Vankóné Dudás Juli Emlékház, Local history museum in Galgamácsa, Hungary
Vankóné Dudás Juli Emlékház occupies a house built in 1905 at Petőfi út 7, on Galgamácsa's main street. Its long axis, purlin roof and projecting plank gable are held by carved wooden columns over a porch; the walls are partly stone-footed, rammed earth, and the floors were originally tamped earth, later paved with brick. Across the yard stand a former summer kitchen, cellar and pantry.
The house was built in 1905 by the Kurucz family, well-off middle peasants who held 15–20 hold of land; the builder's son was later appointed village judge. The plot reached as far as the Kisnémedi stream, with a kitchen garden, orchard and threshing yard. The memorial house took the name of the naive painter Juli Vankóné Dudás (1919–1984) in 1989.
The house is named after Juli Vankóné Dudás (1919–1984), the local naive painter who initiated the museum; it took her name in 1989. Her paintings and painted plates depict Galgamácsa's traditions, its colourful costume and the holidays and notable events of the year, shown alongside objects of peasant daily life.
The memorial house is open only from 15 March to 31 October, on Saturdays and Sundays between 14:00 and 18:00, and closes in winter because it cannot be heated. The exhibition occupies the main building at Petőfi út 7 plus outbuildings opposite it, so allow time to cross the yard to the former summer kitchen, cellar and pantry.
The room that once served as the horse stable now holds portraits of Juli Vankóné Dudás taken by well-known photographers. The house took her name in 1989, five years after her death in 1984.
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