Memento Park
Open air museum · Budapest ·

Memento Park

Open air museum · Budapest ·

Open-air museum of communist-era statues, busts, and plaques

stalin's boots
lenin statue
guidebook recommended
public transport
communist memorabilia
cold war era
historical interest
free parking
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Budapest, Balatoni út - Szabadkai utca sarok, 1222 Hungary Get directions

Restroom
Free street parking
Gender neutral restroom
Wheelchair accessible entrance
Wheelchair accessible parking lot

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Budapest, Balatoni út - Szabadkai utca sarok, 1222 Hungary Get directions

+36 30 500 0925
mementopark.hu

Features

•Restroom
•Free street parking
•Gender neutral restroom
•Wheelchair accessible entrance
•Wheelchair accessible parking lot
•Wheelchair accessible restroom

Last updated

Dec 29, 2025

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"Statues of Communist ideologues once dotted every city behind the Iron Curtain, but in the world's rush to forget the Cold War, such monuments are hard to find these days. Not in Budapest —once East and West came together in the early 1990s, the city decided not to destroy the evidence. It rather collected about 40 monuments of figures like Vladimir Lenin, valiant soldiers, and even a huge sets of boots from a statue of Stalin, and in 1993 put them all in a park about 25 minutes by bus from Budapest's city center. History buffs, especially, will find it worth the trek."

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Memento Park

Anil B.

Google
Amazing if you are aware of what you are going to see. If not, it probably isn't the best attraction and I wouldn't recommend it unless you actually have an interest in communism. The location is kind of in the middle of nowhere but public transport takes you right there. The statues of Lenin and Stalin's heads can be easy to miss as I don't recall any signage. These statues are located down the stairs by Stalin's boots.

Ryan S.

Google
The 'Stalin's Boots' guidebook is highly recommended - a lot of valuable detail as you tour the site and to read later. A small gift shop, snack bar, and WC were available on site. The exhibition building across the street was informative - to include the Cold War era spycraft videos. Highly recommended if you are interested in such things - it was definitely worth the bus ride from town!

Matthew S.

Google
Memento Park is an excellent visit. The park is small but striking. The photos don't do justice to the eerie and imposing nature of these statues. Buy the guidebook from the entrance and you will get the full experience as you read the stories behind each exhibit.

Ash R.

Google
It's about an hour away from Budapest city centre, yet it's worth visiting if you have time. Plenty of statues to see and even a small room set on the other side of exhibition that shows you a glimpse of what was going on during the era.

frances Y.

Google
I got the booklet, and read it while I walked around the park as some of the Google reviews suggested. Still underwhelming experience. I stopped over this park on my drive into the city. Paid 3000 for entrance and 2000 for the booklet. Free parking. If you have to take a bus and drive all the way here, I will say skip it.

Rhonny Lanz R.

Google
Finally, after years living in Hungary, we decided to visit Memento Park. This time we not only visited old, original statues from Communist era, we also learned about Hungarian history during this period. We had a phone call with Fidel, Che Guevara and Stalin, who tried to convinced us about how nice Communism is. As people who have lived through the devastating effects of communism, we believe it’s vital for people to stay vigilant and keep their eyes wide open. We also recorded a series of YouTube videos about this place and interesting facts about the statues in our YouTube channel @2Somewhere

Péter I. S.

Google
An excellent showcase of the statues from Hungary's socialist era. The guide book does a good job in telling the story of the individual statues, and the history of Socialist era Hungary.

Unnikrishnan K.

Google
This is in the outskirts. The public transport system is really good, so its easy to get here. Instead of trying to forget their tumultuous past, they have saved this for the world to see. Its a quiet place and there are not many tourists. You even get to buy some Communist era memorabilia. It's also a change from the grandeur of the rest of Budapest.