Museum of the Leather Industry in Slovenia

Contact info

Muzej usnjarstva na Slovenskem
http://www.muzej-velenje.si
info@muzej-usnjarstva.si
Primorska cesta 6h, SI-3325 Šoštanj
Phone	386 (0) 3 898 4420
Region	SI-3
Founded by	Municipality of Šoštanj
Managed by	Velenje Museum
Mojca Ževart, Director
mojca.zevart@muzej-velenje.si
Phone	386 (0) 3 898 2634, 386 (0) 41 200 240
Miran Aplinc, Curator
miran.aplinc@muzej-usnjarstva.si
Phone	386 (0) 3 898 4422
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The Museum of the Leather Industry in Slovenia presents the 210-year-old tradition of the leather industry in Šoštanj where the Vošnjak's tannery was established in 1788. It later grew into heavy industry exporting exquisite goods to other continents and ended up as a nationalised Leather Factory Šoštanj. It was finally abolished in 1999. The museum arose from the civil initiative and was established on the premises of the former factory by the Municipality of Šoštanj in 2009. It forms a branch of the Velenje Museum.

Apart from the history of the now defunct leather industry in the country the museum displays also several ambient presentations of the worker’s apartment, the director’s office, the shoemaking workshop and the industrialist Vošnjak (Woschnagg) family.

See also

• Velenje Museum

External links

• Museum of the Leather Industry in Slovenia web page