The paper describes the work of ethnographer and museologist studying small sacral buildings. The topic of research belongs to field of history of art as well as the history of folk art. The authoress presents her own approach to the study of road crosses in the proximity of Kosice in Eastern Slovakia as a part of the scientific research tasks of the museum she is working for. She illuminates single work steps: theoretical basis of the problem, methodology of the research and documentation of the artifacts in the field, creating of catalogues and data base as well as the conclusion - creating a publication.