The Goger Optician's business was estabilished by Mátyás Goger (1833-1909). He was one of the most talented opticians of his age, being perfectly prepared for his job, blessed by tremendous manual skills. He was a successful entrepreneur and creator. In 1890, while he was still working in Vienna, he won a gold medal as an optician, at the World Exhibition in Paris. The precious objects he exhibited there are now in the family museum. They are a collection of self-opening lorgnetts hand carved from turtle shell, zwickers, and monocles. It was interesting that aluminum was introduced as a new material to make lorgnetts.

It is light in his weight can be beautifully chased. That is why it was very practical and decorative. As a gold medal winner at the World Exhibition, he was awarded an honorary citizenship from the City of Vienna. His wife died, and he remarried and had two little children. In 1893, he left his business and home at 125 Mariahilfer Strasse in Vienna, and moved to the dynamically developing city of Sopron. Besides optical devices, he also sold physical measuring instruments, alcoholmeters, and penny-farthing bicycles. Besides being an optician, he was also a technician. After his death, his 18-year-old daughter, Valeria Goger took over the business.

After the Second World War, most businesses in Hungary were nationalized under the Communist goverment, however he managed to keep his business by bargaining with the officials. Valeria Goger's daughter, Valeria Handler, who was also an optician, undertook the work of managing a state owned optical shop called OFOTERT. In return, the Goger family optician's shop was allowed to remain in private hands. Now the fifth generation of the Goger family is operating the business.