Dudutki Museum Complex
Дудуткі
An open-air village of folk crafts where you can watch blacksmiths, potters and bakers at work, sample local spirits and enjoy farmhouse food.
Dudutki is an open-air museum of folk crafts and handicrafts. It recreates a 19th-century Belarusian estate, with a forge, pottery workshop, bakery, windmill, stables and a collection of vintage cars. Visitors can join in handicraft activities and go horseback riding, and in a small distillery they can taste homemade vodka and farm cheese. The restaurant serves traditional potato pancakes. Admission is about 20 Belarusian rubles. The site is about 40 kilometres from Minsk and can be reached by car or on a day tour; some tours combine it with Khatyn or the Stalin Line.
Opening hours
Daily approx. 10:00–17:00 (some workshops closed Mon)
Nearby sights
- Maly Trostenets Memorial
- Gates of Minsk
- National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus
- Gorky Park
- Independence Square
- Church of Saints Simon and Helena (Red Church)
- Victory Square
- Upper Town