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Sóstó Open Air Museum

where tradition is an experience

The Sóstó Open Air Museum is the second largest open-air used for lighting, from the candles to the kerosene lamps until
ethnographic museum in the country and the only one in the the moment when the electricity has appeared. Th ose who
region; the greater part of the museum devoted to a fi ctitious are not familiar with the meaning of the words ‘soak, tender-
two-street village. ize, smooth clothes’, should definitely see the exhibition “My

While taking a peek into the houses and walking in their gar- shirt, my pants are dirty...”. To soak up the atmosphere of an
dens, the visitor will understand how people used to live in the old wedding, visit the exhibition “Wedding, lots of people, no
villages. In addition to the household appliances and the farm woman is ill now!”.
tools, we can also take a look at the market town’s workshops, In the village, the guests can also participate in the events con-
which served the peasantry, including an old blacksmith’s nected to the holidays. On such occasions, we can experience
workshop or the barber shop. In 2014, an archaeological park how our grandparents celebrated Easter or Pentecost, what
was added to the village where the visitors can discover part of folk customs were connected to these important days, and we
a village from the Árpád Era. can also taste their typical dishes.
Some of the buildings house thematic exhibitions, such as “Ev- htt ps://muzeumfalu.hu/
erything comes to light” - presents the history of the objects htt ps://www.facebook.com/muzeumfalu.sosto

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