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Originally, the museum was founded as an exhibition of folk architecture from the areas of Prussia, on the outskirts of the zoo in Königsberg. The founder was Dr. Richard Dethlefsen - Provincial Conservator of Monuments of East Prussia. In 1937, it was decided to move the exhibition to Olsztynek and create an open-air museum, where the Hindenburg mausoleum was once located. The move took place in 1938–1942. Failed to move all objects. Of the 22 presented in Königsberg, 14 were moved, with one barn burned down from lightning in 1945. After World War II, buildings gathered in Olsztynek were looked after by the Provincial Conservator of Monuments in Olsztyn. At the end of the 1950s, Dr. Franciszek Klonowski began to supplement the collection with new rural architecture objects. In September 1, 1961 the Ethnographic Park was created, functioning as a branch of the Masurian Museum in Olsztyn. Its first director was dr Józef Wieczerzak. On January 1, 1969, the open-air museum began... wyświetl cały opis

Originally, the museum was founded as an exhibition of folk architecture from the areas of Prussia, on the outskirts of the zoo in Königsberg. The founder was Dr. Richard Dethlefsen - Provincial Conservator of Monuments of East Prussia. In 1937, it was decided to move the exhibition to Olsztynek and create an open-air museum, where the Hindenburg mausoleum was once located. The move took place in 1938–1942. Failed to move all objects. Of the 22 presented in Königsberg, 14 were moved, with one barn burned down from lightning in 1945. After World War II, buildings gathered in Olsztynek were looked after by the Provincial Conservator of Monuments in Olsztyn. At the end of the 1950s, Dr. Franciszek Klonowski began to supplement the collection with new rural architecture objects. In September 1, 1961 the Ethnographic Park was created, functioning as a branch of the Masurian Museum in Olsztyn. Its first director was dr Józef Wieczerzak. On January 1, 1969, the open-air museum began to function as an independent and autonomous unit under the name "Museum of Folk Architecture - Ethnographic Park in Olsztynek". In 1974, the Museum took over a fragment of the Gothic buildings of the city of Olsztynek: a ruin of a 14th-century church, once a tower of the city's defensive walls, which were renovated and adapted to the functions of the Exhibition Salon and House of Mrongowiusz. Currently, the open-air museum in Olsztynek covers about 100 ha, there are 68 architectural objects and exhibitions of rare species of farm animals of Polish origin. On December 30, 2008, the Museum was entered into the State Register of Museums kept by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage. Under the name of the Museum of Folk Architecture - Ethnographic Park in Olsztynek in the State Register of Museums is at number 99. The Museum of Folk Architecture - Ethnographic Park in Olsztynek is a founding member of the Association of Open Air Museums in Poland. In 2009, the Museum received the honorary prize of Oskar Kolberg, for his achievements in popularizing folk culture and folklore.

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