Open Air Museums

The National Institute of Folk Culture
Zámek 672, 696 62 Strážnice
www.nulk.cz, www.lidovakultura.cz
The National Institute of Folk Culture is the central workplace responsible for the coordination of care for traditional folk culture, conducting research, processing, storing and disseminating information on nonmaterial culture heritage in the Czech Republic. It administers 45 hectares of vegetation and 99 estates in total, seven are heritage-listed: the castle building and neighbouring park, the historical brewery building – today the entrance to the Strážnice Museum of Villages of South-East Moravia (Open Air Museum Strážnice). The unique collections are those of Moravian folk clothes and musical instruments.

The Wallachian Open Air Museum in Rožnov pod Radhoštěm
Palackého 147, 756 61 Rožnov pod Radhoštěm
www.vmp.cz
One of the oldest open air museums in Europe whose existence relates to the “Wallachian Year 1” first held in July 1925. It features vernacular architecture of Moravian Wallachia region, both of the urban and rural environments. The founders of the Museum, the Jaroněk brothers, had planned to establish the so-called living museum showing the life of our fathers, their work or leisure time in numerous variations. Held there during the whole year are events such as ethnographic happenings, folklore festivals, meetings of artisans, or fairs. The Museum also cares for two folk Art Nouveau style buildings Libušín and Maměnka lying in Pustevny and designed by Dušan Jurkovič.