Muzeum v přírodě Vysočina, Betlém Hlinsko

The beauty of how you can go back in time. Nice environment.

Freely accessible open-air museum in the middle of the city.

I can recommend. Lots of interesting information about the past of Hlinsko and the life of its inhabitants.

Certainly worth a reunion. Take the star behind the lady guide who is cold and towing away. Dola doesn't like this job, or doesn't she like people? This is how the audio guide would do. Damage.

Well, quite nice old houses. But my feelings are so divided. :-)

We were with my family "ventilate" after Christmas. A wonderful place with a unique atmosphere of Christmas and a slight hint of nostalgia, as it was then ... only the snow was missing (at least a little bit freezing). that face escaped "like water", just like the one in Chrudimka that flows nearby ...

Bethlehem is the name of the exposition of folk architecture and monument reserve in the center of Hlinsko. Timbered village-type buildings in the middle of the city are a typical example of the rural lifestyle, they appeared in the city at the time of craft development and the arrival of factory workers, in the buildings lived a family of potters, domestic weavers and various craftsmen (tailor, baker, shoemaker, carpenter, etc.), some objects with examples of crafts and life in them. Most of the buildings were threatened with gradual demise in the second half of the 20th century, in 1987 it was decided to save part of the buildings, in 1990 16 buildings were declared an immovable cultural monument and in 1995 a folk architecture monument reserve was established. Some of the buildings are part of the exposition managed by the Vysočina Open-Air Museum, since 1997 it has been located on the edge of the monument reserve, some buildings are used for exhibitions, cultural programs with a presentation of folk customs, traditional holidays, original crafts, folk food are organized in a freely accessible area. , generally folklore. A ticket to the indoor exposition is required, there is a guide, a souvenir shop, refreshments and stylish shops (eg herbs), and a stylish café and restaurant on site. The marked tourist routes of the Czech Tourists' Club meet in the monument reserve, and there is also a Tourist Information Center with services (also maps, publications, etc.). The tourist route along the Chrudimka River connects the exhibition with another on Veselý Kopec managed by the Vysočina Open-Air Museum, and since the end of 2018 it has been a part of the National Open-Air Museum of the Czech Republic. The location makes a very pleasant impression, suitable for small children, physically undemanding, with benches for sitting. Easily accessible from the train station and bus station. Smaller parking for motor vehicles on the outskirts of the site. The local name of the Bethlehem urban complex is probably derived from the appearance of the locality, timbered buildings out of ordinary urban development and reminiscent of folk-built nativity scenes or plastic depictions of scenes with cottages and scenes from rural life, appearing in public at the end of the 18th century.

A very nice place where old times breathe on you and where you feel at home. The atmosphere of the countryside, like a grandmother on vacation, and it's paradoxically in the middle of the city. A place that is definitely worth a trip.