From the 1930s onwards, it was also common in Tihany that local families rented out rooms in their farmhouses to those wishing to spend their holidays. Thus, in the increasingly unfolding tourism, the indigenous people of Lake Balaton discovered the possibility of earning income. All this led directly or indirectly to the development of housing culture. With the furnishings of the small room converted fromthe porch, we not only want to evoke this, but also to draw attention to the fact that ethnographers have loved to visit Tihany. Although the interior shown here is not tied to a specific person, it is more symbolic, but among the researchers, the name of Károly Viski aspires to be the most important, who carried out “deep drilling” research on fishing during his holiday with his girlfriend in Tihany.

Ethnographer Béla Gunda (in shorts) and his companions on their collecting trip to the Balaton Uplands. The photograph was taken on the border of neighboring Örvényes. Dezső Laczkó Museum, Source-worthy photographs. 8295. 1954.