Permanent Exposure

The Dołędze Manor House Museum, one of the branches of the Tarnów Earth Museum, is located in a wooden, originally larch, noble manor house, built in 1848 for its first owners: Maria and Aleksander Gunter.

The last owner of the manor and estate, Jadwiga Wolska Tumidajska, began efforts in the 1970s to create a museum from her house. The manor house in Dołędze was opened to the public in 1981, after several years of renovation and conservation work.

The current interior design is reminiscent of the second half of the 19th century. The front part of the manor house has representative functions: here, as now, there was a salon, a dining room in the middle room and a study next to it. The east wing of the manor house was originally used as bedrooms, while the west wing housed the kitchen and larder.

Historically, the manor house has been associated with events such as the 1846 peasant rabble, the January Uprising and the Second World War. At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, the manor house often hosted the Krakow elite of Polish culture and science: Adam Asnyk, Stanisław Wyspiański, Lucjan Rydel, Professor Michał Siedlecki and others.

During World War II, the manor was actively involved in the resistance movement, and its last owner was a member of the Home Army. A few kilometres from the manor was the ‘Motyl’ airstrip, where the ‘Most II’ and ‘Most III’ operations were carried out to export fragments of the V-2 rocket and related scientific studies from Poland.

The Dołędze Manor Museum has a rich educational offer aimed at children and young people on topics related to its history. It is also known for the classical music concerts that are organised here on a regular basis - a tradition started by the curator Władysław Konieczny.