The Earth is a wonderful world: viewed from distant space, its blue colour fascinates everyone. Yet on closer inspection, behind this seemingly uniform blue surface lies an almost incomprehensibly rich abundance of living detail.

Is it possible to present the wonderful diversity of life on Earth within the walls of a museum?

Our new temporary exhibition, “Changing Patterns – The Living World Reflected in Philately”, sets out to do just that.

Drawing on the special WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) collection, we present the endangered wildlife of the planet’s ten major climatic zones, from the Arctic through the Equator all the way to the Antarctic—through stamps, souvenir sheets, maximum cards, and remarkable graphic works.

Through habitat transformation, pollution, overexploitation, the spread of invasive alien species, and climate change, human civilisation has severely degraded the condition of the Earth’s ecological systems in many places. We are not only losing species, but also the stability of nature’s functioning.

The exhibition, consisting of 39 display cases and presenting more than 700 philatelic items, is complemented by three spectacular short films. At the same time, it also serves as a call to preserve our natural heritage.

In addition to Hungarian, visitors can also enjoy audio guides in English, German, French, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese and Korean.

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