The Contribution of Open Air Ethnographic Museums in Poland to the Achievements of Similar European Institutions of Protection of Cultural Heritage Cover Image

Wkład etnograficznego muzealnictwa na wolnym powietrzu w Polsce w europejski dorobek tego typu placówek ochrony dziedzictwa kulturowego
The Contribution of Open Air Ethnographic Museums in Poland to the Achievements of Similar European Institutions of Protection of Cultural Heritage

Author(s): Jan Święch
Subject(s): Sociology of Culture
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Ludoznawcze
Keywords: urope; open air museums; exhibitions; cultural heritage; ethnic group; arrangement; interior

Summary/Abstract: The author, as a special feature of Polish open air museums, recognizes extensive expositions presenting different foreign and ethnic groups. He also provides the typology of these special exhibitions. Polish museums, in the author’s opinion, may constitute an example for foreign institutions especially the arrangement of peasant cabins’ interiors. Great attention paid to ethnographic details, efforts made to imitate “life”, interiors changed in accordance with ritual year give Polish museums exceptionally high standard which is rarely found inmost European open air museums.

  • Issue Year: 4/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 149-162
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish