The Suwałki region has been boasting multicultural tolerance for many hundreds of years.
Among the local population over the centuries, you can find followers of all major religions and various denominations, people of various origins and biographies.
Those who emigrated to the Suwałki region, the territories of the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth could count on relative peace and the opportunity to continue their lifestyle.
Among those arriving in these areas were also people from the north of Great Britain – Scottish migration intensified, especially after the failure of the Jacobite uprising in 1748, proscriptions and other repressions.
The project focuses on recreating the environment of first- and second-generation Scottish immigrants from the 18th century – the poorer nobility and middle class.
During various city cultural events, we try to show Suwałki from the positive side, reminding about the foundations on which the local community operates.
In this capacity, we also take part in events popularizing the history of the last century of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in Lithuania.
Examples of events in which we took part:
- 300th anniversary of granting city rights to Suwałki
- Saxon Picnic in Dowspuda
- National Costume Day in Kaunas (Lithuania)
- 18th century in the open-air museum in Nowa Sucha
- Weekend with the Starosta of Żmudź AD 1783 in the Castle in Poniemuń (Lithuania)