Today, an open-air museum preserving the folk architectural heritage of the sub-Pannonian type and the cultural traditions of the people who lived south of Donačka Gora and Boč from the 19th to the mid-20th century. Due to its exceptional cultural, ethnological, landscape, and historical significance, it was declared a cultural monument of national importance in 1999.
A once-typical Styrian home.
A once-typical Styrian home.
Today, an open-air museum preserving the folk architectural heritage of the sub-Pannonian type and the cultural traditions of the people who lived south of Donačka Gora and Boč from the 19th to the mid-20th century. Due to its exceptional cultural, ethnological, landscape, and historical significance, it was declared a cultural monument of national importance in 1999.
An experience for individuals, families, and groups.
The museum is a favorite among families, offering interactive heritage workshops, while older visitors enjoy a nostalgic journey through time, reliving childhood memories and connecting with the past. The museum hosts a variety of active ethnological workshops for youth and adults, demonstrations of traditional crafts, farming tasks, and cultural heritage, including basket weaving, hand weaving, blacksmithing, stone masonry, willow bark peeling and cooking, Easter bundles, Christmas pastries, wooden whistles, bread baking, and even stilt walking.
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Nominated for European Museum of the Year
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Historic structures within the open-air museum
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Days per year with free experiential workshops for individual visitors
Authentic experience. Rural charm.
Some buildings are original, relocated from nearby villages, while others have been reconstructed based on traditional architecture. The museum complex includes a residential house (birthplace of poet Jože Šmit), a farm building (barn), a pigsty, a beautifully preserved hayrack from 1892, an old-fashioned ‘drop toilet,’ and a traditional Pannonian well. Other features include a blacksmith’s workshop, a village shop (‘Lodn’ from the German ‘Laden’), a vineyard cottage, and a beehive.