The park features a wooden church from 1791, moved from Nieboczowy to save it from flooding during the construction of the Racibórz Dolny reservoir.
The museum site occupies 22 hectares of land within the larger Silesian Park.
Some of the displayed cottages feature authentic Silesian interiors with original furniture and household implements from the 19th century.
The collection includes a traditional village forge and a windmill, which are rare surviving examples of regional industrial heritage.
The museum hosts seasonal events demonstrating traditional crafts like butter churning, weaving, and bread baking.
The Upper Silesian Ethnographic Park is an open-air museum located within the expansive Silesian Park, featuring over 70 wooden structures relocated from across the Upper Silesia and Zagłębie regions. The collection includes 18th- and 19th-century farmsteads, workshops, a granary, a schoolhouse, and a village inn. A distinct feature of the site is the functioning 19th-century wooden granary and a historic church brought from Nieboczowy. The park preserves regional rural architecture, including thatched-roof cottages constructed with log and post-and-beam techniques. Visitors can observe heritage craft demonstrations and agricultural practices typical of the Silesian countryside. The landscape incorporates traditional garden plots, orchards, and apiaries surrounding the historic buildings. It serves as an educational center for regional history and ethnography in the Silesian Voivodeship.
The area surrounding the historic wooden church provides the most iconic composition of the museum's architecture.
Wear comfortable, sturdy walking shoes as the paths are often gravel or dirt.
Allow extra time to explore the wider Silesian Park grounds surrounding the museum.
Check the website for specific dates regarding craft workshops, as these occur only on select days.
Closed on Mondays; exhibition areas operate on seasonal hours with reduced access to cottage interiors during winter months.
