The "ancient crafts" expression was introduced by Ottó Herman. By using it he meant to refer to to the popular fishing and shepherding. He thought that a knowledge of these fading crafts might provide a clue in the hand of the scientist researching about ancient Hungarian history. "Those who do not know the prehistoric elements still kept by the people of today, will not be able to find the origin and development of the nation either"- he said.

The works of Ottó Herman - exhibitions arranged by him - were accompanied by a rich variety of pictures. His books and articles were illustrated by his own drawings and the works of Jankó János, Nécsey István, Koszkol Jenő, Vezényi Elemér. He used such pictures during the millenary exhibition of 1896 and the World Exhibition arranged in Paris in 1900. He tried to represent the Hungarian crafts by using ten large-size pictures made by Jenő Koszkol especially for this purpose.

The chamber exhibition represents some pictures of ancient crafts that do not exit any more, and it also exhibits some of its own drawings and graphic works. These works are also interested because of the relationship between the 19th century scientific research and the pictural illustration.

A few of the exhibited items were made through the data recording process. The works of Ottó Herman and partly those of István Nécsey István are like that. However, most of the pictures were organic parts of the composing of the scientific reports. Sometimes they were even used for the purpose of supplementing the historic proofs and documentations.