Göcsej Open-air Village Museum (falumúzeum), Zalaegerszeg
Examples of the region's vernacular architecture were rebuilt around the backwaters of the River Zala and an existing watermill.
Visitors enter the open-air village museum via the reception building, a house evoking the old, early 19th century lower gentry homes typical in Western Transdanubia, and in particular in Zala. A special village has been created here of 40 buildings brought from 22 settlements. With its traditional farming, animal husbandry and everyday objects, everything evokes the late 19th, early 20th century Göcsej.
Attached to the museum, the Finno-Ugric Ethnographic Park (Finnugor Néprajzi Park) introduces the architecture and lifestyle of Finno-Ugric people who are closely related to Hungarians linguistically. The park mainly exhibits lodging places from the Khanty and Mansi regions.
Opened in 1968, this was the first regional museum village in Hungary.
Data card
| Category: | Museums, galleries |
| Address: | Zalaegerszeg, Falumúzeum u. 20. |
| Phone: | 92/314-537 |
| E-mail: | muzeum@zmmi.hu |
| Opening times: | 1 Apr - 31 Oct: Tue-Sun 10-18 |
| Fax: | 92/511-972, 331-540 |
| Contact: | Göcsej Museum |
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| Museums,exhibitions and art galleries:: | Ethnography and folk arts |
| Services for the disabled:: | Wheel chair access |
| Seasonal opening times:: | Summer season only |
