Miasteczko Galicyjskie

About the museum

The Miasteczko Galicyjskie (Galician Town) is a branch of the Muzeum Ziemi Sądeckiej, established next to the Sądecki Park Etnograficzny (Sącz Ethnographic Park) in Nowy Sącz. It recreates the market square of a typical small town of old Galicia, with several dozen houses kept in the atmosphere of the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.

The western side of the square is closed by a town hall with a slender tower and arcades, a replica of a never-realised design for the seat of the authorities of Stary Sącz. Inside are a ticket office, a café, an exhibition hall, a reading room and guest rooms. Two burgher townhouses from Stary Sącz also stand on the square, housing a photographic studio, a watchmaker’s workshop and a pottery workshop. At the western end of the square a gentry manor house from Łososina Górna, destroyed in the 1970s, has been reconstructed, and it houses a specialist library.

The town has workshops and shops, including ones selling toys and wooden decorations, an antiquarian bookshop, a dental surgery, a retro-style pharmacy, a Jewish tailor, a confectioner’s, a post office, a colonial goods shop and a barber’s. A separate exhibition presents the works of self-taught artists, sculptors and painters from Paszyn, while regional dishes are served in the inn from Orawka. Concerts, festivals and fairs are held on the site.

Highlights

• Market square of a Galician small town with a town hall and townhouses
• Workshops and shops in the style of old Galicia
• Fire station with carts, helmets and fire pumps
• Manor house from Łososina Górna with a specialist library
• Inn with regional cuisine

Permanent exhibitions

• Miasteczko Galicyjskie – rynek, warsztaty i sklepiki – Reconstructed small-town market square with a town hall, townhouses, a fire station and craft workshops in the style of old Galicia.
• Prace samouków z Paszyna – Exhibition of sculptures and paintings by folk artists from Paszyn.

Operated by

Muzeum Ziemi Sądeckiej (samorządowa instytucja kultury)

Admission & discounts

Free admission: Wednesday – free admission.

Prices apply from 1 May 2026. The museum also offers PLN 1 and PLN 5 tickets for selected groups entitled under the regulations.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• Elevator
• Accessible restroom
• Accessible parking
• Service dogs welcome
• Tactile models & exhibits
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description

Most of the site is paved with cobblestones passable for wheelchairs. Stones around the well in the middle of the square may make it difficult to move. The entrances to the exhibition buildings, the inn and the ticket office have low thresholds, and the town hall has low threshold ramps and a lift with an audible signal and tactile markings. There is an accessible toilet in the ticket office building and two in the town hall; the ticket office also has a toilet for families with small children. Two spaces for people with disabilities are located at the neighbouring free car park. Every workshop has tactile and scent aids. The regulations and price list are available in Braille, and an audio guide can be borrowed at the ticket office. Assistance dogs are allowed.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops

The branch runs workshops and events, and a family ticket costs PLN 58. There is a toilet for families with small children at the ticket office.

Getting there & parking

The town lies next to the Sądecki Park Etnograficzny. Since 1 May 2026 the entrance to the open-air museum leads through the Miasteczko Galicyjskie or past it.

Amenities & dining

• Café
• Restaurant
• Museum shop

There is a café in the town hall, regional dishes are served in the inn from Orawka, and the site has a souvenir shop.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

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