Museums

Sanok Open Air Museum www.skansen.mblsanok.pl
Sanok Open Air Museum (3 Rybicki street) is a one of the biggest skansens in Poland. It was established in 1958 by Aleksander Rybicki and contains 200 buildings which have been relocated from different areas of Sanok Land (Bieszczady, Low Beskids, Pogórza, Doły Jasielsko Sanockie) . The Sanok skansen shows 19th and early 20th century life in this area of Poland.
The park is divided into distinct but similar-looking sections – each featuring an ethnic group living in the region prior to the post-WWII forced resettlements. (Boykos, Lemkos), Dolinians (Dale Dwellers) and Polish Uplanders (pl. Pogorzanie) homes and churches have been transported there from surrounding villages, restored to original condition and furnished with authentic objects of the period. One can go inside many of the buildings including several homes, a school house and a Roman-Catholic or Greek-Catholic church. The museum also possesses a large photographic archive, including authentic photos from the 19th and 20th centuries.

Museum of Icons www.muzeum.sanok.pl/en/
The museum is housed in the Sanok castle at 2 Zamkowa street. A Ruthenian stronghold was originally situated in this place, replaced in times of King Casimir the Great by a Gothic castle, which was later rebuilt in years 1523-48, in Renaissance style. Of the 700 icons owned by the museum 106 are presently displayed in some of its chambers. The remainder will be displayed after the renovation of the castle is completed. The collection owned by Sanok’s museum is the biggest one in Poland. Other items which are exhibited in this museum include many paintings by Zdzisław Beksiński, other paintings of contemporary artists, as well as archaeological and historical exhibits connected with the region.