Museum - Géza Kiss Ormánság Museum and Region House

At the beginning of the 1950'ies a few devoted teachers and educational experts decided to found a museum in Sellye, the "capital" of Ormánság region… The collection was placed in the ethnographic department of the Janus Pannonius Museum, and in return the museum arranged an exhibition for the collection in Selye. This exhibition was opened in the Draskovich mansion on 4th April 1960, under the title of The Popular Arts of Ormánság.

Permanent exhibitions

Skanzen

The visitors are welcomed by a bell tower built around 1890 in Gyöngyfa. In the back of the courtyardthere is a replica of the footed house of Csányoszró, which was built in the traditional style in 1968. There are 3 rooms in the house: (room- kitchen- lard).

The folk art of the Ormánság

The museum's ethnographic collection provides a universal summary of Ormánság region. The lifework of Géza Kiss - Calvinist preacher of Kákics - is also connected to the culture of Ormánság. His works are demonstrated in different tableous. Visitors can get acquainted with the particulars and statistic data of the population, too.

Tools for rope making

Limper Jenő was born on 12 November 1906 in Sellye. He took on the name Lendvai in the 1930's. He learned rope making from his stepfather, Gertner Józef. He married Kasznár Erzsébet also born in Sellye. They had two daughters so since they had no son, Uncle Gertner could not inherit his trade on anyone.

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