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Belt Clasp, Late 19th Century, Brass

Objavljeno: 12.02.2025
A belt clasp with three elongated links featuring a floral motif and three shorter ones, decorated with baroque child faces, including intermediate chains and a fastening clasp. Length: 102 cm, Width: 3 cm. It was made in the late 19th century. Belt clasps were typically an accessory to women's ...

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How Prvomajska Street in Kamnik was created

Objavljeno: 04.02.2025
At the end of the 1950s, there was a shift from the paradigm of magnificent working and poor living spaces to a new one: in addition to a pleasant working environment, communities tried to provide decent housing in a family setting for every worker. Companies began constructing residential ...

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Famous slovene cookbook writer Felicita Kalinšek

Objavljeno: 27.01.2025
When I visit the library, I always look into the corner of discarded books. That's how I came across the famous "Slovenian Cookbook" by nun Felicita Kalinšek from 1952. Terezija was born in Podgorje pri Kamniku to her father Tomaž Kalinšek and mother Uršula (5. 9. 1865 Podgorje pri Kamniku ...

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From the sketchbook of a spa guest

Objavljeno: 21.01.2025
The Kamnik Museum houses Ernst Mayer's sketchbooks, which contain 40 watercolors depicting images of Kamnik in the 1880s. Ernst Mayer was born in Himmelberg in what is now Austrian Carinthia on May 28, 1839, and died in Rijeka on February 14, 1926. He studied mathematics in Graz and Vienna. In ...

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Documentary Film about Vlasto Kopač - Now Available Online

Objavljeno: 20.01.2025
On Saturday, February 8 2025, at 10:00 AM, a documentary about Vlasta Kopač will become publicly available at the following link: https://youtu.be/Xw44sBFfrhM This documentary explores the life and remarkable creative legacy of Vlasto Kopač (June 3, 1913, Žiri – April 27, 2006, ...

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Baptismal medallion, silver, 1888

Objavljeno: 18.09.2024
Baptismal medallion with the image of John the Baptist baptizing Jesus in the Jordan River, engraved on the reverse inscription In memory of June 13, 1887 - June 13, 1888 from your bapt. godfather F.P. The baptismal ceremony protected the new born child from an evil fate, enabled him to enter ...

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The search for the 'missing' mammoth tail - CANCELLED

Objavljeno: 21.08.2024
Event: Let's learn about heritage with the help of a dog snot, Saturday, August 24, 2024 - IS CANCELLED! You are invited to a detective adventure for dogs and dog ownwers on Saturday, September 21, 2024. We will meet at Zaprice at 10 o'clock.

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Jožefa Humar - Debevčeva Zefa, shepherdess and carver

Objavljeno: 29.02.2024
From today, February 29th 2024, a guest exhibition about Jožefa Humar - Debevčeva Zefa, by Andreja Humar Gruden, is on on display. The exhibition, book and film about the shepherdess from Gojška planina, carver and versatile artist, was presented to the public for the first time in the ...

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We were visited by the director of the Uffizi Gallery, dr. Eike Schmidt

Objavljeno: 24.10.2023
One of the largest museum complexes in the world, the Uffizi Gallery, found in the center of Florence along the Arno River, became the most visited cultural institution in Italy in 2021 for the first time. Last year, however, the visit more than doubled and reached over 4 million visitors. The ...

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Torilo, Velika planina, first half of the 20th century

Objavljeno: 01.08.2023
»Torilo« is a wooden, usually round bowl, turned and hand-made from one piece of wood, which has holes at the bottom for draining the whey from the curd or salty cheese. Shepherds made them from different types of wood, from black hornbeam, elm, maple, and pear. The bottom of the bowl was ...

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