Western Kujawy Heritage Center in Łojewo

Three museum exhibitions await you at the Western Kujawy Heritage Center. The Stanisław Przybyszewski Memorial Room recalls the figure of the leading writer of Young Poland, born in Łojewo. The interior of the room was designed following the example of Ferdynand Turliński's café in Krakow . It was there, at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, that artistic bohemia gathered around its master, Stach Przybyszewski. On one of the walls you will find a copy of "Paon - a sketch of artists of Young Poland", on which artists, including Stanisław Wyspiański, Józef Mehoffer, Lucjan Rydel, Włodzimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer and Witold Wojtkiewicz, left their mark in the form of golden thoughts, poems, and idyllic landscapes. , portraits, caricatures. The Chamber of Tradition and History of Western Kujawy will take you to the interior of a typical Kujawy cottage. Thanks to the monuments of folk culture collected here, you will see what life in the countryside was like in the past and learn about Kuyavian customs and rituals. The " Askaukalis " room will tell you the history of Krusza Zamkowa - the famous Askaukalis (emporium from the Roman period), located on the Amber Road and marked on Ptolemy's map around 150 AD.