On Saturday, September 25, 2021, scholarship recipients of the first year went on a trip to the Museum of the Lublin Village. This place evokes the memories of many visitors because the interior looks just like grandparents’ home when we went on vacation. The Lublin Village Museum is one of the largest and most beautiful open-air museums in Poland. Here monuments characteristic of villages from different parts of the Lublin region are presented. In fact, mostly wooden, peasant cottages are presented here, but this place is distinguished by something specific. Agricultural crops, orchards and livestock are adding the climate to the museum. The Museum’s exposition is divided into sectors reflecting the landscape and ethnographic diversity of the Lublin region: the Lublin Upland, Roztocze, Powiśle, Podlasie, Nadbuże, as well as the manor and town sector.
Even before entering the museum, attention is drawn to a large wooden windmill growing above other buildings. Interestingly, it is the first object moved to the museum as early as 1976.
The museum exhibition is not only a material trace of past times, but also the stories of ordinary people inscribed in the recreated interiors. Visiting subsequent sectors and objects, one can get the impression that time has stood still here, and a visit to the Museum becomes an opportunity for a unique journey and a close – even tangible – meeting with the past. The scholarship holders were very interested as they learned a lot about the history of the region in which they will spend their best students’ years.
Anna Vovchanska
Photo: Anhelina Tsapa
