Gallery of New Year Dziady and Szlachcice

The Gallery of New Year Dziady and Szlachcice is in Milówka, on the first floor of the Municipal Public Library building, and shows the carolling customs linked to the New Year dziady and szlachcice, that is, groups who went from house to house at the turn of the year.

The building and the creation of the gallery

The gallery operates in a historic wooden building that was formerly a school and then a nursery school. The idea of adapting it arose when the nursery school had to be moved elsewhere. The ground floor was taken by a library opened in 2022, and the gallery on the upper floor was opened in January 2023. Ethnographers helped create it, and the work was supported by EU funds granted by the Beskidy Euroregion.

Nearby

Close by stands the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the “Stara Chałupa” Museum tells of the region's past life. Next to the gallery is also the synagogue in Milówka.

Practical information

• Address: ul. Dworcowa 7, 34-360 Milówka (first floor of the library building).
• Current opening hours are listed on the website of the Milówka municipality.
• The site is partly accessible to wheelchair users, which is worth confirming on the spot.