Tehniški muzej Slovenije / Technical Museum of Slovenia — Attraction in Upravna Enota Vrhnika

This is amazing. Slovenian tech museum has a very big collection of technology devices. Notable are - auto,moto and bike collection from 20th century (they even have zis Soviet luxury cars), woodwork historical collection, from cutting, to transport, to mills, to carpenter's workshops. A whole chainsaw collection, ffs! Quite a large collection of stuffed animals. But what I liked was those separate smaller collections- say, clothing. It has a ton of showcases and stands to tell you how the cloth is weaved, and how threading is done. The metalwork collection has a ton of those metalwork stations you can play with, and printing collection has a linotype machine and first copiers and printers there. And also a film on how paper is made.

Overall, it took us 4h to get through, even as some more interesting parts like Tesla's experiments were not available due to covid. Still 5/5, will go...

Največji slovenski muzej, Tehniški muzej Slovenije, se nahaja v idiličnem okolju le 20 km iz Ljubljane. V nekdanjem kartuzijanskem samostanu so na ogled številne stalne in občasne razstave s področij kmetijstva, prometa, gozdarstva, lesarstva, lovstva, ribištva, tekstila, elektrotehnike in tiskarstva. Vašo pozornost bodo zagotovo pritegnili Titovi avtomobili, najstarejši ohranjeni avtomobil v Sloveniji, bogata zbirka koles, furnirnica, lokomobila, kovačija, trofeja medveda, ki je leta 1973 postal svetovni prvak, in še marsikaj zanimivega. V zadnjih letih so bile posamezne zbirke prenovljene, nekatere postavljene na novo (Razvoj tekstilne industrije na Slovenskem, gozdarski in lesarski oddelek, zgodovina koles ter rekonstrukcija mehanične delavnice).  Od marca 2014 je na ogled tudi nova stalna razstava »Naš dragi avto«, o več kot 100 letni zgodovini avtomobilizma na Slovenskem. Če vas zanima več kot le ogled zbirk, se udeležite sobotnih tečajev in delavnic, tematskih nedelj ter znanstvenih festivalov. V okviru tematskih nedelj prirejajo delavnice za otroke, tematska vodenja, projekcije filmov, predavanja in demonstracije, preko katerih lahko obiskovalci resnično začutite tehnološki duh preteklosti. Prikazali vam bodo peko kruha v krušni peči, klekljanje, kovanje podkev, ročno stavljenje črk, poizkuse Nikole Tesle in še marsikaj zanimivega. Ob sobotah se lahko pridružite delavnicam, na katerih boste spoznali osnove restavratorstva, kaligrafije, polstenja, izdelovanja intarzije, peke kruha ali pletenja košar. Večkrat letno v sodelovanju z izobraževalnimi institucijami prirejajo Dneve znanosti in tehnike, ki so še posebej zanimivi za šolarje in ljubitelje tehnike.  Za šolske skupine in vrtce izvajajo tudi vodene oglede, številne demonstracije in delavnice, ki so prilagojene učnim načrtom. Po končanem ogledu muzeja si lahko  privoščite še prijeten počitek v mirnem naravnem okolju ob pomirjajočih zvokih žuborečega...

Good museum, albeit in an unexpected location. If you don't have a car, it may be a bit tricky to get to as it is quite a way outside of Ljubljana. Bit of a strange layout as there are many different exhibitions on different themes spread out across a very large area and it is often unclear where to go for the next exhibit. The museum begins with an exhibition of old motor cars however, after that you need to exit into the courtyard behind the ticket desk to then find the next exhibition. If you see coaches in the car park then this probably means there are is a school visit taking place so be prepared for it to be busy...