Tatra Museum in Zakopane
The Manorial Complex at Łopuszna
The Museum of Genry Culture
addres: 34-432 Łopuszna,
Oficjalna strona Muzeum Tatrzańskiego: www.muzeumtatrzanskie.pl
The Manorial Complex at Łopuszna, a typical residence of a gentry family of
moderate means, consists of the manor and farm buildings. Its history begins in
the 16th century when the village of Łopuszna was presented to Walerian Grzywa
Poradowski by King Stephen Batory. Early in the 17th century the village was
owned by the Sącz castellan Hieronim Przyłęcki. The surviving farm buildings
and manor are associated with the name of Jan Prus Lisicki of Lisice who at
first held a tenancy of Łopuszna and later bought it. Between the late 18th
century and 1949 the estate was owned by the Lisicki, Tetmajer and Lgocki
families. In 1949 the owners were dispossessed of the estate and the buildings
which, taken over by the Treasury, were conveyed to a state farm.
Misappropriated and not renovated, the buildings were falling into
disrepair.
Taken over by the Tatra Museum in May 1978, the complex owes its current
architectural shape to the conservation and repairs conducted by the Museum in
the 1980s, the main objective of which was to preserve the historical strata
essential to the lay-out of the complex and the architectural form of the
buildings. The Museum of Gentry Culture is being currently organized at
Łopuszna. In future the history of the manor and its inhabitants will be
presented in interiors furnished with utensils acquired in similar complexes
surviving at the foot of the Tatra Mts. At present the public has access to the
kitchen. Near the manor, in an art gallery adapted from a former cellar,
contemporary artist Marian Gromada presents his works. An interesting thing to
see near the gallery is the peasant cottage of the Klamerus family (cottage no.
105), housing an ethnographic exhibition.
The Łopuszna manor is a tourist attraction. Situated in the picturesque valley
of the river Dunajec, it is a convenient point of departure for excursionists
heading for Gorce and Pieniny Mts and the Spisz region. In the vicinity are
numerous precious relics of the folk architecture of the regions of Podhale and
Spisz, for instance the church at Dębno. In view of Łopuszna's numerous assets,
the Tatra Museum Society has rooms to let in the renovated 'custodian's
house'.
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| Cottage no. 105.
| Cottage no. 105.
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| Kichen.
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Zbigniew Ładygin ysladyg@cyf-kr.edu.pl
Last update 2 June 2002