Possibly, at present the ethnographical museum Dudutki is the first and only private museum of material culture. Here the past and present are brought together. This is a museum of handicrafts where a piece of clay, steel or wood is brought to life before your eyes.

The museum was founded in 1993, and it covers the territory of 160 hectares. In the Dudutki museum activities and entertainment combine in harmony with nature and history. Former inhabitants of Dudutki estate in the 19th century owned it for 130 years. They made Dudutky one of the centres of cultural life in Belarus. Whoever you are, irrespective of age or position, plunge yourself into the atmosphere of the 19th century, get to know the ways of country life and discover the secrets of ancient handicrafts.

Tourists are taken

to the old and the only working windmill in Belarus, where they can see how grain was turned into flour

to the pottery shop, where one can see traditional work of a skilled potter and join the artisan in creative process

to the ancient smithy, where one can watch a blacksmith at work and receive a lucky horse shoe as a gift

to the village bakery with tasting fresh village rye bread made before your eyes, farmer’s butter, cheese and milk

to the only legal in Belarus apparatus for "SAMOGON" (local vodka) tasting it with fresh cucumbers or marinated pickles with honey

to the water park where you can walk along its riverside pathways, enjoy nature and share the admiration and delight of the former inhabitants - musicians, historians and writers who lived here in the 19th century and made this country estate to the «Manor of Muses».

to the ethnographic gallery

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Duration: 4 hours
Price:

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DUDUTKI TOUR (half-day trip)

Includes transportation and guide services for extra 4 hours (price upon request) + program mentioned in Half day tour to Dudutky (see above)
EXTRA SERVICES IN DUDUTKI	SURCHARGES FOR EXTRAS
lunch - exclusive meal with "Uha" (special fish soup), shashliks, various excuisite brands of local meat, fresh vegetables, beer, local drinks (different brands of Belarusian vodka)	lunch $ 10 PP and more
horse riding on a special riding route	$ 15 per hour
riding in a horse-drawn coach through countryside	$ 15 per hour
russian "banya" (sauna)	$ 50 per party of 1-10 pax/per hour $ 5 per hour/PP (10 pax and more)
OFFER FOR GROUPS ONLY - ADVANCED BOOKING REQUIRED (12 PAX AND MORE)
folklore concert, folk group "VIASELLE"	$ 200 per group (45-60 minutes)
folklore festivities - old Belarusian pagan ceremonies depending on the year season KALIADY - December-January SHROVETIDE (Maslennitsa) - March SPRINGTIME CALLS (Gukanne Viasny) - April KUPALA NIGHT - June Annual Old World Culture Feast - end of July DAZHYNKI (End of Harvesting) - August-September	$ 120 per group (45-60 minutes)
CREATION OF BREAD" theatrical performance at the village bakery when one can take part in the action of making hot bread before your eyes according to the old baking rules	$ 50 per group (30 minutes)
CHAMBER CONCERT "MUSIC OF THE ELSKY FAMILY" (violin and piano performing music of the former owners and inhabitants of DUDUTKI manor-house in the 19th century)	$ 50 per group (30 minutes)
GIPSY PERFORMANCE	$ 250 per group (1-1,5 hours)