Availability - Galician Town

Galician Town is a branch of the District Museum in Nowy Sącz. It is a reconstruction of small-town buildings. It includes a small market square and two frontages with a dozen or so houses. This urban complex brings the atmosphere of small towns in a given province of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. The western frontage of the market is occupied by the town hall. It is a replica of the unrealized seat of the authorities in Stary Sącz. The town hall performs representative, conference and hotel functions.
In the reconstructed bourgeois houses, studios were set up, including a photographer's atelier and a watchmaker's workshop. There is also a former carpenter's workshop, a Jewish tailor's workshop, a colonial shop and a hairdresser's. In Miasteczko Galicyskie there is also a fire station with a characteristic turret and large wooden doors. There is a noble manor house, where the specialist library of the District Museum in Nowy Sącz is located. At the Galician market there is also an inn serving regional food.

The Galician Town hosts numerous entertaining outdoor events, concerts and annual Christmas fairs. This place attracts artists who willingly paint small-town architecture. It is also a meeting place for lovers of historic vehicles meeting at the end of July on the Galician market and lovers of regional cuisine taking part in the event called Kociołek Galicyjskie.

Miasteczko Galicyjskie is open all year round. The season runs from May to October. The entrance to the exhibitions is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The last entry is at 4 p.m. Out of season The town is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The last entry to the exhibition
at 3 p.m.  The current rules of visiting and the price list are available on the museum's website.

See: http://muzeum.sacz.pl/strony_filie/miasteczko-galicyjskie/

Access to Miasteczko Galicyjskie is possible by car and bus lines 25 and 27 of public transport. The "Aleja Wolności" bus stop is 400 meters from the Main Building.

Schedule:

See: http://www.mpk.nowysacz.pl/timetable/line/25/1/00032

See: http://www.mpk.nowysacz.pl/timetable/line/27/1/00032

Get off at the "Lwowska - Miasteczko Galicyjskie" stop, then turn left, down the street that leads to the main entrance.

You can go back to the city center, to the "Rynek" stop, also using
from bus lines 25 and 27. Go outside the gate of Miasteczko Galicyjskie and follow the directions
left, up the street. Then you need to cross the street and turn right to the stop "Lwowska - Miasteczko Galicyjskie"

Schedule:

See: http://www.mpk.nowysacz.pl/timetable/line/25/0/01522

See: http://www.mpk.nowysacz.pl/timetable/line/27/0/01522

In the immediate vicinity of the town there is a large, public and free car park for cars and buses with two spaces for people with disabilities.

Miasteczko Galicyjskie is a space encompassing 17 different objects. They were set on a rectangular plan. The entrance to the exhibition area leads through the ticket office building. Next to the ticket office building on the right side there is an inn building. In the middle of the market there is a town hall and a stone-paved market square with a well. The market square is surrounded
on the left and right side with 2 frontages. On both sides of the frontage there are buildings of the exhibition. Behind the town hall, there is a space with benches for rest. Next is the manor building, and before that there is a sensory and educational garden. The area of ​​Miasteczko Galicyjskie is mostly paved with cobblestones that are wheelchair accessible. The center of the market square with the well is surrounded by stones that may make it difficult for people in wheelchairs to move around.

The entrance to the inn building is directly from the market square. The threshold is low and passable for people in wheelchairs.

There are low entry thresholds in the town hall building. On the ground floor there is a café and a gallery of temporary exhibitions. The entrance to the gallery is to the left of the main entrance. There is also a disabled toilet in the town hall. The elevator is to the right of the main entrance. It has sound signals, tactile buttons, alarm button. The elevator can be operated by staff. There is a conference room on the first floor. Turn left from the elevator exit. A second toilet accessible to people with disabilities is located to the right of the lift.

Behind the town hall there is a manor house with offices of the museum staff and a specialist library. Behind it is a sensory and educational garden. It houses educational devices for children, pots with herbs and devices with old instruments. There are also swings, a bridge, a sandbox and a balance beam. The place is adapted for people with disabilities. There are benches to rest.

