Museum of the Slovak Village

View of the museum

The large open-air Museum of the Slovak Village (in Slovak: Múzeum slovenskej dediny) is situated on the outskirts of the northern city of Martin in Slovakia.^[1] It was established since the 1960s by the Slovak National Museum in Martin.^[2] It presents northwest Slovak traditional folk architecture, typical in its habitation and lifestyle of traditional rural communities in Slovakia from the 19th to the early 20th century.

In an area of 15,5 ha there are 129 dwelling, farm, technical, social, and sacral buildings. Besides many domestic buildings, there are for example croftlofts, a pub, a village store, a garden house, a firehouse, a wooden Renaissance bellhouse, an elementary school, and an exhibition on Romano Drom (Journey of Gypsies). In this open-air museum visitors can see very interesting technical objects – such as a vegetable (mainly flaxen) oil production, worsted production and weaving cloth. These buildings are from different Slovak regions – Orava, Liptov, Turiec and Kysuce-Podjavorniky. 22 objects (mainly agricultural homesteads) are furnished and open to visitors. Agricultural exhibitions show the cultivation of traditional plants, trees, spices, medicinal and magic herbs.

At the Museum of the Slovak Village, various events are held every year. These whole-day events show or reconstruct traditional professions, production and handicrafts, ceremonies, traditional manners and folklore. For instance, Easter in the Countryside, Days of Firefighters, Children Sunday, Michal's Market or Christmas in the Countryside.

Panoramic view of the museum.

Services for visitors

Services available for visitors include:^{[citation needed]}

• Guided tours or individual visits
• Refreshment and catering in a pub of Oravska Polhora
• Hire of spaces (family or business celebrations)
• Marriage ceremonies in a Roman Catholic church of Rudno
• Roman Catholic or Evangelistic masses during events
• Souvenir shop with postcards, professional publications and folk-art products
• Creative workshops for elementary schools

References

1. ^ SNM-MT — Museum of the Slovak Village Martin, Slovak Museums, Slovakia.
2. ^ Museum of the Slovak Village, Slovak National Museum, Martin, Slovakia.

External links

• Museum website