Rydlówka, the charming manor house in Bronowice – then a village and now a district of Kraków – was the location of Stanisław Wyspiański’s classic drama The Wedding. The union of the poet Lucjan Rydel and the peasant girl Jadwiga Mikołajczykówna, held on 20 November 1900, has become an indelible part of Poland’s history. Over the decades that followed, the heritage of the manor house was preserved by the descendants of the couple. In the 21st century, the care over the family’s legacy, including memorabilia of Lucjan, acclaimed author, critic and social activist, has been taken over by the Historical Museum of the City of Kraków. On 20 November, on the anniversary of the famous wedding, the institution is opening a brand new permanent exhibition. The vernissage coincides with a traditional ritual recalling Chochoł (Straw-man), the most important symbolic character from Wyspiański’s play. “The exhibition acts like a lens focusing the atmosphere of Kraków at the turn of the 20th century, where people came and went and events and customs of the period were shaped,” we read in the exhibition preview. Does the latest episode in Rydlówka’s history preserves the atmosphere of Young Poland? Let’s find out! (Dorota Dziunikowska, “Karnet” monthly)