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Innovations in diet and life - Neolithic revolution

Objavljeno: 07.05.2021
12,000 years ago, after the retreat of glaciers, the climate became warmer, living conditions improved. In the Middle East, in India, people start growing the first grains, domesticate the first animals. This allowed them a more permanent settlement and a different diet. The period after the new ...

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Laurenz Joseph Stachl, The Crucifixion, 1751

Objavljeno: 06.05.2021
The special value is given to the painting, in addition to its exceptional quality, by the exact time of its creation and the signature of the painter Laurenz Joseph Stachl. It’s probably part of a sacristy closet. We can only speculate about the original location, but the possibility that the ...

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Fortunat Bergant, Mary with a Child, c.1760

Objavljeno: 04.05.2021
Fortunat Bergant was born in 1721 in Mekinje near Kamnik and died in 1769 in Ljubljana. He belongs to the second generation of Carniolan Baroque painters, and he was only engaged in table painting. He had great support in the nobility of the time (the Codelli and Erberg families), which was also ...

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Diet of the first hominids

Objavljeno: 30.04.2021
The oldest period in hauman evolution is called Paleolithic (paleos - means old, lithos - stone) - or old stone age. About 2.6 million years ago, the Australopithecus used the hand axe as their first tool.  Most of the oldest tools made from stone are found in Kenya and Ethiopia. The first ...

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From the first years of the Kamnik Museum

Objavljeno: 29.04.2021
On December 4, 1961, the Kamnik Museum was established. The Renaissance-Baroque castle complex Zaprice was intended for its operation, but it was in a rather poor condition when it was taken over, as there were still apartments in it. Ever since 1963, the buildings in the castle complex have ...

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Information for visitors

Objavljeno: 23.04.2021
Dear visitors. During the May Day holidays, you are invited to the units of the Intermunicipal Museum Kamnik. The museum at Zaprice Castle and the Birth House of Rudolf Maister will be open since Wednesday, April 28 to Friday, April 30, 2021, till 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Miha Maleš Gallery and ...

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Ana Hribar Lemovec - First step

Objavljeno: 23.04.2021
Ana Hribar Lemovec graduated in 2019 and two years later received her master's degree in graphics in art pedagogy from the Faculty of Education in Ljubljana. In her first solo exhibition, she presents a graphic work in which she tirelessly develops the idea of ​​her own portrait. The face ...

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Archaeological culinary corner

Objavljeno: 23.04.2021
In 2021 Slovenia has been declared as a European region of gastronomy. Let’s take a look at what we can use in today’s diet from the ancestors experiences. Trying to present the diet of our ancient ancestors is an extremely difficult task. We do not have written sources for prehistoric ...

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Flag of the National Reading Room (Narodna čitalnica) in Kamnik, 1873

Objavljeno: 19.04.2021
The flag of the National Reading Room is made of a double layer of silk. The motifs are embroidered on both sides of the flag: on one side the inscription Narodna čitalnica kamniška is embroidered in the wreath, on the other side in the oval is the Kamnik city coat of arms with St. Margaret, ...

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Magic knife, around 1930s, Velika planina

Objavljeno: 16.04.2021
The magic knife has a special power in the treatment of sprains and fertilized hooves of cattle. With a specially decorated knife (nine crosses and nine crescents), the shepherd cut the grass around the injured leg of the animal and hung it on a stake. When it dried, the animal recovered. The ...

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