Museum of Hum AurA — Attraction in Grad Buzet

If you want to experience the spirit of the past of the smallest town in the world, be sure to head to the Museum of Hum Aura. The moment you step inside, you have truly stepped into history. It exudes from every corner of this family home converted into a guardian of ancient times.

The museum is entered from a street paved with worn stone, which is an excellent introduction to the theme. The house is in its original condition, nothing has been changed, the new owners have only slightly removed the paint from the walls. As we walk, we hear the creak of wooden floors and stairs, which further enhances the experience.

A costumed promoter introduced us to the story of life in Hum several hundred years ago. The owners wanted to show how people lived and what worked in Hum when it was a town. It should be noted that it is not a town today, with only 28 registered residents. It used to have a pharmacy, a shop, a school, a post office, a distillery and various crafts – everything that was necessary for the lives of its residents.

The museum is interactive, so visitors can, for example, make their own hand cream from a total of five different ingredients. The base is lanolin, and walnut macerate in sunflower, lavender essential oil, sage hydrolate, and glycerin are added. On the table in the pharmacy is a ready-made 100 percent natural soap that guests cut themselves. This shows how it was once sold – cut into 100-gram bars and wrapped in paper.

The intoxicating scent of hazelnuts and walnuts wafts through the air in the antique shop. You can also smell the coffee that you can roast yourself and grind in an antique grinder.

The room where the carpentry workshop is located is important to this museum for sentimental reasons. Namely, the museum owner's grandfather was a carpenter, and his tools were collected to be exhibited here. The sawdust, which was deliberately left behind, contributes to a stronger experience, giving the feeling that something is still being done and proves that this space is more than a...

Highly recommended.

Last month I went to this beautiful museum during my holiday. I would highly recommend it to you if you visit Croatia.

It is a small museum in a cosy city, but wonderfully decorated. In the museum, you have several rooms that each tell a different story. From a classroom to a post-office to a distillery. The atmosphere and kindness was lovely. The ladies were very friendly and dressed in a traditional dress from that area. They were more than willing to give me a tour through all the rooms and tell the beautifull stories behind them.

Aurora even helped me take pictures with the beaver for my scouting group. (some photos are on Google Maps). You could also do/buy small things such as bottling your own brandy, grinding coffee, cutting soap and so much more. You even get a little gift.

All in all, it was an amazing little museum that is well worth your time. Would love to go back there.

PS, thank you, Aurora, for the tour and the pictures. The kids loved them almost as much...

Such a great experience. We were greeted in the Mesuem/Cafe by the manager, didn’t catch his name, who offered us a sample of the local spirits. We then proceeded to do the museum tour which was so much fun. My wife made her own hand cream, while I cut bars of homemade soap. I then took the opportunity to bottle some mistletoe brandy! In total there were 11 rooms to see with most of them offering a unique opportunity to make something.

Our tour guide Aurora was nothing short of fantastic! She was a wealth of knowledge and told us all about the museum as well as the town of Hum.

If your in the area I highly recommend that you...