Museum of Terror in Budpest: AudioGuide or not?

I would get it, but everyone is different.

I would do anything to drown out that din in the museum. It about drove me mad. I doubt I had the audioguide, so I can't say whether it would drown it out. I finally had to leave - too much sensory overload!! If you're not using the audioguide, I would suggest earplugs.

I was there about a month ago when friends came up from Texas to visit. For the life of me I don’t recall the audio din. CW, I believe you, I am just not that observant sometimes. Most everything has English translation on cards or paper handouts. But my friends did comment on a few occasions that they wish they had gotten the Audio Guide. I guess the next time I go I will give it a try.

The ticket is 4.000 Ft ($13), the Audio Guide is 2.000 Ft ($6.50) and there is a third option that is an App for your phone: https://www.terrorhaza.hu/en/museum-app. I’ve never used it and not much written about it. But it sounds like if the subject is interesting to you that there are more resources and deeper history you can access through the app. I think it is worth the time to visit. Closed on Monday. You will be there in the summer so I would make it early in the day before it becomes crowded.

If you go on a Saturday morning there is an interesting old market hall, the Hunyadi téri Vásárcsarnok és Piac, about a 6-minute walk across Andrassy ut. The market hall is closed for renovations, but the vendors set up in the park on Saturday morning. All local. Very nice. https://www.spottedbylocals.com/budapest/a-hunyadi/ AND https://www.facebook.com/p/A-Hunyadi-100082915407933/?locale=hu_HU AND directions https://maps.app.goo.gl/tFkEsuzVc18SzA686

Then in the opposite direction about a 6-minute walk is a very interesting budget, eat like a local, sausage place called Magyar Betyár kolbász osztó. I do lunch there from time to time because its abou 3.000 ft ($10). Its closed-on Sunday and Monday which proves its for the locals. You walk to the counter and point at what you want. Not much English here, but wonderful and sweet folks. https://maps.app.goo.gl/HNxHCaWQPX4hsisB9

Full disclosure...the museum was the least favorite activity that we did during our 5 night stay. We did not have the audio guide and that may have been a contributing factor. There are explanations in English, and some of them are lengthy. One issue was there were a lot of other people standing there trying to read the same thing as us. As a result, there were many that we could not get close enough to read. In hindsight the audio guide may have provided a better experience. If I were ever to visit the museum again, I would get the guide.

We got the audioguide and were glad we had it. Yes, there were written explanations on cards that you could take, but a limited number of cards in each room. I remember seeing people with the cards and thinking it looked rather tedious. It wasn’t the best audioguide, in terms of being interesting, but I did find it helpful.

I think the din people mention is that a couple of the exhibits had a repetitious audio loop that you could hear in other areas of the museum. There wasn’t much in the way of noise mitigation or sound proofing, and there were lots of hard surfaces. It didn’t particularly bother me, but maybe the earphones from the audioguide helped.

Hi, this museum was actually one of my favorite attractions in Budapest. I'm very interested in this period of history and I found it to be very moving. I used the printed flyers that were available.

I never bother to get audioguides in any museum but that's just me. Maybe I don't get a full explanation in the long run but I would never remember everything anyway.

We liked the audio guide. Also read the handouts but doing both worked well for us. Very much enjoyed the museum, particularly learning about the post-Cold War presence of Soviet armed forces in Hungary (that lasted into the 1990s!)

We used the app, because the line for the audioguide was long and the entry area was crowded, You can download the app now and look through it.

I got the audioguide, and I am very happy that I did. There is a wealth of information on it. My husband, however, did not get the audioguide because he has hearing aides, and he often finds it difficult to hear and understand the audioguides with his hearing aides. So he relies on the posted information.