Skansen w Sidzinie – Muzeum Kultury Ludowej
Open-air museum in the Podbabia Góra region, with wooden cottages, a forge, a mill and a granary from the 18th to 20th centuries, and a National Remembrance Room.
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About the museum
The history of the open-air museum in Sidzina goes back to 1963. Two enthusiasts of local culture, the teacher and regionalist Adam Leśniak and the local parish priest, Fr. Józef Świstek, noticed that old everyday objects were disappearing en masse with the electrification of the village. From the 1950s Fr. Świstek had been collecting folk religious figures, paintings on glass and other monuments, and the first regional room was set up in the Children's Holiday Home in Sidzina.
The open-air museum opened in 1963, on the 400th anniversary of the village's founding, on a field called Binkówka by the Kamycki stream. The first object was the cottage of Banasik, brought from the hamlet of Mała Sidzinka. The institution operated as a branch of the Orava Ethnographic Park in Zubrzyca Górna, and since 2009 it has been an independent municipal cultural institution of the Bystra-Sidzina commune.
Today the exhibition consists of several historic wooden buildings: cottages from the 18th and 19th centuries (including the Banasik cottage from 1807 and the cottage of the village mayor, wójt, Maj), a wooden forge, a water mill with a joinery workshop from Jordanów, a Loreto belfry from 1937 and a two-storey granary from 1897, in which the National Remembrance Room is arranged, devoted to the September Campaign of 1939 and the fighting of 1945. The open-air museum runs museum lessons and workshops in traditional crafts and organises outdoor events.
Highlights
- Banasik cottage from 1807, the first object of the open-air museum, moved in 1963
- Cottage of the village mayor Maj from the second half of the 18th century, with a weaving workshop
- Wooden forge and water mill with a joinery workshop from the 19th century
- Loreto belfry from 1937 with a sacred exhibition and Easter palms
- Granary from 1897 with the National Remembrance Room
- Workshops: baking flatbreads on a sheet, painting on glass, bread baking
Permanent exhibitions
- Chałupy, kuźnia i młyn – ekspozycja plenerowa skansenu – Historic wooden buildings with their interiors: the Banasik cottage from 1807, the cottage of the mayor Maj, the cottage of Anna Kozioł, a forge and a water mill.
- Izba Pamięci Narodowej w spichlerzu – Exhibition on the September Campaign of 1939, the defence of the village of Wysoka and the fighting of 1945, set up in the two-storey granary from 1897.
- Dzwonnica loretańska – wystawa sakralna – Exhibition on sacred themes and an exhibition of Easter palms in the belfry from 1937.
- Founded
- 1963
- Operated by
- Gmina Bystra-Sidzina (samorządowa instytucja kultury)
- Director
- Jadwiga Czarny
Admission & discounts
| Adults | 20 zł |
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| Reduced | 15 złpupils, students, people over 65, pensioners, disability pensioners, people with disabilities together with their carers, and people with selected decorations for services to culture |
| Children & teens | freefree up to age 3 · Children under 4 enter free of charge. |
| Seniors | 15 złReduced ticket for people over 65. |
| Visitors with disabilities | 15 złcompanion free · A person with a disability pays the reduced ticket; their assistant enters free of charge. |
| Students & apprentices | 15 zł |
| Groups (16+ people) | 10 zł per personGroup ticket for school children and young people, price per person, guide included. |
| Walking ticket (without entering the interiors of the buildings) | 7 zł |
| Workshop: baking “rusoki” flatbreads on a sheet (per person) | 22 złFor groups of 15 or more, by prior arrangement. |
| Workshop: painting on glass (per person) | 25 złFor groups of 15 or more, by prior arrangement. |
| Workshop: bread baking (per person) | 45 złFor groups of 15 or more, by prior arrangement. |
Normal and reduced ticket prices include the guide's fee. Guided tours in a foreign language (English) are available by prior arrangement. Free admission also applies to, among others, museum staff, members of ICOM and ICOMOS, and holders of the Karta Polaka (Polish Card). The price list valid from 30.06.2026 applies.
Accessibility
- Partially wheelchair accessible
- Elevator: no information
- Accessible restroom: no information
- Accessible parking
- Service dogs welcome
- Tactile models & exhibits
- Sign language tours
- Easy-to-read materials: no information
- Audio description: no information
The open-air museum grounds are fenced and fairly level; the paths are hardened or grassy, in places stony. The entrance to the grounds is step-free, but the historic buildings have low doors with high thresholds, so entering the interiors can be difficult for wheelchair users. The offer includes guided tours with the possibility of touching exhibits, a Polish Sign Language (PJM) interpreter for groups on request two weeks in advance, and touch screens with texts. Accessibility coordinator: phone 501 597 208.
Kids & families
Great for kids & families
| Kids’ admission | free up to age 3 |
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- Family tours & workshops
Children under 4 enter free of charge; museum lessons and workshops (baking flatbreads, painting on glass) are available for school groups.
Getting there & parking
By public transit
Sidzina Binkówka · 100 m
The Sidzina Binkówka stop (direction Wielka Polana) is about 100 m from the museum; from there you can travel on to Jordanów.
By car
Parking available
A car park in front of the entrance gate, with a space for vehicles of people with disabilities.
- Accessible parking
Access by the national road DK28 towards Zubrzyca Górna, or from Zubrzyca Górna by the regional road DW957. The ticket office is in the last building on the right from the entrance from the car park.
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Entrance tickets include a guided tour. The museum runs museum lessons and workshops in traditional crafts for organised groups (at least 15 people) by prior arrangement. |
