appreciate your vision and understand better people who don't have. Don't miss it

I came to Invisible Exhibition (IE) with my friend and we just had to book 1 day before through email. We entered the place with some groups of foreigners and a team member guided us through this journey. You may come into a shock in the first few minutes as it's totally dark around. You literally can't see anything, but nothing to be scared of because the guide is really attentive and his English is good too. It was at the end of the day, so probably our guide is a bit tired, but he still tried his best to make our experience comfortable. You will be guided through several rooms and you are free to *touch around*. There are a lot of giggles as we touch the members of other groups too and *Oops sorry, Who is that, blablabla*. However, I highly suggest that when you do your journey, probably you should keep your voice low down because in some rooms, there is sound imitation of daily life, forest, etc, and it will be a better experience if you can just be in silence sometimes to trigger all of your senses in the darkness. The groups joining us were a bit noisy, so we felt a bit pity about that. Highly recommended, as after stepping out of the exhibition, I know how lucky I am to have bright eyes to see this world. Thank you IE for such an amazing experience :)

We had a trip to Hungary in Feb 2015 and got vouchers for the exhibition. As a german i was really surprised that they had a Guide even in German. She had been studying German and it was the best german i have heard in a long time.The exhibition itself was quite amusing, last but not least because we had a Guide for only the two of us. It startet with a brief introduction to braille writing/reading and she told us pretty much how it was to be blind (all guides are blind themselves).The tour trough darkness lastet for a bit less than an hour and we went trough 4 or 5 small rooms like a kitchen, an artificial forest and a room with sculptures, which we had to guess just by touching them. It was a really cool experience and we learned a lot about blind people. But the most important thing is: We had a lot of fun.I can really recommend the tour. Don't go to a Zoo, go to the exhibition. I promise you won't regret it.

Followed the reviews on Trip Advisor and was not disappointed. This was an amazing experience that "opened my eyes" to the blind experience. Everyone can take something from this exhibit. Kristina, our guide, was excellent.

With such good reviews we didn't want to miss out. The concept was good in theory, but the tour guide spoke so quietly you could not hear. In addition there were too many in a group so everyone shouted out what they found.It was absolutely boiling with no air conditioning so everyone was sweating (bear in mind I went in February) At the end, the guide got everyone to sit down on some seats. My boyfriend and I weren't sat down as there were not any seats left and we asked for some assistance from the guide to seating which was in a different area. She heard the request and instead of addressing us, she made the priority to get as many people to pay for drinks as possible and left us standing after an hour long tour. I have family who have booked to go to Budapest after high recommendation of the city, although I have advised them not to go here! Poor experience.