Muzeum Regionalne "Na Grapie" w Jaworzynce

About the museum

The Muzeum Regionalne “Na Grapie” (Na Grapie Regional Museum) is housed in a small complex of traditional buildings in Jaworzynka in the Silesian Beskids. Its core is a wooden cottage roofed with wooden shingles, with a smoke oven and an exhibition of folk crafts; according to the istebna.org website it dates from 1920. The site also has a barn from the 1930s and a forge.

The collections include costumes, domestic and farm equipment, old skis called “skizy”, snowshoes and highland instruments. The museum organises temporary exhibitions, educational workshops and lectures on the life, customs and costume of the highlanders. Some of the buildings also house agritourism rooms.

Highlights

• wooden cottage with a smoke oven
• barn from the 1930s and a forge
• costumes and domestic and farm equipment of the Istebna highlanders
• old skis known as “skizy” and snowshoes
• craft workshops and lectures

Permanent exhibition

• Ekspozycja stała Muzeum Regionalnego „Na Grapie” – The exhibition covers the interiors of the wooden cottage with a smoke oven, the barn and the forge, and collections of costumes, farm equipment, old skis and highland instruments.

Founded

1993

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Getting there & parking

The museum lies in Jaworzynka in the Istebna gmina; coordinates according to the Śląskie.travel portal: 49.5438 N, 18.8757 E.

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