Park Etnograficzny w Tokarni

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The wooden granary from Wyszmontów, originally built in Zawichost on the Vistula river, is an example of an eighteenth-century utility building. In the nineteenth century, it was dismantled and transferred to Wyszmontów, in the Ożarów municipality, where it was part of a manorial complex, next to the manor house and the distillery belonging to the last owners of Wyszmontów – the Załęski family.

The granary, built from larch and oak wood, has two storeys and an attic serving as a utility room. The walls were made from notched beams fitted using two-sided, inclined lap joints with their ends protruding outside the building. Four huge plank doors are fixed on wrought iron belt-strap hinges. Slit windows are closed with decorative wrought iron grating. The front wall has a gallery, created by a platform spanned between two annexes, with an eight-post colonnade supporting the roofing structure.

The granary has a hipped roof covered with a double layer of shingle, and houses permanent exhibitions devoted to vernacular culture and art of the Kielce region.