Various aspects of the lives of Chrzanów's residents over the centuries are on display in this room. Written sources first mention Chrzanów in 1228, in a Staniątki document, whose copy can be viewed at the exhibition. As a private city, Chrzanów belonged to certain noble families. This part of the city's history is represented by those families' coats of arms and the kontusz belt and buttons. You can also see items related to the activities of the city authorities: city books, seals, and the insignia of mayoral power. When telling the medieval city's story, the St. Nicholas Church cannot be omitted. For this reason, this part of the exhibition shows a model of the church from the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries and liturgical paraments (including two 17th-century chalices borrowed from the St. Nicholas parish in Chrzanów).

The next part of the exhibition presents items related to craftsmen's guilds and fraternities that functioned in Chrzanów. These include books of guild resolutions, fraternity seals, and a guild chest ('lada cechowa'). The craftsmanship exhibition is complemented by shoemaking and tailoring tools. The last part of the exhibition is dedicated to the daily life of the townspeople. There are exhibits related to a Chrzanów house: 1789 a ceiling beam, a dowry chest, a spinning wheel. Additionally, there are parts of men's and women's traditional western Kraków folk clothing, a portrait of the Chrzanów burgher Franciszka Madejowa and a reconstruction of a market stall modelled after the late 19th-century photograph of the Chrzanów market square. The picture of the Chrzanów of the past is completed by the watercolour paintings by the local artist, Jan Chwastowski, depicting the most important places in the city with distinctive wooden architecture.