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Diet of the first hominids
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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Fortunat Bergant (1721-1769)
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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Museum and gallery reopened
We would like to inform you that the Intermunicipal Museum Kamnik is OPEN (only the Birth House
of Rudolf Maister is closed from April 20 to 24).
We invite you to visit us between 10 am and 6 pm every day, from Tuesday to Saturday. Sunday, Monday and public holidays are closed.
You can see new ...
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Dušan Lipovec (1952- 2005)
Painter and publicist Dušan Lipovec was born in Kamnik. He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana (Ljubljana, 1977, Prof. Andrej Jemec), and continued his studies in Canada. He preserved the picturesque image of Kamnik, with its characteristic Small and Old Castles, in ...
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