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The Apiculture Museum, Radovljica was founded by the executive committee of the Beekeepers' Association of Slovenia in response to an appeal in the journal Slovenski čebelar (Slovene Beekeeper) to collect more material on the ancient practice of beekeeping. The museum was opened in 1959 and was incorporated into Radovljica Municipality Museums in 1963. Thoroughly renovated in 1973 and again in 1996, the museum is situated in a Baroque manor house in the old part of Radovljica. It displays the rich tradition of Slovene apiculture, which was an important branch of agriculture in the 18th and 19th centuries. The technical section of the museum shows the typical habitats of bees and apicultural tools, the biological room highlights the life and work of the autochthonous bee kranjska sivka (apis mellifera carnica), and the art exhibition gallery features a unique Slovene folk art, the painted beehive panel. A copy of the apiary of the famous beekeeper Anton Janša (1734-1773) has been installed in nearby Breznica.
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[[Radovljica Apiculture Museum]], located in Baroque Thurn Mansion in the historic centre of Radovljica (together with [[Radovljica Municipal Museum]]), was founded in [[established:: 1959]] by the executive committee of the Beekeepers' Association of Slovenia in response to an appeal in the journal Slovenski čebelar (Slovene Beekeeper) to collect more material on the ancient practice of beekeeping.
 
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== Background ==
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The museum was incorporated into [[Radovljica Municipality Museums]] in 1963, thoroughly renovated in 1973 and again in 1996.
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The Thurn Mansion was rebuilt in Baroque style by the Counts of Thurn-Valsassina, who owned the manor in the period 1618-1840. The facade of the building is richly stuccoed, and the south western portal is accentuated with strongly schematised busts of the count's family. Some sections of the adjacent French-modelled Baroque park (once known to locals as 'paradise') which once belonged to the manor have been preserved.
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== Programme ==
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The museum takes care of Slovenian beekeeping heritage, keeping records of it, collecting, storing, documenting, representing and popularizing it.
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It displays the rich tradition of Slovenian apiculture or beekeeping which was an important branch of agriculture in the 18th and 19th centuries. The technical section of the museum shows the most typical habitats of bees and apicultural tools, the biological room highlights the life and work of the autochthonous bee kranjska sivka (apis mellifera carnica), the art exhibition features a unique Slovenian folk art, painted beehive front boards. A copy of the apiary of the famous beekeeper Anton Janša (1734-73) has been installed in nearby Breznica.
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Beside the permanent exhibition on Slovenian apiculture there are also workshops and temporary exhibitions organised by the museum; in 2009 exhibition on Beekeeping in Gorenjska and Dolenjska region in co-organisation with [[Dolenjska Museum, Novo mesto]].
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== See also ==
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* [[Radovljica Municipality Museums]]
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== External links ==
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* [http://www.muzeji-radovljica.si/4m_cebelarski/4cebelarski_uvod-en.html Radovljica Apiculture Museum website]
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* [http://www.muzeji-radovljica.si/4m_cebelarski/4cebelarski_v_vodnik.html Virtial Guide to Radovljica Apiculture Museum]
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Radovljica Apiculture Museum, located in Baroque Thurn Mansion in the historic centre of Radovljica (together with Radovljica Municipal Museum), was founded in 1959 by the executive committee of the Beekeepers' Association of Slovenia in response to an appeal in the journal Slovenski čebelar (Slovene Beekeeper) to collect more material on the ancient practice of beekeeping.


Background

The museum was incorporated into Radovljica Municipality Museums in 1963, thoroughly renovated in 1973 and again in 1996.

The Thurn Mansion was rebuilt in Baroque style by the Counts of Thurn-Valsassina, who owned the manor in the period 1618-1840. The facade of the building is richly stuccoed, and the south western portal is accentuated with strongly schematised busts of the count's family. Some sections of the adjacent French-modelled Baroque park (once known to locals as 'paradise') which once belonged to the manor have been preserved.

Programme

The museum takes care of Slovenian beekeeping heritage, keeping records of it, collecting, storing, documenting, representing and popularizing it.

It displays the rich tradition of Slovenian apiculture or beekeeping which was an important branch of agriculture in the 18th and 19th centuries. The technical section of the museum shows the most typical habitats of bees and apicultural tools, the biological room highlights the life and work of the autochthonous bee kranjska sivka (apis mellifera carnica), the art exhibition features a unique Slovenian folk art, painted beehive front boards. A copy of the apiary of the famous beekeeper Anton Janša (1734-73) has been installed in nearby Breznica.

Beside the permanent exhibition on Slovenian apiculture there are also workshops and temporary exhibitions organised by the museum; in 2009 exhibition on Beekeeping in Gorenjska and Dolenjska region in co-organisation with Dolenjska Museum, Novo mesto.

See also

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