the seventh stage of hiking

Wooden Town

The Wooden Town is the oldest and most visited area of the Wallachian Open Air Museum. It was opened in 1925 and presents the way of life in a small town in the period from the middle of the 19th century to the first quarter of the 20th century. During the high season, folklore and craft programmes are held here every weekend. The wooden town is the venue for several folklore festivals. There is also an exhibition of the post office in the Wooden Town. This revived exhibition not only provides visitors with permanent postal services, but also offers a wide range of products for sale. In the building of the Manor Granary there is a permanent exhibition “How our ancestors built”.

Mill Valley

Mill Valley is the youngest area of the Wallachian Open Air Museum. It was opened in 1982. It brings together technical buildings that are still functional today, mostly water-powered. The location of the mound, the mill and the sawmill is almost an exact reconstruction of the situation that still existed in Velké Karlovice in the first half of the 19th century – the valley of Podťata. The oil pressing plant is an original building from the 17th century. The hammer mill is a reconstruction of the Ostravice operation. With the exception of the pressing plant, all mechanisms are driven by water power. There is an exposition “Means of transport in Wallachia” in the building of the Ostravice wagon shed. The exhibition presents various forms of means of transport used in agriculture, forestry, commercial activities, passenger transport and other trades and crafts. In 2008 – 2009, the complex was expanded with new objects – a dwelling house from Trojanovice, a forge from Horní Lidec and a barn from Velké Karlovice – Podťatý. A timbered bell tower from Dolní Bečva, which originally stood in the area of the Wooden Town, was also added to the Hamer part of the Mill Valley.

Wallachian village

Wallachian Heritage is the largest area of the Wallachian Open Air Museum. Farmsteads, shepherd’s buildings, a mill and a forge are located in a landscape whose ruggedness is reminiscent of many villages on the slopes of the Beskydy Mountains. The first buildings were constructed in 1962 and the area was opened to the public in 1972. The interiors of the houses depict the way of living from the middle of the 19th century in different social classes. Throughout the year, programmes are held here, reviving the old ways of farming. Fields, gardens and fruit trees are reminiscent of the cultivation of old crops. During the tour one can meet many domestic animals and a flock of sheep.

When visiting the Rožnov Open-Air Museum, you will get to know Wallachia as it was 100 years ago and more. You can walk through the new exposition – a small town under Radhoštěm and continue to wander among the houses of the old Rožnov square, the Wallachian village, where old crops and fruit trees with ancient varieties are still grown today, or take a look into the hammer mill, pressing plant, souk, mill or sawmill, where all the equipment is powered by water and is fully functional. In 2017, the museum staff built a stone barn here themselves. It is a faithful copy of the building that stood in Wallachia.

Various events are held in the Open-Air Museum throughout the year – fairs, festivals, demonstrations of traditional crafts and folk customs, as well as tastings of Wallachian specialties.

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