Finno-Ugric Ethnographic Park

The Finno-Ugric Ethnographic Park in Zalaegerszeg, an outdoor exhibition established on the Göcsej Village Museum site, deals with the residential buildings, economic structures, cultic edifices, furnishings, and everyday life accessories of the Finno-Ugric peoples. The idea for the exhibition arose on the thirtieth anniversary of the Village Museum, in 1989, and the first buildings were handed over in 2001.

According to the plans, the museum would have included Komi, Udmurt, Mari, Mordvin, Estonian, Finnish, Mani and Hanti buildings. However, the museum was never completed, only about half a dozen buildings were finished, including the Mari walled log house, the Finnish log house and the Obi-Ugric (Hanti and Mani) dwellings, economic and cultic structures. The condition of the completed buildings deteriorated significantly within a few years and became life‑threatening, so in 2015 the entire ethnographic park was closed and has not been open to visitors since.