Szabadtéri Néprajzi Múzeum, Szentendre

The interest in village dwellings arouse in the second half of the 18th century in the northern and western parts of Europe then, with some delay, on the rest of the continent. This was a period when ethnography came, in harmony with the emergence of national cultures, of age, when the foundations of consciousness of origin and identity were laid. Researchers studied dwelling houses and other areas of rural life, established house types, described their regional versions and looked for the archetype to derive national architecture from. The collections, helping scientific research and the completion of exhibitions, are ceaselessly enriched. We have more than 40 000 objects in store, more than 60 000 photos, and the Archives of Hungarian Folk Architecture now include thousands of pages of documentation on the subjects of ethnography, the history of architecture, and related technical questions. As of 1981 the Museum was declared a centre of scientific research.