Izgradnja etno-odjela muzeja u Ozlju
The Construction of an Open-air Ethnographic Museum in Ozalj

Summary/Abstract: The research into traditional culture of the Ozalj commune has revealed numerous valuable structures: houses and outbuildings. In order to protect them, we chose the method of the translocation of several most valuable objects and of changing their use. The moving of these objects was successfully planned and organized by the Institute for the Protection of the Cultural Monuments of SR Croatia (Republički zavod za zaštitu spomenika kulture) in Zagreb. A house, a barn, an outbuilding for married couples and a pigpen were moved to the new location near Ozalj from the village of Tomašnica, and another house from the village of Trg. The restoration of the interior and the arrangement of the surroundings is in progress. All of the work is carried out by local village craftsmen, which ensures the use of traditional methods in the translocation and restoration. After their completion, the renovated objects will serve as a museum. They will illustrate to the visitors the construction technique and the culture of living of the rural population in the Ozalj area.

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