The origins of this first open-air museum in post-war Poland date back to the 1930s. This was when descendants of the ennobled Moniak family donated to the State Treasury the remaining part of their patrimony, including the land, the manor house and the utility buildings. The descendants  were Joanna Wilczkowa nee Łaciak and her brother Aleksander Łaciak (or rather Sándor Lattyak), who were residing permanently in Budapest. After the last inhabitant of the old family residence, Joanna Wilczkowa, , died in 1951, the destroyed manor with its complex of utility buildings was renovated and an idea emerged to organise an open-air museum with the heritage of Orawa culture and history on display. The historical countryside of Orawa was reconstructed with time and thanks to the determination of many people, especially Dr Wanda Jostowa. The Museum – Orawa Ethnographic Park is dedicated to the traditional material, social and spiritual culture of the Polish Orawa. The entire museum offers an insight into the living conditions of the population of Orawa from the poorest people to the wealthiest landlords, their daily lives of hard work and their holidays full of joy and hope, both equally full of various customs and rituals supposed to guarantee prosperity in their lives. In turn, peasant industrial facilities display not only production technologies and the hard work of craftsmen but also the ability to harness the forces of nature in an environmentally friendly manner throughout the production process. All of this as well as the landscaping, religious buildings and surrounding nature create the unique atmosphere of this travel back in time to the world of our ancestors.