Museum of the College of Jesuit Fathers

At the basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Stara Wieś stands the impressive late Baroque monastery building - the college of Jesuits. Currently, it houses the house and the novitiate of the local monks. The college is considered the cradle of Jesuits from the entire Province of Southern Poland of the Society of Jesus, and the local novitiate is the longest-running novitiate in the world. The two-story three-winged building has a patio surrounded by a cloister.

The monastery building, originally one-story, was erected from the foundation of Bishop Aleksander Fredro simultaneously with the church in 1730-1760. In 1872, the Jesuits took over belonging to the oo Pauline object. They carried out a major renovation and significant extension. There was a novitiate and school in the monastery transformed into a college from 1822. During World War II, the college was a thriving secret teaching center.

Being in the Old Town sanctuary, it is worth getting acquainted with the collections of the museum arranged in the parish house and the treasury, as well as visiting the nearby Bible Garden.