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Triglav Museum Collection, Mojstrana
Triglavska muzejska zbirka
Street address: Triglavska cesta 50, SI-4281 Mojstrana, Slovenia
Telephone: 386 (0) 4 589 1035
Contact: Irena Lačen Benedičič Director
Opening hours: May-Oct: 10am-4pm Tue-Fri, closed Sat-Mon; Nov-Apr: closed; groups by appointment
Established in 1984 in the former Jozel Inn at Mostrana, the Triglav Museum Collection, Mostrana presents the mountaineering collections of the Alpine Societies of Jesenice and Dovje Mojstrana. On its three floors are displayed a wealth of historical documents, photographs and artefacts, arranged in various exhibitions including mountaineering in Slovenia, the first attempts to climb Mount Triglav, Slovenia's highest peak, the founding and development of the Slovene Mountaineering Club and its branches, the construction of Alpine huts. the tourist club Skala, the work of the mountain rescue service, and the life and work of Jakob Aljaž, a renowned Triglav priest. Part of the exhibition is dedicated to a presentation of Triglav National Park.
The collection, which has been declared a cultural monument, is owned by the Alpine Society of Dovje Mojstrana and is under the professional care of the Upper Sava Museum Jesenice.
Please see also other cultural monuments or institutions in the vicinity, including the museum complex Stara Sava in Jesenice (Iron-making, mining and paleontologic collection in Ruard mansion , Etnological exhibition in Kasarna), Kos Manor House, Jesenice and Liznjek House, Kranjska Gora.
 
 
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Date updated: 27 October 2007
 
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