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The cottage from Rokitno (Szczekociny municipality) was built in 1805. Its owner was Jan Witek. It is a single-bay corner-notched log cottage with the following interior layout: storeroom – living room – hallway – dwelling room – storeroom. It is covered by a hipped straw roof.
The cottage is typical of those used to house two families of wealthy peasants together in the Krakowsko-Częstochowska Upland area. In such houses, the ageing owners, having passed down the estate to their successors, had their place in a small room (dożywotka) for life.
In the large room, the foundation inscription and construction date are carved on a beam running along the ceiling (siestrzan). In the cottage interior one can see characteristic furniture and furnishings from the early twentieth century. Of particular note is the “Kraków-style” chest and the table and chair made by an apprentice at a carpenter’s workshop. It is connected with the fact that on the basis of field research, the interior of this cottage features a reconstruction of a typical village carpenter’s workshop with a set of original tools. In Rokitno, carpentry was an additional occupation of peasants who mainly made their living by working in the fields.
The cottage was reconstructed at the Museum site in 1977.