Muzeum Budownictwa Ludowego - Park Etnograficzny w Olsztynku

Ethnographic Park in Olsztyn is one of the oldest open-air museums in Europe. The first objects from the area of ​​former East Prussia began to collect in 1908 in Konigsberg. In the years 1938-1942, they moved to Olsztynek. Since 1962 he started functioning as a branch of the Mazurian Museum in Olsztyn. In 1969 it was transformed into the Museum of Folk Construction - Ethnographic Park in Olsztyn. In 1985, two buildings in the center of Olsztyn were included in its organizational structure: the Exhibition Hall in the former Evangelical church and the tower on the city walls of the fortifications. Since 1998, the museum is a cultural institution of the Self-Government of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodship, and in 2008 it was entered into the State Register of Museums conducted by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage. The museum currently has an area of ​​94 hectares. It has a rich collection of museums. There were 74 objects of large and small rural architecture from Warmia, Masuria, Powiśle and Little Lithuania. These are residential buildings, churches, farm buildings and industrial buildings. The buildings are traditional exhibits showing working methods and rituals in the 19th and 20th centuries. Museum collections of material culture and folk art exceed 10 thousand. copies.