Szilasi Ágota, H.: Örökségünk védelme és jövője 4. - Kertek. A Dobó István Vármúzeumban 2018. február 8-9-én megrendezett Tudományos Konferencia tanulmánykötete - Studia Agriensia 37. (Eger, 2018)
Zábrátzky Éva: Falusi kertek és udvarok Heves megyében - A Heves megyei tájházak portáinak hasznosítása
ZAB RATZ KY ÉVA ÉVA ZÁBRÁTZKY Village Gardens and Yards in Heves County Utilisation of Homesteads in Heves County's Country House Museums Country house museums are surviving manifestations of Heves County’s rich folk architecture and interior design. From the 1950s Ferenc Bakó documented the typical settlement types of all the villages of the county including the highly important folk houses. From the 1960s he started the establishment of the network of country house museums, a process which is continued even today. The ethnographic collection of the Dobó István Castle Museum was used to furnish country house museums in six villages. Simultaneously several municipalities also embarked on collecting the relics of the past with great enthusiasm. The buildings that are now open to visitors have been restored and preserved in their authentic form. In most of these traditional country houses the buildings and the furnishings fulfil the mission formulated by the Hungarian Association of Country House Museums, according to which “„the best way to preserve values is to keep and present the buildings in their original place, together with their entire surroundings and all the relics of the lives lived here. This is done in a museum environment by creating interiors where the furnishings are left in their original place; this also includes the entire homestead, together with the outhouses and the tools” (vilagorokseg.ne.hu) Apart from the house itself) homesteads also include the yard, vegetable and flower gardens, outbuildings, as well as the pits, barns, etc., used to store grains. Today s country house museums have a double mission: on the one hand they have to present the lifestyle of the period in an authentic way and on the other hand they have to be suitable for being used as venues for community events. The lecture presents the characteristics of Heves County homesteads, which retained their traditional use until the mid-20th century and also compares these features with the present conditions of the yards in country house museums. There are some positive examples for the use of the garden, such as the Boldog Country House Museum, where the harvest of the corn, locally planted and cultivated in the garden, has been turned into a fun community event. The idea is to plant specifically local plants in the vegetable garden. There are other country house museums - and this is the more typical choice -, where the primary goal is to create an environment that meets the current needs of the visitors, so the yards are covered with paving stones and in many places currently fashionable plants are grown in the gardens. The ideal solution would be to have an environment which corresponds to the age of the house and its interior, including traditional plants and outbuildings. 125
