Múzeum kysuckej dediny, Open-air folk museum in Nová Bystrica, Slovakia.
Múzeum kysuckej dediny is an open-air museum near Nová Bystrica, in the Vychylovka district of the Chmúra valley within the Kysuce protected landscape area. Its exhibition holds 34 buildings, mostly dwellings and farm buildings, plus a tavern from Korne, two mills and a brick chapel from Zborov nad Bystricou. A narrow-gauge forest railway with a switchback system is part of the site.
The museum was established in 1974 to preserve buildings from two villages before they were submerged beneath a reservoir. This rescue effort saved the heritage of an entire region and created a living archive of its past.
The museum displays how people lived and worked through its wooden buildings and traditional tools that visitors encounter while walking the grounds. The layout of the structures gives a sense of the daily rhythm and connections between homes, farms, and community spaces.
The museum is open during warmer months, with different hours on weekdays compared to weekends. Comfortable shoes are recommended since exploring the natural terrain involves walking along numerous paths.
The narrow-gauge forest railway at the museum uses a switchback system, not a reversal loop, to climb the valley. It is the historic Kysuce forest railway, preserved as part of the open-air museum.
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