| Housed in a lovely colonnaded building built as the town hall in 1765, the Turopolje Museum houses historical, ethnographic, archaeological and art collections covering the local Turopolje, Posavina, Pokuplje and Vukomeričke gorice regions. In the first room are beautifully worked folk costumes made from locally woven hemp. There's a large loom and a collection of decorative implements used in making yarn from hemp, all in wood as befits this region rich in oak forests. Further on, a display shows what life would have been like in the 30-100 member communes that were a way of life in this area in the 18th and 19th centuries. These homes were simple but cheerful with fabulous wooden furniture and colourful folk textiles. The massive wooden table hewn from a single piece of wood is one of the few survivors of its kind. In the historical section you can learn about the history of the Museum building itself and about the town's history. The archaeological collection includes coins, ceramics and implements dug from the Roman ruins of Andautonia at nearby Ščitarjevo. See the giant oak stump in front, where there’s also a lovely park.
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