Dudutki Open Air Museum
- Address
- Dudutki 40km S of Minsk
- Website
- Phone
- tel, info: 2 137 2525
- Price
- full 9000, guided BR33000 per person, English speaking guide US$25.00
- Hours
- May-Oct: Tue-Sun 10:00-20:00
Lonely Planet review for Dudutki Open Air Museum
Near the sleepy, dusty village of Dudutki, is an open-air museum, where 19th-century Belarusian country life comes to life. If you only make one day trip from Minsk let this be the one. Traditional crafts, such as carpentry, pottery, handicraft-making and baking are on display in old-style wood-and-hay houses.
You can wander around the grounds, taking in the fresh air, spying on a working farm as it was a century ago. Nearby is a working windmill which you can climb. You can also go horse riding or just rest on bales of hay.
Best of all though is the meal you can order, prepared on site using traditional recipes and techniques. Homemade cheeses, bread, draniki(potato pancakes), kolduni (stuffed potato dumplings), and pork sausages all go down so well, especially with a shot of local samagon (moonshine) - make sure you're not the one driving home! A scrumptious meal will cost very little.
Traveller reviews for Dudutki Open Air Museum (2)
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Nice interesting place, worth a visit.
kruemelmonster858 recommends this,
The houses are made in a historic way, filled up with classical furniture, tools and machinery. In some parts the tools and machinery are actually used and the stuff made can be bought. It is interesting to see the way how they made their stuff back there. Attached to the museum is a small park with wildlife (deers, wild pigs and so on) and farm animals as well. We did not eat there, but only tried some cheese which was good.
To sum it up, it was an interesting day. Definitly worth a visit..
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