Time Machine Budapest Historical Exhibition Ticket

History felt on an emotional level like you where there

Great way to learn about Hungarian history. Really interesting to go back in time in a family’s life and amuse yourself in their journey have never really experienced anything quite like it. It was great.

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Great experience

Great informative and interesting way to learn about Hungary’s history. I highly recommend this for anyone wanting a fun way to discover the history of Hungary.

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Exceptionary exhibition

The staff is very nice and the exhibition is exceptionary! Definitely worth a visit

Response from the operator: Thank you so much for your kind review! We’re happy you enjoyed the exhibition and thank you for recommending Time Machine Budapest. 😊

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Wonderfully done

Extremely talented artists and very unique production. We really enjoyed it! The only suggestion we have: remove the time traveler guy and make each room (which were awesome, by the way!) dedicated to a generation that walks people through a specific period of time. Otherwise, it was very cool and great experience. Definitely a lot of talent here!

Response from the operator: Dear Daniel, thank you so much for your kind and thoughtful feedback! We’re very happy you enjoyed the experience and appreciated the talent and creative work behind it. Thank you also for your suggestion about the storytelling approach, we always value constructive ideas from our visitors. 😊

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Disappointing, should have be better

You can see what they were going for, but this is not a good experience. What's especially frustrating here is that we did a similar thing in Cologne, and that was squeezed in a smaller space, with way fewer sets, and we had a blast. So, it wouldn't be hard to get to good, though. First the positives: the waiting area is neat, it's air conditioned and we we're offered tea. In the experience, there are a bunch of rooms and they're all very well done, the WW2 one with snow was excellent. The VR system was first class. The bad: the whole thing is incomprehensible. The central conceit here is that a guy has to travel through time to collect (visit? understand? not sure) family artifacts that are somehow connected to his family story and also the history of Hungary in general and Budapest in specific. You can't go in there knowing nothing and come out with even a vague understanding of what happened from early 1800s to now; me, I am somewhat familiar with the history and I couldn't follow it. It's all told in, what I imagine, the writer thought was interesting clues but is actually disconnected facts. It's like the worst exposition dump in a TV movie, but it just keeps going. Some of the facts are real and interesting (like "the soviets sent tanks to crush the rebellion") and some are fake and not at all interesting (like "the grandfather remarried two years later"). Against all writing common decency, we sometimes get both in the same sentence, and good luck to you following, "My grandfather did what? When the soviet union sent tanks, it was two years later, and he had re-married." Also, the VR section of the experience is astonishingly small. There's a bit at the beginning where it's only used to view a movie, and there's an interesting section at the end where they place you on an augmented-reality bus. Otherwise, you're just shuffling from room to room watching yet another movie as the narrator and the story jumps around with its story that is, again, incomprehensible. It would be easy to fix this, too. First, and most importantly, drop the story, drop the family. It's not interesting, nor is it engaging. Second, instead of the eight-nine rooms showing us videos, give us a magic bus driving around Budapest in the various times and have the guy narrate the history. He's got a pleasant voice and there's definitely an interesting story there, if you just cut out the family heirloom nonsense. If you have those other rooms that are already done and don't want to waste them, turn them into mini-escape rooms after the bus trip.

Response from the operator: Dear Alex, thank you for taking the time to share such detailed feedback. We’re sorry the experience did not meet your expectations and that the story was difficult to follow. Time Machine Budapest is designed as a story-driven historical journey, where the family narrative connects the different eras, and VR is only one element among sets, projections and sound design. We appreciate your kind words about the waiting area, the rooms, the WW2 scene and the VR quality, and we will take your comments into account as we continue improving the experience. :)

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