holy family school
The beginnings of the Museum in Wdzydze date back to 1906. Its creators, Teodora
and Izydor Gulgowscy, were the founders of the first open-air museum in Poland
at that time. They arranged it in an 18th-century peasant cottage, which they
bought from a local farmer - Michał Hinc. There, they gathered, typical for that
time, household and farm equipment, as well as a valuable collection of
gold-embroidered bonnets, paintings painted on glass and ceramics. The
scientific activity and social passions of the founders of the Museum also
resulted in the development of local handicrafts and discovered the beauty of
Kashubian folk art, which lies in the intricate root braids and multi-colored
Wdzydze embroideries. Currently, over 100 years old, the Museum covers 22
hectares of land located on the shores of Lake Gołuń, developed with objects of
regional architecture. Cottages, manor houses, school, smithy, inns, windmills,
churches, outbuildings and craft workshops - over 50 objects from Kashubia,
Kociewie and Bory Tucholskie testify to the diversity of rural construction from
the 17th to the 20th century. Faithfully reconstructed interiors with authentic
equipment, periodically activated economic and industrial devices give this
place an unusual atmosphere, enhanced by the picturesque location and the values
of the surrounding nature
