Behind the gates of a former Carthusian monastery you can find Slovenia’s largest museum – The Technical Museum of Slovenia. It is located in the most beautiful natural surroundings on the outskirts of Ljubljana. Several collections can be seen in the museum: from forestry, fishing and agricultural department to textile, printing, traffic and electrical engineering.

Apart from the numerous permanent displays, we also hold temporary exhibitions. The exhibition Sto let brnenja na našem nebu, which is about the Rusjan brothers, runs from 25th March until 3rd December 2010. This year we have also prepared a temporary exhibition about the lynx in Slovenia The beginning of the generation of Štefa and Arpad, which will also be on display until 3rd December 2010.

In July and August Sunday we hold following demonstrations: of bobbin-work (25th July 2010, between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m.), of spinning with a spinning wheel and hand weaving (1st August 2010, between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m.), of printing on tiegl printing machine (8th August 2010, between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m.), of printing graphics (15th August 2010, between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m.), of handmade typesetting (22nd August 2010, between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m.), of hat manufacture and of flax breaking (29th August 2010, between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m.).

More information you can find on our website - www.tms.si .

Working demonstrations on Sunday can be viewed with the purchase of the museum ticket.

More information: info@tms.si, www.tms.si, 01/750 66 70, 01/436 64 90.

Technical Museum of Slovenia
Bistra pri Vrhniki
01/750 66 70, 01/436 64 90
info@tms.si
www.tms.si