page_title: The Tatra Museum in Zakopane
section_title: Historical exhibition
hierarchical_section_title: The Tatra Museum in Zakopane / Permanent exhibitions / Historical exhibition
context_page_description: The Tatra Museum is a museum of the history, culture, nature and ethnography of the Polish Tatras; its main branch is located in Zakopane, Poland.
context_section_description: The main building houses an exhibition presenting the history of the Polish Tatras. Photographs, archival documents and publications present a history of the Podhale region from prehistoric times, through first human settlements, the development of towns and villages, the development of Zakopane from a small village into a health resort and centre of the arts and culture in the interwar period. The exhibition presents the time of Zakopane's rapid development and the emergence of a society of active artists and social activists in Podhale at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Tytus Chałubiński, Stanisław Witkiewicz and many other Polish artists had chosen Zakopane as their resort of choice, fascinated by the local folklore and nature. The exhibition traces further developments of the city and region until the present day.
caption: The 'white room', ethnographic exhibition
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