Pilica River Skansen

He used to be the chief editor of a monthly magazine "Piotrkow Cultural Guide" ("Piotrkowski Informator Kulturalny") which published materials about this region of the country.

Soon the editorial staff of the magazine started to show interest in the Pilica river and the cultural space connected with it.

[citation needed] This led to the creation of the "Association of the Pilica's Friends" ("Stowarzyszenie Przyjaciół Pilicy") in 1997.

The main purpose of the association was to protect the natural environment of the river and to spread knowledge about the area.

[citation needed] Over the years, exhibits relating to the Pilica river were collected, with the intention of founding the museum.

The biggest current exhibition is "Water flour-milling in the Pilica river-basin" ("Młynarstwo wodne w dorzeczu Pilicy").

The local government of Tomaszów Mazowiecki strove to save it and in 2006, following a decision by the provincial conservation office, the building was moved to the open-air museum of Pilica river and reconstructed there.