The Museum in its open air formula is the only one in the Polish - German border region. It was founded in 1976. It covers an area of 13 hectares comprising a natural landscape which includes forests, ponds, meadows and fields, one of which contains examples of rural buildings from western Wielkopolska, Dolny Slask (Lower Silesia), eastern Lusatia and the mid-Lubuskie region. The youngest in the museum is the reconstruction of a cottage from historical region – Bukovina. The museum organizes many open air festivals like: honey feast, Harvest, May Day, Potato feast, Horse fairs etc. It also runs the workshops of traditional rural craftmanship: grain processing, butter making, linen processing, pottery) as well as art workshops: traditional Polish christmas tree decorations and Easter eggs painting.