Cseri Miklós: Néprajz és muzeológia, Tanulmányok a népi építészet és a múzeumi etnográfia köréből (Studia Folkloristica et Ethnographica 51. Debrecen ,Szentendre, Debreceni Egyetem Néprajzi Tanszék, 2009)
TELEPÜLÉS - ÉPÍTÉSZET - LAKÁSKULTÚRA - ETHNOGRAPHY AND MUSEOLOGY STUDIES IN FOLK ARCHITECTURE AND MUSEOLOGICAL ETHNOGRAPHY
and restricted, primarily for political reasons. The question really is whether the major exhibitions make it only to Vienna, or get to come to Hungary too. That is to say, if we manage to fix these problems, I reckon that Hungarian muscology does have a chance to move to the vanguard of international trends and tendencies, as its potential and collections are second to none in Europe. THE POSITION AND ROLE OF MUSEUM PEDAGOGY IN HUNGARIAN MUSEUMS In this study, I would wish to share a range of experiences, perhaps desires and ideas with you that I have collected during the course of my activities so far. On the basis of what is described, it can be stated that the concept of museum pedagogy for me means a basic activity in museums which, at the availability of appropriate conditions, transfers knowledge between the visitors and the store of learning and information collected in the museum in a complex fashion by taking into consideration the peculiarities of the museum. Through this, it offers a contribution to the general education of society. What is more, by mediating our national cultural heritage to large audiences in diis way, it also educates the general public in the broadest sense of the term. SETTLEMENT - ARCI IITECTURE - FOLK RESIDENTIAL CULTURE THE FOLK ARCHITECTURE ARCHIVES OF HERMAN OTTÓ MÚZEUM The objectives of our archives are to facilitate the completion of Magyar Népi Építészeti Archívum [Hungarian Folk Architecture Archives], to help the cause of establishing living history buildings and listing historic buildings and monuments, and to promote the research of folk architecture. Due to the abundance and scattered quality of material, our work is far from complete, and it requires a longer period of collecting effort. Having accomplished the projects carried out parallel with the process of archiving, we also wish to prepare and publish what would be called the Topography of Listed Buildings and Monuments in BorsodAbaúj-Zemplén County. As regards the more specifically ethnographical aspect, we would like to compile a monograph on the examples of folk architecture in our county. The collection of our museum would also serve as the basis for the individual chapters in a volume to be published in the near future under the title Folk Art in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. Finally, we would like to inform you that our archives are open to the general public as well as to individual researchers. The collection is not complete; for which token we would certainly welcome any new bit of information, additional description, photograph, or survey that we might use for the expansion of the material already available. BUILDING MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES In the history of the Hungarian practice of construction by peasants, timber and eardi used to be the dominant building materials up until the current century. The variation in the proportion of these two basic material types plays an important part in the history of wall construction for residential buildings in villages. During the course of centuries, a shift in favor of earthen wall structures occured. From the end of the Middle Ages onwards - and generally from the 15 , h century in Central Europe -rammed earth walls became more and 408
