Treasury - Thesaurus Basilicae Sancti Stephani Regis

In 2011, the Treasury of St. Stephen's Basilica welcomed visitors into a new space, three times the size of the previous one. Many of the objects on display are still in use today, so this is more than just a museum exhibition. It offers a glimpse into the innermost liturgical life of the Basilica’s community. The first hall, with its vaulted ceiling, displays memorabilia from the construction of the Basilica and its centuries-long history: models, plaster casts, the papal letter that gave the Basilica its title of "basilica minor", special pieces such as the image of the Holy Family of Murillo, the bronze door of Csaba Ozsvári, a Herend porcelain copy of the Holy Crown and a complete crown guard's vestments. The two interior rooms of the Treasury are a symbolic reliquary chapel and there is a tower room connected to it. The most precious liturgical objects are on display here: vestments (including the largest monstrance in the country from 1938), chalices (including a gift from Pope Blessed John Paul II from 1991), the utensils for the administration of the various sacraments, silver perpetuals, incense, candlesticks, shepherd's crooks and ornate liturgical vestments - relics of two centuries of sacred art. The significance of the renewed Treasury was enhanced by the rich selection of the prelate Cardinal József Mindszenty’s personal utensils and liturgical objects.