The gold Museum in South-East Asia istván Zelnik - private Museum, located on andrássy Avenue in the district of Terezvaros Budapest. The Museum presents about a thousand artifacts from eleven South-East Asia. Most of the exhibits – gold jewelry, covering the period from prehistoric times to the early twentieth century, the work of skilled craftsmen of South-East Asia for the last two thousand years. The exposition of the Museum based on the collection of Dr. istván Zelnik, a former diplomat, currently businessman and collector, who collected more than 50,000 artifacts, more than 1000 of them are represented in the Museum.

In addition to jewels gold Museum introduces visitors to the art and culture of this colorful and multifaceted region. The halls of the Museum will take guests through the times when the culture of the kingdoms and nomadic tribes flourished next to each other. The culture and art of the region significantly affected neighbouring India and China, trade routes – both marine and continental (the Great silk road passed here) could not influence their mutual influence. The peoples inhabiting these lands are open and receptive to many religions: animism, Hinduism and Buddhism peacefully exist next to each other. The basis of this collection was made of gold and silver artifacts of the Cham, Khmer, Javanese and other ethnic groups. Collection of Golden masks surpasses the collection of the British Museum. Collection of religious items, Buddhist and Hindu statues are truly unique.