8 Kolobrzeska, Bydgoszcz, Poland
The Museum-Kashubian Ethnographic Park is located in Wdzydze Kiszewskie, in the area of the Wdzydze Landscape Park, on Lake Gołoń, which, together with several other lakes, forms a body of water called the Kashubian Sea. There are over 50 buildings characteristic of the rural landscape of Kashubia, Kociewie and Bory Tucholskie from the 17th to the 20th century. Visitors can admire the richness of the old wooden architecture of Pomerania along with the equipment: cottages, manors, a school, windmills, churches, taverns, farm buildings and craft workshops. The farms present the methods of grinding snuff and grinding grain, washing, mangleing, tailoring, weaving, the work of a blacksmith, wheelwright and forest worker. The museum offers a variety of workshops and shows, both for individual visitors and for groups. In an authentic classroom from a 19th-century school, old school classes are organized, such as writing with a quill pen, gryphon and nib, learning to sing "Kashubian Notes", a Kashubian language lesson and music workshops with the use of traditional tools and instruments. The huge area of the ethnographic park - 22 ha - allows you to rest among the gardens, orchards, fields and groves surrounding the buildings. The museum was established in 1906 and is the oldest open-air museum in Poland. Its founders are Teodora and Izydor Gulgowski - enthusiasts of handicrafts and local culture, involved in the life of the wdzydzans.
