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