The ticket office and the information point are on the left, behind the main gate that leads to the Galician Town. It is a tall pillared building accessed by a paved path. The door to the ticket office opens to the right outside, there is a low threshold. There is a flat stone surface in the middle. In the middle of the building, on the right side, there is a ticket window, where, in addition to buying tickets to Miasteczko Galicyjskie and the Sądecki Ethnographic Park and receiving a map of the facilities, tourist information is also provided. The window is at a height of 1.5 meters. If necessary, the cashier goes out to the customer or lets him inside the cash register, where the desktop of the desk is at a height convenient for a person in a wheelchair. A low threshold leads to the inside of the cash register. Continuing down the corridor, there are toilets on the left, including a toilet for people with disabilities. On the left side, at the entrance to the ticket office, there is a map of the Sądecki Ethnographic Park on the wall. There is an administration door next to it. On the right side, next to the entrance to the ticket office, there is a glass case with souvenirs that can be purchased at the ticket office. Next to the showcase, on the wall, there is a map of the Galician Town. There is a management office next door. There are pictograms in the space of the ticket office building. At the end of the corridor there is an exit door through which you can enter the exhibition area. On the left side of the exit there is a gate leading to the Sądecki Ethnographic Park. Behind the gate there is a path leading to a wooden bridge. Behind the bridge there is a gate to the Sądecki Ethnographic Park.

The toilet is located in the ticket office building, to the right of the entrance. It is adapted for people with disabilities. It is marked with pictograms. In the future, it will have a paging system. The other two toilets for people with disabilities are located in the town hall building. The entrance is at the back of the town hall. Get to the glass door. The toilet is behind them, on the left.

Low, easily passable thresholds lead to the interior of the exhibition buildings. Buildings
most of them open inwards to the right. Most of them have a hallway that leads to the exhibition room. In the hall of the pharmacy, tailor's workshop
and the colonial shop building there are stairs. They are part of the original buildings, but they are a dummy. There are different surfaces in the exhibition buildings. The floors are
mostly made of wooden staves. They are also made of stone, clay or brick.
The exhibition buildings also contain free-standing elements. In the Paszyn gallery, these are sculptures made of wood and stone placed on plinths. In the photographic atelier, these are several pieces of equipment, such as an old camera on a vintage tripod, or a figure of a wooden dog. In the building of the fire station, these are historic cars that fill most of the exhibition. Laboratories having sensory characteristics. Most have a pungent odor, the lighting is daytime and artificial, and there are also various sounds.

In the ticket office building on the right there is a toilet adapted for families with small children. There are plans to install a changing table. The Nowy Sącz Family Card is honored at the ticket office.

See: https://nowysacz.pl/nowosadecka-karta-rodziny-o-programie

The Big Family Card is also honored.

See: https://www.gov.pl/web/rodzina/karta-duzej-rodziny-ogolne

In addition to buying tickets, you can also get a map and supporting materials at the box office
in the form of educational cards for the youngest associated with the Galician Town. From the page "Route for baby" you can download a guide to the Galician Town for children on your phone.

See: https://www.trasadlabobasa.pl/tab/artykul/miasteczko_galicyjskie_w_nowym_saczu/153

There are plans to prepare a room for a parent with a small child in the cash register building.

The space of the buildings where the exhibition is located is adapted for prams. Thresholds are low. Behind the manor there is a sensory and educational garden for children and benches to rest. It houses educational devices for children, pots with herbs and devices with old instruments. There are also swings, a bridge, a sandbox and a balance beam.

A rest zone in the form of several benches surrounded by greenery has been set up for seniors behind the Town Hall in Miasteczko. In addition, discounted tickets are available at the ticket office of Miasteczko Galicyjskie, which can be purchased upon presentation of a pensioner's or pensioner's ID. It is also possible to download the audio guide for mobile devices.

See: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.audiotour.miasteczkogalicyjskiemuzeaopen&hl=pl&gl=US

The area of ​​Miasteczko Galicyjskie is mostly accessible to people with limited mobility. Access to the exhibition buildings is paved with cobblestones that are passable by wheelchairs. There is a place that can be difficult for people with limited mobility, including people with mobility disabilities. The center of the market with a well belongs to it. It is surrounded by stones that make it difficult to move around in wheelchairs. The entrances to the studio have low, passable thresholds that facilitate sightseeing.

For visually impaired and blind people in the Google Play store, there is an audioguide with the history and description of the objects to be downloaded to the phone.

See: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.audiotour.miasteczkogalicyjskiemuzeaopen&hl=pl&gl=US

Until the end of November, it will also be possible to download the audioguide at the box office of Miasteczko Galicyjskie for a deposit. You must have your own headphones for the audioguide. The rules of visiting and the price list in Braille are available at the ticket office. There are places in Miasteczko Galicyskie that can be difficult to visit for visually impaired and blind people. One of such places is the center of the market square with a well. It is surrounded by stones that may make it difficult for visually impaired and blind people to move around. Each lab has tactile and sensory aids. In addition, smell stimuli are felt. It is possible to bring guide dogs to Miasteczko Galicyjskie. In addition, it is possible to visit the exhibition with a designated guide. Please make an appointment with the box office two weeks in advance. You can send an e-mail or call.

e-mail: kasamg@muzeum.sacz.pl

phone number 18 444 35 70 ext. 104

For hearing impaired and deaf people it is possible to download the application
with audioguide in pjm.

