The museum presents the equipment of veterinarians, the history of the training of veterinarians in Hungary and animal sculptures by György Vastagh Jr.
The Collection of Veterinary History, established in 1980 is an organized file of relics of veterinary history. It was first established in 1937. The permanent exhibition which can be seen today was opened in September 1984 in the modern building H of the Faculty of Veterinary Science.
The exhibition has three parts. The first nine showcases contain the instruments of veterinary practice and that of horse smiths and illustrate their development. This part covers about 200 years, up to the first third of the 20th century.
The training of veterinarians started in 1787 in Hungary.The second part of the collection deals with the history of the university and veterinary education, respectively. The exhibition presents the history of the university through the life works of some of its outstanding professors from the founder Sándor Tolnay to Gyula Magyary-Kossa.
The third part of the collection contains animal models of high artistic value created by the sculptor György Vastagh, Jr. originally for the purposes of demonstration at the end of the 19th century.




