Wallachian Open Air Museum Museum

Address: Wallachian Open Air Museum (Valašské muzeum v přírodě), Rožnov pod Radhoštěm, Zlín Region, Czech Republic

Website: https://www.vmp.cz/en/

Hours: Hours vary seasonally - check the museum website

Admission: Admission charged (see museum website for current prices)

The Wallachian Open Air Museum is an open-air ethnographic museum in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic that presents traditional rural architecture and folk culture from the Wallachia (Valašsko) area.

Exhibits are arranged outdoors and include historic wooden houses, farm buildings and workshops that illustrate traditional rural life and crafts. The site presents material culture and everyday interiors rather than modern displays, with buildings set in a landscape intended to show how settlements were organized.

The museum was created in the 20th century to conserve and display examples of Wallachian vernacular architecture and rural traditions. Buildings have been relocated and restored on site to preserve forms and construction techniques that were disappearing from the region.

The museum is located near Rožnov pod Radhoštěm in the Zlín Region of eastern Czech Republic, set in a rural landscape typical of the Carpathian foothills.

The Wallachian Open Air Museum (Valašské muzeum v přírodě) is located just outside the town of Rožnov pod Radhoštěm. From the town centre it is a short local bus ride or roughly a 20-30 minute walk (a couple of kilometres) to the museum grounds.

By car the site is a few minutes’ drive from Rožnov pod Radhoštěm centre; follow local signage for the open‑air museum and use the visitor parking.

• Check opening times and the craft-demonstration schedule on the museum's website before you go-many traditional houses and workshops are only open for demonstrations at specific times.
• Start your visit at the valley section and follow the site's suggested route: the complex is spread over a hillside and following the sequence helps you understand how the buildings and crafts relate.
• Allow extra time during weekends or Czech public holidays, when local school groups and families visit and some interior rooms become busier; quieter weekday visits give fuller access to interior displays.