The village of Berkenye is located at the bottom of the Börzsöny hill, in a picturesque environment.

During Ottoman Hungary, the village was destroyed. German settlers came from Baden-Württemberg during the reign of Mary Teresa to repopulate the village. The newcomers were mostly involved in farming and tilling.

In 1995, a Village Museum opened in a German peasant house with items, tools, articles etc. from the region.

The traditional narrow peasant house with a long veranda and wooden pillars show all signs of the architecture of the 1850s. The last preserved oven in the village is located in the brick floored kitchen. The locals collected a great number of everyday objects e. g. plates, jugs, jars etc. Beautiful old scales, wooden and gazed pots are lined up on the shelves and on top of the oven.

Strip floor covers the living room, where inlaid wooden furniture with traditional cloths of the region in are to be seen. Rare documents and pictures on the table covered with glass offer insight into life in the village. The visitors may read about the history of the village of Berkenye in Hungarian and German, as well as the charter of establishment from 1718.

Tools and equipments are stored in the chamber.

A barn is located in the yard. Authorities are planning to renovate the barn where further tools and equipments are to be shown.

Walking across the village, the visitors will see traditional long peasant houses, barns and the traditional safety posts carved of grit in front of the gate.