The Slovenia’s largest museum, the Technical
Museum of Slovenia, can be found in the most amazing and perfect place just 20
km from Ljubljana. It is located in a former Carthusian monastery and is
known for its permanent and occasional collections from agriculture, fishing,
wildlife and hunting to electricity, wood working, forestry, water driving
machinery, textiles and printing.
In the museum you can also admire the fascinating collections of prestigious cars used by the former Yugoslav president Tito,the oldest preserved car in Slovenia, an impressive collection of bicycles, the
veneer sawmill, the blacksmith’s workshop, the trophy of a bear that became the
world’s champion in 1973 and so much more. In the past few years, some of the
collections were renovated, meanwhile others were newly opened (Textiles in Times Past and Today,
the forestry and woodworking departments, the history of bicycles and the
reconstruction of the mechanical workshop). In March 2014 the museum opened a new permanent exhibition »Our
beloved car«, which demonstrates a more than 100 years old history of motoring
in Slovenia.
You want more? Then visit Saturday'sclasses and workshops, themed exhibitions on Sundays and science festivals. Experience
the technological spirit of the past and come to workshops for kids, themed
guided tours, films, lectures and demonstrations that take place on Sundays. Don't miss the bread making
workshop, a demonstration of bobbin – work, horseshoe-making, casting letters,
Nikola Tesla's experiments and others interesting activities. On Saturdays join
the workshops and learn the basics
of restoration, calligraphy, felting, intarsia, bread making and basket making.
The museum, working together with various educational institutes, organises Days of science and technology that are
especially exciting for children and engineering enthusiasts. They also organise
guided tours, a number of demonstrations and workshops for school groups and
kindergartens.
After seeing the museum,
don't leave without visiting the peaceful scenery of the murmuring museum's
creek.