The homestead– the house and barn were built in 1905. In1991 articles began to be collected for the exposition. The Dzūkija National Park’s Ethnographic Homestead-Museum opened its doors to visitors in 1994. The exposition is constantly being replenished with new materials that were collected in the Park territory. Here you will find out how pinewood Dzūkians walked through mushroom “neighborhoods”, fished, hunted, lighted with slips of pine wood fired with strikers, went to the land of the White Russians to pick cranberries, and wearing woven slippers, lured bees into the hollowed pine by climbing into the trees with a rope and sitting board. You will also learn about the pinewood Dzūkian lifestyle, traditions and craft. You will hear legends and stories about Marcinkonys and surrounding areas, and hear old, lyrical and melodic Dzūkian songs. In addition, you will learn about special holiday dishes that they used to prepare.