This exhibition invites visitors on a visual journey through Poland's mountainous landscapes between the World Wars. It features a stunning collection of historical photographs, geographically arranged from the Beskids to the Carpathian ranges. Alongside these images, explore authentic memorabilia like vintage guidebooks and tourist badges, highlighting a bygone era of Polish tourism and mountaineering.
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This exhibition showcases photographs of mountain shelters from the interwar period (1918-1939) across various Polish mountain ranges, from the Silesian Beskids to the Carpathian Mountains. It also features historical tourist badges, guidebooks, and other artifacts from the era, offering a glimpse into Poland's mountaineering history.
The exhibition "With a Backpack on the Trail. Mountain Shelters in the Second Polish Republic" presents a visual journey through the mountainous landscapes of Poland between the two World Wars. The photographs displayed are arranged geographically, starting from the western Beskids (Silesian, Small, and Western Beskids), moving through the Tatra and Pieniny mountains, and continuing eastwards to the Bieszczady, Gorgany, and Czarnohora ranges. Accompanying these images are displays of vintage tourist badges, guidebooks, and other memorabilia from the period, offering tangible connections to the era's adventurous spirit. Some of the depicted shelters no longer exist, making the photographic records particularly valuable. The exhibition aims to inspire visitors to explore mountain trails and learn about Poland's tourism history.
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