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The Dutch-style windmill from Pacanów was built in 1913. It was funded and constructed by Michał Zasucha. The windmill was in operation until the mid-1950s. In 1976 the mill was purchased by the Kielce Village Museum, and in 1993 it was transferred to the open-air museum.

The three-storey mill was built on an octagonal plan. It has a pavilion rafter roof, covered with shingles. The roof consists of a movable “cap” that, together with the sails (śmigi) can rotate towards the wind by the use of a wooden, solid shaft. The building is set on eight oak wood ground beams laid on the field-stone underpinning. The timber-frame walls have a boarding and are lined with a single-layer of shingles. The windmill driving and transmission mechanism – consists of two sails, a principal wheel, a vertical shaft, two horizontal wheels, two spindles and a pair of wheels helping the principal wheel. The windmill’s operating mechanism consists of millings tones, wooden shelters and containers for milled grain.