See: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.audiotour.miasteczkogalicyjskiemuzeaopen&hl=pl&gl=US

The building of the cash register is marked with pictograms. The plans for 2021 include the installation of an induction loop. There will also be prepared texts that are easy to read and an interpreter in PJM operating the cash desk.

The Galician Town is fully accessible to people with intellectual disabilities. The ticket office building and the town area are marked with pictograms. In the future, easy-to-read texts will be available for download at the box office. When visiting the studio, it is possible to use tactile aids. There are olfactory stimuli and sensory elements in the laboratories. In the arcades of the town hall there are benches for resting. It is possible to visit the Galician Town with a designated guide. Please make an appointment with the box office two weeks in advance. You can send an e-mail or call.

e-mail: kasamg@muzeum.sacz.pl

phone number 18 444 35 70 ext. 104

For those on the Autism Spectrum, there will be a future download of noise-cancelling headphones at checkout. The Galician Town is marked with pictograms. Easy-to-read texts will be available for download at the ticket office before the tour. You will be able to use the facilities of the Variable Exhibitions Gallery in the town hall as a quiet room. At the exhibition, in the studios there is a gentle acoustics of the rooms. The interiors are illuminated with daylight and artificial light and do not irritate the eyes. Objects also have the characteristics of sensory objects. There is a strong smell in some workshops (carpentry workshop, colonial shop, pharmacy, pottery workshop).

Upon making a decision to evacuate from the premises or premises of the Museum, all persons staying in the Museum are obliged to listen to messages regarding further proceedings, and above all:

After the alarm is triggered and the evacuation from the Museum is announced, you are obliged to comply with the instructions of the person in charge of the evacuation operation and to cooperate with them.
The evacuation operation is managed by a Museum employee with an ID card or a firefighter.
If you are evacuating in a group led by an assistant, also follow his instructions.
Notify other people in the room (or in the surrounding area) about the nature of the threat and the need to evacuate.
Museum employees help people with disabilities in efficient evacuation until the arrival of specialized units of the State Fire Service.
Escape routes and emergency exits in the facilities are marked with green signs. These signs are lit for about 2 hours in the event of a failure of the basic lighting and will show you the direction of evacuation.
Follow these signs for the shortest route to the nearest stairwell or exit directly outside the facility.
If you are not in the zone directly affected by the fire and cannot evacuate yourself, wait for the Museum employee to come and help you during the evacuation.
The first to evacuate are people with limited mobility, people requiring the help of an assistant, e.g. people in wheelchairs, blind, deaf or elderly people unable to evacuate on their own.
People from the rooms where the fire started are also the first to evacuate.
Priority is also given to people who are in rooms that are in the way of the fire spreading.
If you are evacuating in a group, make sure that people who can move on their own are at the end of the group.
If your evacuation route is blocked, immediately contact a Museum employee with the available means (e.g. by phone).
Telephone number to the box office of Miasteczko Galicyjskie 18 444 35 70 we. 104

When rooms are heavily smoked, move in a stooped position, try to keep your head as low as possible, where there is less smoke.
If you can, cover your mouth and nose with a damp handkerchief, it will make it easier for you to breathe.
When evacuating through heavily smoked rooms, move along the walls so as not to lose orientation as to the direction of movement.
After leaving the endangered area, an employee of the Museum will show you where to go. Expect further help there.

Educational classes for groups of people are held in Galician Town
with disabilities. These can be interactive workshops, during which participants will learn about selected customs and traditions. These can also be workshops introducing regional art and design, which includes decorative and artistic elements. Participants will be able to make their own unique souvenir referring to the tradition and history of the Nowy Sącz or Pieniny regions. They will have the opportunity to make a souvenir related to national holidays (May 3rd Constitution, November 11th Flag Day) and occasional (Mother's Day, Grandma's Day). In addition, we offer pottery and clay modeling classes. You can also organize classes in the library of the Galician Town. The price for a group of up to 20 people is PLN 140.

The accessibility coordinator at the District Museum in Nowy Sącz is Daniel Lachor, who will provide all necessary information about facilities for people with disabilities and visits to the museum's branches.

e:mail: d.lachor@muzeum.sacz.pl

phone number: 18 443 77 08 ext. 123, 124

In Miasteczko Galicyskie, the person supporting the coordinator's activities is Karolina Tworzydło-Ruchała. Permanent employees of the exhibition also serve as support: Monika Kantor and Anna Kmak.

e-mail: k.ruchala@muzeum.sacz.pl

phone number 18 444 35 70 ext. 106