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[[Mikl House Museum]] was founded in August 1958 on the initiative of the Museum Society and opened within the grounds of [[Ribnica Castle]] in September 1961. It now forms part of Ribnica Municipality's [[Mikl House]] cultural complex.
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[[Mikl House Museum]] was founded in August [[established::1958]] on the initiative of the Museum Society and opened within the grounds of [[Ribnica Castle]] in September 1961. It now forms part of Ribnica Municipality's [[Mikl House]] cultural complex. It has two parts. Administration premises is in [[Mikl House]] situated next to [[Ribnica Castle]] where ethnography museum is situated. In the Second World War castle was burned and ruined only two defence towers and passage that connects them remained. In them museum is 
 
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Mikl House Museum was founded in August 1958 on the initiative of the Museum Society and opened within the grounds of Ribnica Castle in September 1961. It now forms part of Ribnica Municipality's Mikl House cultural complex. It has two parts. Administration premises is in Mikl House situated next to Ribnica Castle where ethnography museum is situated. In the Second World War castle was burned and ruined only two defence towers and passage that connects them remained. In them museum is


The collection of wooden ware and pottery presents the typical cottage industries of the Ribnica region, and includes vessels, spoons, flooring, joinery products, tools, turned articles, wickerwork and toothpicks. An archaeological exhibition on the oldest settlement in the Ribnica Valley depicts a remarkable prehistoric hill fort surrounded by three ramparts. From classical antiquity there is the accidental find of a coin in Velika gora with the head of the Roman Emperor Hadrian. Finally, an exhibition on emigrants from the Ribnica area portrays the period from the mid 19th century to the First World War, when many local people migrated to America.