The Ethnographic Museum is located in the summer palace of the bishops of Wroclaw standing on the Zgody Square, a green square in the center of the city. This museum plays a very important cultural role in Lower Silesia, as this is a region that has experienced numerous population displacements and migrations. The huge national and cultural diversity also builds the value of the region because of its diversity. Influences of Polish, Czech, Sorbian and German cultures mixed in Lower Silesia, but locally also of other ethnic groups, arriving in successive waves of colonization.

The permanent exhibition designed at the Ethnographic Museum was designed to show the problem of cultural identity of Lower Silesia from the perspective of human fate. The monuments have been inscribed in the story of the inhabitants of Lower Silesia. One can learn about the time of the sacrum and the time of the profane, the system of values, coping with adaptation to new living and working conditions, in a completely new place, taming it and the intermingling of cultures. At the exhibition, in addition to many interesting monuments, there are many photos showing people who came from various regions of Poland. The overlap of settlement groups is presented using examples from the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Most of the museum’s collection comes from Lower Silesia, although a small part comes from Opole Silesia, Upper Silesia, Cieszyn Silesia and Silesian Beskid. In addition, there are individual works of art, collected during nationwide competitions. Some of the museum’s most valuable exhibits are gingerbread molds, sculptures, paintings on glass, painted furniture, decorated caps, as well as a set of figural beehives.

The Ethnographic Museum is a facility that should be on the list of tourist attractions of any tourist interested in the culture of the visited region.

It is worth mentioning that when visiting the Panorama Racławicka in Wrocław, the Ethnographic Museum itself can be entered with the same ticket purchased at the ticket office of the Panorama Racławicka.

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