It is one of the oldest open-air museums in Poland, its beginning dates back to 1909. At the end of 2008, the open-air museum was entered into the State Register of Museums. In 2009, the museum received the prize for achievements in the field of popularizing folklore and folk culture. Oskar Kolberg.
In the area of about 100 ha, the museum can be visited, among others cottages from Masuria, Warmia, Powiśle, Little Lithuania and Sambia, as well as exhibitions of rare species of farm animals of Polish origin. In addition, the building of the Evangelical church, a seventeenth-century water mill from Kaborn, a belfry from the village of Kot, a farm complex from the Masuria region, the Poviat forge from Bielica, a smokehouse from Gila, a well crane from Nowy Kawków, a barrow grave, a wooden firehouse a tower for drying snakes, a Masurian pigeon and carpenter farm, a village school from Masuria and village outhouses from Muchorów and Cichograd.
The museum hosts numerous events targeted at both the youngest and those slightly older guests, e.g. fairs, harvest festivals. Guests visiting the open-air museum can try regional delicacies in the Inn.