Hungarian Open Air Museum – Museum Education and Methodology Centre

The fundamental purpose of the Hungarian Open Air Museum is to research folk architecture, folk housing culture and lifestyle throughout the Hungarian speaking-world. The museum collects all related tangible and intangible items and provides public access to its collections. The institution had been established in 1967; and the main goal of the 50 years old museum is to improve the knowledge of the folk traditions by exhibitions, educational programmes, leisure activities and by the mediation of useful practices which can be utilized in daily routines.

The Museum Education and Methodology Centre (MOKK) operates as one of the Hungarian Open Air Museum‘s administrative boards. Its primary task is to maintain and develop relationships between museums and educational institutions as well as providing professional training for teachers and museologists. These activities are realized through a nationwide coordinator network. In order to promote museums as the most versatile informal educational institutions, MOKK fosters museum education programmes and has been creating a national database called Museum a’ la carte.