Open-air museum Přerov nad Labem
Open-air museums are popular places where you can immerse yourself in history and get closer to the lives of our ancestors. What did a typical 19th century cottage look like? How did people live in it and what did they eat? This open-air museum in Přerov nad Labem, officially called the Elbe Ethnographic Museum, will also answer these questions.
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Interesting facts Open-air museum Přerov nad Labem
Přerov nad Labem is a small village in the Central Bohemian Region between Český Brod and Čelákovice. The open-air museum was established here at the end of the 19th century, shortly after the very first one was established in Stockholm in 1891. It was followed by several state exhibitions, which inspired other countries in this direction. Archduke Ludvík Salvátor of Tuscany, who was the then owner of the Přerov estate, also found inspiration here. When he saw a sample of the Czech Cottage at the state exhibition, he bought a similar one at his chateau and had it modified according to his model. The former manorial forge and rychta from the beginning of the 18th century thus acquired the form of an old Czech cottage with ethnographic equipment from the surrounding villages. The cottage remained isolated until 1967, when it was taken over by the Elbe Museum in Poděbrady and the idea of an Elbe open-air museum was created. Gradually, cottages and other buildings from the area were moved here, which were endangered in their original place.
Today, there are 33 buildings in the area, of which 7 cottages, 7 granaries and 2 barns. You will see, for example, a hunting lodge with a farmyard, a former cooperage, a hop granary, an exhibition of milling, an old school with an equipped classroom and cabinet, a timbered cottage with an exhibition dedicated to food or an exhibition of our grandmothers' garden. The interiors of all buildings are furnished in the period and during long-term and short-term exhibitions, visitors are shown the life of the inhabitants of the Elbe from the beginning of the 18th century to the middle of the 20th century. Mannequins dressed in typical folk costumes add an atmosphere of authenticity to the exhibits.
If you go to the open-air museum in April and December, you will experience traditional customary exhibitions called "Spring in the Village" and "Christmas". From the end of March to October, the open-air museum is open every day except Monday, in November and December from Friday to Sunday. The open-air museum is closed during January and February.
Author: Martina Limbergová