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How did people live in the past? Regional folk architecture arranged in a typical village with little houses furnished with original furniture, which used to be typical in the region. Several times a year such a place revives during various festivals featuring folk costumes, folk music and dance as well as tempting delicacies of Czech cuisine. When we watch women in traditional costumes near the oven, we forget that we are actually in a natural museum of folk buildings.

Kouřim

Museum of folk buildings Complex of folk houses Transportation: regional bus transportation from Praha, Kolín, Kutná Hora, local railways Pečky – Kouřim.

Přerov nad Labem

Ethnographic Museum of the Polabí area       The museum is one of the oldest regional museums in Europe (established in 1900). It represents village architecture of the 18th century, displaying period equipment. Transportation: regional bus transportation from Lysá nad Labem, Čelákovice and Praha-Černý most.

Rožnov pod Radhoštěm

Wallachian museum in nature This town is the centre of the Wallachian region, whose inhabitants keep traditions of their ancestors to these days. The Wallachian open-air museum is a museum of timber folk buildings collected in the Wallachian region and moved to a town park and adjusting hillside. It is the oldest as well as the most extensive museum of its kind in central Europe. In 1995 it was...

Strážnice

Institute of folk culture The museum of a southeastern Moravian village has been open to the public since 1981. The visitors can see village complexes, such as Moravské Kopanice, Luhačovické Zálesí, Horňácko, technical water buildings, the complex of viticulture and the complex of meadow agriculture. There are 65 buildings altogether. The exposition of viticulture constructions and their equipment...

Třebíz u Slaného

Ethnographic Museum of Třebíz Complex of folk buildings Transportation: regional bus transportation from Slaný.

Veselý kopec

A complex of folk buildings called Vysočina (Highlands) is located in Žďárské Vrchy. The visitors can see a beautiful collection of folk buildings; take part in Eastern and Christmas markets, which regularly take place here. Transportation: regional bus transportation from Žďár nad Sázavou and Nové Město na Moravě.

Zubrnice

Museum of folk architecture A complex of folk buildings, representing architecture of the northern Bohemia, a unique railway open-air museum Transportation: regional bus transportation from Ústí nad Labem.

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