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The largest open-air museum in Lesser Poland, presenting wooden architecture and traditional folk culture of local ethnographic groups - Lachs, Pogórzans and Górale Sądeckie and ethnic groups: Lemkos, Germans and Gypsies. On the area of 20 hectares there are several dozen buildings, e.g. peasant homesteads, a 17th-century nobleman's mansion with a unique interior polychrome, a manor farm and 18th-century temples: a Roman Catholic church, a Greek Catholic church and a Protestant church. In one of the sectors, the buildings of the German colonists from Gołkowice Dolne were reconstructed, and a small Gypsy settlement on the edge of the forest. The exhibition of the open-air museum presents the chronological, property and social diversity of the folk culture of the Sądecczyzna region, and the knowledge about the tradition of the region is enriched by thematic ethnographic exhibitions: "Wedding Room" and "Lemko Maziarstwo". The surroundings of homesteads with the arrangement of greenery have a traditional character. The newest attraction is the Galician Town with the reconstruction of a small market square, town hall, inn, fire station and town houses. You can rent guest rooms and conference rooms here. The open-air museum hosts cyclical and occasional presentations of old rural crafts, regional cuisine and handicraft workshops, and in the summer numerous outdoor folklore events.
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Interior of a Lemko cottage from Wierchomla Wielka
Practical information
ul. B. Wieniawy-Długoszowskiego 83 B
33-300 Nowy Sącz
May 1 to October 16 Tuesday - Sunday 10.00 - 18.00 last entry to the exhibition at 16.30 last guided entrance at 16.00
October 17 – April 30 (walking tour) Tuesday - Sunday 9.00 - 15.00 last entry to the exhibition at 14.00 last guided entrance at 14.00, for organized groups at 13.00
The Sądecki Ethnographic Park is closed on Mondays, Holy Saturday, the first and second day of Easter. Corpus Christi, January 1 and 6, November 1, December 24, 25, 26.
The Sądecki Ethnographic Park (SPE) does not have its own car park. You can use the free car park for passenger cars and coaches at Miasteczko Galicyskie (ul. Lwowska 226). In Miasteczko Galicyskie you can buy tickets entitling you to visit the SPE.
The Sądecki Ethnographic Park is an exceptionally charming place. The outdoors of the former Nowy Sącz village attract not only filmmakers. Couples often get married here in churches of three denominations, music concerts and photo sessions are organized here. You can also relax and have fun in the meadow with a barbecue.
Guide service in Polish - PLN 90 Guide service in English - PLN 120 Reservation by phone or e-mail is required. Guided tours can take place in groups of max. 25 people.