Kékfestő Múzeum

Founded in 1786, the site now houses the only blue-painted museum in Europe. It has been around since 1962, but it was a long time ago, when it was born, it receives tens of thousands of visitors. Before I enter the museum, a little “appetizer” about blue painting. Already in the XVI. The “art” of fabric dyeing and textile printing has existed since the 16th century. Initially, a paint swab was used for the blue color. In the XVIII. From the 16th century, the European knuckle was replaced by the Indian indigo. When blue is painted, the “priest” is first applied to the white canvas with sample trees. This is an insulating material. Where it is, there will be no paint. The prepared fabric then gets into the craze as a lazy child writing a dissertation. After being pulled out of the moth, the priest is soaked in an acid bath. And hipp-hop, the eye-catching blue-and-white fabric wonder is done! Inside the museum, on 3 floors - a few steps down - we can learn the history and mysteries of blue painting. At the top of the drying floor you can see the works of the applied artist Irén Bódy and a collection of printing forms that are hundreds of years old. There are deer, flowers, outlaws, piglets here. They’re smooth-walled — it’s really hard to get out of the mash! In the cellar there is the priest's chamber, as well as the horse-drawn manger, which is unique in Europe. A small note: In November 2018, blue painting was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.