The name Branice first appears in written documents in 1250. It was mentioned in a document issued by Duke Bolesław Wstydliwy granting Klemens, the Governor of Kraków, the right to hunt beavers in Branice, Ruszcza and Brzegi. The history of the village until the mid-18th century is inextricably linked with the Branicki family of the Gryf coat of arms. The residence of this family from the beginning of the 17th century was a Renaissance building in the form of a tower (the so-called ‘lamus’), surviving until our times. The classicist manor house was built by the Badeni family, the next owners of Branice. At the beginning of the 20th century, the Branice estate became the property of the Starzewski family. In 1947 the estate was expropriated and the site became the property of the Archaeological Museum in Kraków. The classicist brick manor house was built at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. The single-floor brick building in Branice is a typical noble manor house. The front of the building is on the south side; in front of it is an entrance courtyard with a circular flowerbed. The main entrance was located under a four-column portico topped with a triangular tympanum. At the rear of the building, the line of the elevation is enlivened by an avant-corps with four pairs of half-columns.