Education | Muzej Staro Selo Kumrovec

Paint your toy

Do you know what the traditional wooden toys of Hrvatsko Zagorje look like? You have already met butterflies, wooden horses, carriage horses, sleighs... toys that can be seen in the permanent exhibition of the Museum ''Staro selo'' Kumrovec. Making o...

Make your own doll

In the workshop, we learn about the method and types of domestic cloth woven by weavers in the area of Hrvatski Zagorje. The weaving workshop and tools are presented in the permanent exhibition From hemp and flax to linen, and clothing, folk costumes...

Grandma's Paper Flowers

Introduction to Staro Selo Museum's permanent exhibits devotes particular attention to traditional crêpe-paper (kinč) ornaments and the permanent exhibit of the Zagorje Wedding.

My Grandmother's Easter Eggs

After a presentation of Staro Selo Museum's exhibits and activities, children are introduced to the tradition of observance of Easter holidays in Hrvatsko Zagorje.

From Grain to Bread

In the workshop, children are first introduced to cereals and then encouraged to try to thresh corn, which is later ground in a hand mill, žrmelj, in a traditional Zagorje house, hiža.