The open-air museum in Sanok is one of the largest such open-air museums in Poland. It was founded in 1958 and today it houses 200 buildings that have been relocated from various areas. The open-air museum is divided into different but similar-looking sections, each of which represents an ethnic group that lived in the region before the forced relocations after the Second World War.

Skanzen v Sanoku. Zdroj foto:...

Skanzen v Sanoku. Zdroj foto:...

In the museum you’ll find the “New” Rynek (town square), which is a replica of a Galician square from the second half of the 19th century, inhabited by the Polish, Jewish and Ruthenian populations. In addition to reconstructed houses from various Carpathian towns, there is also a genuine Jewish house, a fire station, a pub, a post office, a pharmacy, a shop, a barber shop and other buildings.

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Source of title photo: Agnieszka Rokitowska