A villa which is a museum to him is not in Budapest, it is near lake Balaton in the town of Balatonfured. Rootschat tries to avoid 'chatters' adding links, so you may find the following translated abstract from museum's text informative.
Jókai Commemorative Museum
Móric Ásvai Jókay (Révkomárom, February 18, 1825 – Budapest, May 5, 1904), a member of the Hungarian Academy of Science, was the son of József Jókay (lawyer) and Mária Pulay. He studied in Komárom, Bratislava and graduated from secondary grammar school in Pápa. He made friends with Sándor Petőfi (one of the greatest Hungarian poets in the 19th century, a key player of the March Revolution in 1848) at the meetings of the autodidactic circle: Petőfi encouraged him to publish his first short stories. He graduated from law school in Kecskemét and practiced as a lawyer in Pest. After the success of his first novel entitled Hétköznapok (Weekdays) in 1844 he dedicated his life to writing. He was an influential figure in the Reform Age. He changed the y in his surname to i after March 15, 1848 to indicate that he did not want to take advantage of his privileges granted by his noble birth. He actively participated in the 1848-49 War of Independence. He took part in the drafting of the 12 articles. He was a national guard and the editor of the government’s paper.
He met his wife, Róza Laborfalvi at the theatre on March 15, 1848. She played the role of Queen Gertrudis in Bánk Bán and pinned a cockade on Jókai’s jacket. Jókai married the celebrated actress, who was eight years older than him on August 29, 1848. After the fall of the revolution he was forced to hide. In 1849 he was pardoned partly due to his wife’s intervention and took up writing. He was the most productive and popular as a writer in the 1850s. He became a member of the Academy in 1858. He launched various newspapers and humour magazines. He was sentenced to one year in prison for violating press in a leading article.
He first visited Füred in 1857 and he spent his holidays there in subsequent years with his wife, actress Róza Laborfalvi. Róza’s younger sister, Jozefa married István Huray, a doctor in 1865. His villa can be found at 2 Blaha Lujza street. Mór Jókai purchased the plot near Huray villa in 1867 and the eclectic villa with two closed verandas and six rooms was built in 1870. Róza Laborfalvi died in 1886 and the writer stayed away from Füred for many years. He sold the villa to János Michelini, a grain merchant in 1889.
In 1894 a collection of 100 books by the writer was published in a de luxe edition and he was appointed honorary doctor at the Royal Hungarian University of Science in Budapest. In 1899 he married Bella Nagy, 20 years old at the time causing considerable scandal. The couple was not disturbed and lived happily. The grandson of Jókai’s brother Miklós Jókai-Ihász repurchased the villa in 1908 and it was owned by the family until 1950 when state control was assumed. On the 50th anniversary of the writer’s death in 1954 the Jókai commemorative museum was opened, the only one so far. It was reconstructed in 2009.
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Address: Honvéd u. 1.
Opening hours: V.1-X.15.: 10-18h
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