Museum of Zakopane Style (Muzeum Stylu Zakopanskiego)

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Just beyond the wooden church and cemetery is the Villa Koliba, home to a small museum dedicated to the Zakopane style of wooden homes and a tribute to the work of Polish architect Stanislaw Witkiewicz. The villa dates from 1894 and was the first to be built in this style, roughly Poland's equivalent of the Arts and Crafts movement in the U.S. and Britain. One of the draws is simply the chance to walk around one of these big old houses, but there are plenty of interesting examples of ornately carved furniture and accessories. Upstairs, there's a small gallery of the freaky and fascinating 1920s society portraits by Witkiewicz's son, Witkacy. He was portraitist of choice for Poland's Lost Generation.

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