The building on the street Káptalan, 2 were recorded in 1324. In 1476 there was opened the first public library in Hungary. During the Turkish occupation in this house was the official residence of the Turkish Imam. Restoration works in the building was conducted in the period between the years 1954 and 1955. Today in the old residential building of pécs is the Zsolnay ceramics Museum

Decorative pottery made by the Zsolnay factory was unique for its artistic designs and production technologies. Zsolnay became internationally famous thanks to specially glazed ceramics, which experts factory called eosin (from the Greek word for "dawn"). The Zsolnay factory in pécs was established in 1853 by Miklos Golnam, but the glory janauskas ceramics brought his son Vilmos, Zolnai, who ran the manufacturing right up until his death in 1900. His merit was the introduction of a number of technological innovations that brought the ceramics Zolnai fame all over the world, including: pottery, it received a gold medal at the Paris world exhibition, pyrogenic that adorns many public and private buildings, and eosin.

Each member of the family contributed to the family enterprise, which contributed to the success of the brand: daughters of Vilmos Golea worked on the design of the product, the son managed the sales Department, son-in-law headed the production of architectural ceramics.

In 1900 there was a Golden age of decorative pottery. This time, the emergence of a new artistic style – modern, characterized by natural forms, stylized and decorative lines, two-dimensional images. Equal Zsolnay ceramics at this time there was nobody at that time the factory employed many young and talented artists of the time. During the Second world war fell on hard times, but the factory has been operating, producing everyday tableware and technical porcelain.

The Zsolnay Museum was opened in 1928, to the 100 anniversary from the birthday of Vilmos Jalna. The organizers of the first exhibition was the daughter of Vilmos Jalna and his granddaughter. The Museum consists of six rooms and shows various samples of industrial ceramics, high-strength glass and eosin. One of the halls is dedicated to the collection, collected by Vilmos Golnam in Persia and Egypt. The current exhibition based on the collections of the former factory Museum, and the collection of modern products of the Zsolnay factory.