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Tombstone of the Dindii, Second half of 1st century, Kamnik

Objavljeno: 06.04.2020
For Caius Dindius Blandus and Octavia Quarta, the daughter of Publius, to the son Caius Dindius Blandus, aged eight. The tombstone was discovered around 1830 in Kamnik, under the Zaprice castle. It was later built into the wall of the former pub Pri Krištofu, now called Ideja Kamnik (Šutna ...

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Butarice on the Palm Sunday

Objavljeno: 04.04.2020
The children return from the blessing of the “butarice” on the Palm Sunday in 1956. Some of them are home-made from a bundle of bush, spring greenery and flowers, others are so-called “ ljubljanske butarice”, where in addition to greenery, the base is painted shutters. Of course, it had to ...

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Tinder on a chain, Mali grad

Objavljeno: 03.04.2020
Biconcave or lenticular tinder on a chain, Iron, 13th century, Mali grad. This is a common medieval form of tinder that can be of a more or less convex shape. Apart from its practical use tinder also has a symbolic meaning. For instance the South Slavs believed that the flint stone symbolised ...

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Do you know? ....Monotypy and painter Miha Maleš

Objavljeno: 03.04.2020
The monotypy appeared as early as the 17th century in the work of the Italian painter and graphic artist Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (1609-1664). It gained a wide range in the late 19th and 20th centuries, with great authors such as Edgar Degas, who, with his enthusiasm for the rediscovered ...

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The story of the popular Kamnik’s polka

Objavljeno: 02.04.2020
Probably the most popular song about Kamnik, and so to speak, the Kamnik anthem, is a song called the Kamniška polka. The author of both the lyrics and the melody is the musician Andrej Blumauer, who was born in 1932 in Graz, Austria. They soon moved to Ljubljana, where he spent his childhood ...

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Gunpowder black Peter

Objavljeno: 31.03.2020
This is a great time for a board game where you also get to know the history, work and products of the Kamnik gunpowder factory. Just make sure you don't have Gunpowder black Peter in your hands. The material for the game was prepared by Marko Kumer, conceptual design and realization of Tea ...

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The story of the popular flowers "murke"

Objavljeno: 27.03.2020
Murke are flowers related to orchids. In Slovenia we have three basic ones - red, black and one from Kamnik region, which is the only endemic. Her home is mainly in Krvavec and the Kamnik Alps. The Murke’s most celebrated the Avsenik Waltz Where the Murke Blossom. Slavko Avsenik wrote the ...

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Information for visitors

Objavljeno: 13.03.2020
According to the instructions of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, the management of the Intermunicipal Museum Kamnik has taken the following measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus: Kamnik Intermunicipal Museum Kamnik is closed to all visitors from Friday, March 13, ...

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Information

Objavljeno: 12.03.2020
Dear visitors. In accordance with the actions of the Government, the Municipality of Kamnik and the general museum guidelines, we will inform you that events within the holiday of the Municipality of Kamnik will be canceled: Maister's Evening on Thursday, March 12, 2020: Aleš Arih, Rudolf ...

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On the 40th Anniversary of Miha Maleš Gallery - Art for All

Objavljeno: 02.03.2020
In 2020, we are celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Miha Maleš Gallery. The first idea for the creation of the gallery came in 1979, when Miha Maleš donated 2634 works of art to Kamnik town as a gift upon the 750th anniversary of the first time Kamnik was mentioned as a town in written ...

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