Open Air Village Museum

The idea of founding an open-air museum in Lublin was born in 1960. The initial phase was the establishment of an independent entity for the Department of Public Architecture in the District Museum in Lublin. On 1 January, 1970 the department into an independent Lublin last Open Air Village Museum.

According to initial plans of the Lublin Open Air Village Museum is located in Kalinowszczyzna area and cover the area of 12ha. Was given because of difficulties in acquiring land necessary for this specific activity in 1975, the museum of the new 27ha area in the suburban district Slawinek.

In May 1976, the work with the first object with the museum, the windmill of Zygmuntow launched its transfer. It was on 27 September 1979, the first sector of Museum - The Lublin Upland - was opened.

In his capacity Lublin Open Air Village Museum covers the area from about the Lubelskie Region, as it was before the administrative reform 1975th It includes all or part of geographical regions such as: Lublin Upland, Roztocze, Polesie Lubelskie, Podlaskie, Mazowieckie and Sandomierz Valley differentiate each of them clearly from each other either geographically and ethnographically. This exhibition is divided into seven sectors in the museum was - Lublin Upland, Roztocze, Vistula region Podlasie, Bug region and the castle and city sectors.

Today the internet for visitors are: all of the Lublin plateau sector, a part of the Roztocze sector, including the Greek Catholic church Tarnoszyn the ancestral home sector, with the mansion Zyrzyn housing the exhibition with an average life of class (middle XVIIIc.) Landowner, which opened in January 2001. The extremely picturesque Powisle sector was made available for walking since June 2001, when issued but the interiors of the buildings not yet been established, traditional boat trips to the Vistula River on the pond of the museum available. At the same time as the Powisle sector's first building was opened to the public - the fire station of Bedlno with one hand, the equipment of the fire district Bedlno in 1936 and on the other hand, housing a stage and an auditorium for theater village to the cultural and educational Role played by the DFB in the villages, which was often a part of his status. On 8 September 2002 consecration of the church of the 17th Century from Matczyn place. The church with the choir from Żeszczynka and the granary of Wrzelowiec were the first objects appear the future Little Town Sector.
This year is our 35th Museum Anniversary. The celebration of the anniversary, on 24 June 2005, included the opening of the new reception building with the architecture of Kazimierz Dolny in the eighteenth century.

Over 50 historic buildings in Lublin Open Air Village Museum store. These are for "better times" because of lack of resources available in the museum waiting.

In addition to permanent exhibitions Lublin Open Air Village Museum arranges temporary presentations with village agriculture, and ritual events throughout the year, patriotic ceremonies, trade shows disappear, associated educational workshops and other cultural events. Their quality and attractiveness to visitors can be proved for example by the fact that competition in the journal "Museum Event of the Year" by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage was awarded many of them organized or distinction granted:
* bake bread before Christmas 1983 - 1983 - a distinction;
* Youth historic meeting "II Republic (Poland) big and small problems" to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the independence of Poland - 1988 - II grade awarded;
* Special exhibition "less memory" - awarded grade II - 1989;
* temporary exhibition "A National Produce" - 1992 - III degree award;
* Special exhibition "Tale of Two Childhoods" - 1995 - II grade awarded;
* permanent exhibition "a village shop c. 1939 - 1997 - first prize;
* "The Parade of the Chamber of Lublin and the Lublin region 100 years ago and now - to disappear, the professions and not disappear"- in 2000 - an award.

Please note on your visit to the museum, that some IT departments are currently under construction and our institution is to fill the financial resources can not set the tasks in the past and current needs. Despite that the overall impression you get is a result of our ambitious plans, the work of our employees and, more recently, in exceptional cases, financial skills available in the museum, we restricted every effort to make your visit an unforgettable experience.


source:http://www.skansen.lublin.pl/en/1-al-history.html