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Painted eggs - "pirhi"

Objavljeno: 29.03.2021
WHAT DOES PIRH MEAN The term pirh is related to the term piros, which means red in Hungarian and fire in Greek, and the Czech word pyreti means reddish. The tradition of donating Easter eggs dates back to pre-dynastic Egypt, Crete. It was known to the Sumerians at least 5,000 years ago. To all ...

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Symbolism of Easter

Objavljeno: 29.03.2021
Symbolism of Easter and Easter dishes The dishes that represent the symbolism of Easter and are blessed on Holy Saturday are: RED EGGS: symbolize a drop of Christ's blood, HORSERADISH: the symbol of the nail with which Christ was nailed to the cross, POTICA: symbolizes Christ's crown ...

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Easter

Objavljeno: 29.03.2021
Easter Easter (Vuzem) is the most important Christian holiday. Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus from the dead on the third day after his burial following his crucifixion by the Roman governor of roman prov. Judea Potius Pilate c. 30 AD. Easter is a holiday of joy and hope for ...

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Komenda pottery

Objavljeno: 29.03.2021
Pottery is one of the oldest crafts in the Kamnik-Komenda region, as rich clay deposits in Tunjice near Kamnik and Komenda have been mentioned since the 14th century. In 1781, the travel writer Herman wrote that Komenda was the strongest pottery centre in the region of Carniola, as 74 individuals ...

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Information for visitors

Objavljeno: 29.03.2021
We would like to inform you that in accordance with the adopted government decisions to prevent the transmission of coronavirus from April 1 to April 12, 2021, all units of the Intermunicipal Museum Kamnik will be closed for visitors. For any information we are available on the telephone number ...

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Online guided tour of the occasional exhibition Carinthian Plebiscite 1920 in Literature and Music

Objavljeno: 26.03.2021
In cooperation with the Institute for Tourism, Sport and Culture Kamnik and the Municipality of Kamnik, we prepared an online guided tour of the exhibitions at the Birth House of Rudolf Maister on the occasion of the municipal holiday and on Rudolf Maister's birthday. Listen to the guidance of ...

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All the best, Rudolf Maister!

Objavljeno: 23.03.2021
The big man, who stands on one leg in front of his birth house - which children often marvel at - has stood firm on both in his life. He was born on March 29, 1874 in this house on Šutna, in one of the then Kamnik suburbs. I remember how the silhouettes, which were placed in front of Maister's ...

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When there was a cinema in Kamnik

Objavljeno: 17.03.2021
In 1953, the Chemical industry Kamnik built the central temple of Kamnik's living cultural creativity. Until the beginning of the 1990s, Cinema center Kamnik was important primarily as the central Kamnik cinema and the venue for subscription theater events. The workers deliberately gave up part of ...

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Katja Kovše – Bits and Bobs

Objavljeno: 12.03.2021
Katja Kovše is an art pedagogue who is interested in various art fields, the most prominent of which is comics. She is interested in graphic techniques, with which she likes to experiment, and she also loves painting and collage. In 2019, she completed a master's degree in art pedagogy at the ...

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Watch bridge, 19th century

Objavljeno: 05.03.2021
The “Watch bridge” (Uhrbrucke) is a supporting element in the mechanical mechanism of the watch, which is screwed to the plate on both sides. The museum keeps in Sadnikar's collection 40 hour bridges, brass, which are richly and variously ornamented. Cap or the bridge protects the turbulence ...

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