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2010-02-10

Wafer from Kalisz

Produced for over 200 years andrut kaliski was registered on the list of protected products and was placed on page 952 of the catalogue of food products recommended in EU countries. It is now officially recognized as one of 850 regional products with Prot
2010-02-09

Money for Tokarnia

The Kielecki Village Museum will receive 2 mln zloty from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage for the development of the Ethnography Park at Tokarnia.
2010-02-07

Folk dances

The Voivodeship House of Culture in Kielce received 600 thousand zloty from the EEA and Norway Grants for the execution of the “Folk dances in the past and in the present” project.
2010-01-18

Masurian cuisine

This summer Ełk will become the culinary capital of Masuria. This is due to the project prepared by the municipal government. The ambition of Ełk - the culinary capital of Masuria project is to promote traditional regional cuisine.
2010-01-17

Success in Berlin

“Bear Leading”, a Polish folk custom performed during the Carnival, turned out to be a success at world’s greatest fair of agriculture and food in Berlin.
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Family pottery

2010-03-12
A big collection of the Konopczyński family pottery is in the possession of the Museum in Łowicz. It can be seen at a permanent ethnographic exhibition.

Wedding in Kurpie

2010-03-01
"Wesele Kurpiowskie" is not only about a couple getting married - it is a part of a bigger yearly event. From the 18th till 20th of June in Kadzidło the International Folklore Festival will be taking place.

Motif on Easter egg

2010-03-01
Batik technique is the oldest and most widespread method of egg ornamentation, well-known in many regions of Poland, as well as Europe. It consists in laying or “writing” on an eggshell diverse ornaments.

Jacuzzi in museum

2010-02-15
On the territory of the Museum of the Mazovian Village in Sierpc there will be created the Center for Culture and Recreation. The new investment will strengthen the position of the open-air museum on the tourist map of the world.

Wood care

2010-02-15
By picking and boring into a piece of wood the so-called “łyżkarze" (from “łyżka", meaning “spoon") have been manufacturing beautiful wooden spoons, containers, troughs up to the present. Those serve us today in the kitchen on a daily ba

Cut-outs

2010-02-12
The art book entitled „A Cut-out from Kadzidło Commune” will be published next year. It will only provide a glimpse of what constitutes a great treasure of Polish culture, namely the hands and scissors of male and female cut-out artists from K

Modern exhibitions

2010-02-10
„Mysteries of Everyday Life" is a new permanent exhibition of the Ethnographic Museum in Torun, depicting folk culture covering the land from Kujawy region to Baltic Sea in years 1850-1950.

Horse-drawn vehicles

2010-02-07
Horse-drawn vehicles typical for Masovian manors from the turn of XIX and XX centuries can be once again seen in the newly opened exhibition in the Museum of the Mazovian Village in Sierpc.