Banat Village Museum
Muzeul Satului Bănățean | |
Potter's homestead from Birchiș | |
| Established | 20 August 1971 |
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| Location | Timișoara, Timiș, Romania |
| Coordinates | 45°46′37.95″N 21°15′57.42″E / 45.7772083°N 21.2659500°E |
| Type | Open-air ethnographic museum |
| Accreditation | Ministry of Culture |
| Visitors | 85,000 (2017) |
| Director | Dorel Micle |
| Website | muzeulsatuluibanatean |
The Banat Village Museum (Romanian: Muzeul Satului Bănățean) is an open-air ethnographic museum in northeastern Timișoara, at the edge of the Green Forest. Spread over an area of 17 ha, the museum is designed as a traditional Banat village and includes peasant households belonging to various ethnic groups in Banat (Romanians, Slovaks, Swabians, Ukrainians, Hungarians, etc.), buildings with social function of the traditional village (town hall, school, church, etc.), folk art installations and workshops.