Research room rules
Any natural person who undertakes to comply with the rules governing the research of archival material is entitled to search the collections held by the Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives.
Eating, smoking and using mobile phones in the research rooms is prohibited.
Bags (including laptop bags), rucksacks and jackets may not be taken into the research rooms and must be stored on the clothing rack of the Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives. You may use your own portable personal computer in the research room without disturbing the work of other researchers.
The archives provide researchers with the possibility of making copies with their own digital device (digital camera). The archives will allow the use of these devices on payment of a photocard (see attached annex).
The Archives do not allow any other copying device (traditional camera, scanner) to be brought into the research room.
Only a pencil may be used for note-taking in the research room and no writing of any kind may be made on the original archival material, including printing through note paper.
The researcher may not take the documents out of the research room. Documents or microfilms selected for research may be handed over to the researcher against signature. The researcher must preserve the original condition and order of the documents.
The research room can accommodate 2 researchers at a time.
Documents which are available in copies (microfilm, photographs) may be examined in the original only in exceptional cases.
The quantity of documents that may be ordered at one time: 1 box for boxed documents, 3 items for itemised documents.
The Hungarian Jewish Archives reserves the right to suspend the research permit in part or in full in the case of rude, aggressive or offensive behaviour towards research staff or any other circumstances that disturb the peace and quiet of staff and other researchers and their right to normal work (e.g. unclean clothing, lack of personal hygiene in public places, loud talking, use of prohibited equipment).
A member of the staff of the archives is entitled to take back material in the event of improper use.
The Hungarian Jewish Archives issues a "Research Permit" form to the person conducting research in the archival material in its custody, which must be completed by the researcher before the research begins. When the authorisation is issued, the archives shall record the name, address, occupation, place of work and the person on whose behalf the researcher is carrying out the research. The researcher must provide this information, as well as any other information on the subject of the research, on a form issued by the archives.
The archives shall ensure the protection of the researcher's personal data in accordance with the provisions of Act LXIII of 1992 on the Protection of Personal Data and the Disclosure of Data of Public Interest (hereinafter referred to as the "Act on the Protection of Personal Data and the Disclosure of Data of Public Interest").
The researcher shall use the data obtained in the course of researching documents subject to Act LXXVI of 1999 on Copyright in accordance with the provisions of the law.
Borrowing files
Article 28 of the LTV restricts the lending of documents. Accordingly, an archive may only lend documents for research purposes to other archives. However, for security and material protection reasons, the Archives will only agree to lend original documents in exceptional cases.
Copying files
A copy may be made of a document which the researcher has received with the permission of the referee and if the researcher has received consent for reasons of material protection. Photocopying of pre-1867 documents, volumes, bound documents, parchment and sealed documents is prohibited.
The use of a digital camera must be authorised. The taking of photographs must not disturb other researchers.
The MZSL is the copyright holder of the recordings made for publication purposes, the redemption of which must be agreed in writing. For other recordings to be published, MZSL will charge a publication fee.
Copies of material held in the archives, made by any means or technique, may be used by the researcher for research purposes only. Copies may be published by any means, printed or electronic, only with the prior consent of the archives and after payment of the publication fee.
Museum artefacts and archival documents may only be published in a context approved by the museum/archives staff.
Eating, smoking and using mobile phones in the research rooms is prohibited.
Bags (including laptop bags), rucksacks and jackets may not be taken into the research rooms and must be stored on the clothing rack of the Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives. You may use your own portable personal computer in the research room without disturbing the work of other researchers.
The archives provide researchers with the possibility of making copies with their own digital device (digital camera). The archives will allow the use of these devices on payment of a photocard (see attached annex).
The Archives do not allow any other copying device (traditional camera, scanner) to be brought into the research room.
Only a pencil may be used for note-taking in the research room and no writing of any kind may be made on the original archival material, including printing through note paper.
The researcher may not take the documents out of the research room. Documents or microfilms selected for research may be handed over to the researcher against signature. The researcher must preserve the original condition and order of the documents.
The research room can accommodate 2 researchers at a time.
Documents which are available in copies (microfilm, photographs) may be examined in the original only in exceptional cases.
The quantity of documents that may be ordered at one time: 1 box for boxed documents, 3 items for itemised documents.
The Hungarian Jewish Archives reserves the right to suspend the research permit in part or in full in the case of rude, aggressive or offensive behaviour towards research staff or any other circumstances that disturb the peace and quiet of staff and other researchers and their right to normal work (e.g. unclean clothing, lack of personal hygiene in public places, loud talking, use of prohibited equipment).
A member of the staff of the archives is entitled to take back material in the event of improper use.
The Hungarian Jewish Archives issues a "Research Permit" form to the person conducting research in the archival material in its custody, which must be completed by the researcher before the research begins. When the authorisation is issued, the archives shall record the name, address, occupation, place of work and the person on whose behalf the researcher is carrying out the research. The researcher must provide this information, as well as any other information on the subject of the research, on a form issued by the archives.
The archives shall ensure the protection of the researcher's personal data in accordance with the provisions of Act LXIII of 1992 on the Protection of Personal Data and the Disclosure of Data of Public Interest (hereinafter referred to as the "Act on the Protection of Personal Data and the Disclosure of Data of Public Interest").
The researcher shall use the data obtained in the course of researching documents subject to Act LXXVI of 1999 on Copyright in accordance with the provisions of the law.
Borrowing files
Article 28 of the LTV restricts the lending of documents. Accordingly, an archive may only lend documents for research purposes to other archives. However, for security and material protection reasons, the Archives will only agree to lend original documents in exceptional cases.
Copying files
A copy may be made of a document which the researcher has received with the permission of the referee and if the researcher has received consent for reasons of material protection. Photocopying of pre-1867 documents, volumes, bound documents, parchment and sealed documents is prohibited.
The use of a digital camera must be authorised. The taking of photographs must not disturb other researchers.
The MZSL is the copyright holder of the recordings made for publication purposes, the redemption of which must be agreed in writing. For other recordings to be published, MZSL will charge a publication fee.
Copies of material held in the archives, made by any means or technique, may be used by the researcher for research purposes only. Copies may be published by any means, printed or electronic, only with the prior consent of the archives and after payment of the publication fee.
Museum artefacts and archival documents may only be published in a context approved by the museum/archives staff.