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Museum of Folk Architecture - Přerov nad Labem

Museum of Folk Architecture (Přerov nad Labem open-air museum) is the oldest ethnographic museum in Czech Republic and the fourth oldest in Europe^[1]. It is situated 35km east of Prague in the village Přerov nad Labem.

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Museum of Folk Architecture
Polabské národopisné muzeum
	Staročeská cottage
	Přerov nad Labem
Established	1967
Location	Přerov nad Labem,Czech Republic
Coordinates	50°10′30″N 14°50′31″E / 50.175°N 14.842°E
Type	Open-air museum
Director	Jan Vinduška
Curator	Dr. Jana Hrabětová
Owner	Polabské muzeum
Nearest car park	On site (no charge)
Website	www.polabskemuzeum.cz/prerov-nad-labem/vystavy

The history of this museum dates back to 1895. Opening to the public for the first time in 1900, it was the first ethnographic museum of its kind in Central Europe^[2].

The popular “Czech Cottage” at the 1891 Jubilee Exhibition in Prague inspired the owner of Prerov estate, Archduke Ludwig Salvator of Austria to modify one of the ancient buildings near the castle he left in 1895 to redeem it as a sort of “Czech Cottage” edit. By 1900, the “Old Bohemian Cottage” (Staročeská Cottage) was painted and equipped with ancient furniture and various household objects, as well as exhibiting display cases with various collections demonstrating the life of Elbe^[3]. The cottage was used regularly, open to local fairs and festivals.

During the occupation, the museum had to be cleared for the temporary accommodation of displaced residents of the nearby villages. The collections were dispatched to the neighboring museums^[4]. After the liberation, the cottage remained empty and the local national committee only used it occasionally for various educational events.

It museum was then re-opened by Polabské Museum in 1967 after needed repairs in an effort to document the ethnography of Middle Elbe. It is the first rescued open-air museum of folk architecture in the Bohemia.