Alpine Dairy Farming Museum

Hiking Biking Families Groups
1 hr

The Alpine Dairy Farming Museum in Stara Fužina presents the traditional way of life on mountain pastures in its genuine environment through items, photographs and other documents. A visit to the museum helps you understand the meaning of herding and alpine dairy farming in Bohinj, as a way of life and coexistence with nature in an alpine environment. Alpine dairy farming has its roots in the 13th century, and cheese-making was the foundation of Bohinj farming throughout history. The museum, located in an abandoned village cheese-making facility, was opened in 1971 and then renovated in 1990. On display at the museum are the original cheese-making shop and the wooden interior of a shepherd’s hut from the Zajamniki mountain pasture, dating from 1849. Photographs show the cheese-making facilities and the process of cheese-making on mountain pastures and the transportation of the produce down into the valley.

Photos: Turizem Bohinj; Gorenjski muzej

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Information

Planšarski muzej
Stara Fužina 181
SI‒4265 Bohinjsko jezero
+386 45 770 156
muzeji.bohinj@gorenjski-muzej.si
https://www.gorenjski-muzej.si

Hiking Biking Families Groups
1 hr

Duration

1 hr

GPS coordinates

46.288945, 13.894808

Best time of year

January‒December

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