The museum shows about a thousand artefacts used by Swabians who lived in the region. They were collected by Aladár Lackner (1932-2000), a deacon in the local Lutheran church during the 1970s.
Lackner?s daughter, Mónika Lackner, who is an ethnographer, said most of the objects in the collection were from the early 20th century, but the oldest ? a painted wardrobe ? was from 1830. The presence of the colour blue around the house shows the Swabians were protestant as opposed to their ?black? Catholic compatriots, she added.
Museum director János Szegletes said there were plans for the museum to host cultural events in the future.
The museum opened in 1983 in a peasant home built around 1850.
Source: Hungarian News Agency (MTI)
