Museum named after Vladislav Orkan ( Polish. Muzeum im. Władysława Orkana ) is a museum located in the town of Rabka-Zdroj , Lesser Poland Voivodeship , Poland . The museum exhibits materials related to the culture of the Polish ethnographic group of gurals , as well as to the life and work of the Polish writer Vladislav Orkan . The museum is located on Vladislav Orkan street, house 2 and is located in a wooden church of the first half of the 17th century.
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| Established | 1936 year |
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| Address | Rabka-Zdroj , Poland |
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History
The Władysław Orkan Museum in Rabka-Zdroj was organized by the Polish Tatra Society, which in 1929 was given the church of St. Mary Magdalene to equip it with a museum exhibition. The museum was opened in August 1936. Initially, the museum was located in the tower of the temple.
Currently, materials from the 19th and early 20th centuries related to the culture of the gural people living in the vicinity of the Beskydy mountain system are exhibited in five rooms of the museum. The museum also presents objects related to the life and creative activities of Vladislav Orkan and his mother, the storyteller Katarzyna Smrechinska .
The museum annually organizes a series of exhibitions entitled Święta Kultury Góralskiej (Holidays of the Hural culture) and Święta Kultury Orkanowskiej (Holidays of the Orkan culture).
Church of St. Mary Magdalene
The Church of St. Mary Magdalene in the town of Rabka-Zdroj was built in the first half of the 17th century (1600-1606). Near the church in 1621 a parish cemetery was laid. In 1634, the Church of St. Magdalene was consecrated by Bishop Tomasz Oborski of Krakow.
The interior of the temple dates from the 17th and 18th centuries. Side altars of the 19th century were built in the Baroque and Neo-Baroque styles. In the side altars are the icons of the Holy Trinity, Saints Francis of Assisi and Dominic. The body is in working condition and dates from 1778. The walls of the interior are decorated with 1802 paintings by Andrzej Antakevich.
The church is surrounded by an 18th-century stone wall with a stirrup gate. On the territory of the temple are the Way of the Cross, preserved fragments of the old cemetery and several trees planted in 1637. Several old oaks and lindens are currently natural monuments.
Church of St. Magdalene is included in the tourist route "The path of wooden architecture" of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship ..
Links
- Museum official page (Polish)