Kurpiowski Open Air Museum in Nowogrodzie is the second oldest museum in Poland located in the fresh air. There are wooden buildings presenting the life and work of Kurpi's former inhabitants. Visitors to the open-air museum can admire wooden architecture from the late 18th century to the mid 20th century.
Officially, the museum was opened in 1927. Its founder, Adam Chętnik, started the collection in 1909. He managed to collect about 3,000 exhibits. Unfortunately, during World War II, the museum was destroyed and museums buried in neighboring villages never found it. The only remains of the original establishment that can be admired are two fallow trees and an entrance gate from the Narew River.
The museum houses around 25 historic buildings. There are live huts, country house, barns, barns, granaries, oil mill, windmill, water mill and many others. It is worth to visit the tavern where you can enjoy regional specialties. Among the buildings were several dozen small architectural objects: hives, monuments, chapels, a well, and even an oak boat.
The outdoor exhibition, located in the open-air museum, is divided into two sections. The first, beekeeping-beekeeping, is located in the older part of the museum. Here beehives and beekeeping equipment. The second, agricultural, presents homesteads and objects of rural industry.
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