The
beginnings of the Museum in Wdzydze go back to the year
1906. Its founders, Teodora and Izydor Gulgowski were the first who
established an open air museum on Polish land. The XVIIIth century
cottage of a rich peasant bought from a local farmer Michał Hinc
housed the collection. The collection consisted of typical of those
times household and farm objects, precious headdresses decorated with
golden embroidery, glass paintings and pottery.
Vast
activities of the Museum’s founders resulted in development
of
local handcraft and discovered the beauty of Kashubian folk art
hidden in fine root plaitings and colourful embroidery from Wdzydze.
Nowadays,
already over centennial Museum stretches upon 22 ha of area located
at the bank of the Gołuń lake built up with objects of regional
architecture. Cottages, manors, a school, smithy, windmills, churches,
farm buildings and craftsmen’s workshops – 52
objects from
Kashubia and Kociewie testify the richnesss and variety of rural art
of building from XVIIth till XXth century.Faithfully reconstructed
interiors furnished authentically, temporarily operated farm and
industrial machines and finally its picturesque location make this
place magical.
