Eco-Museum of Hop-Growing and Brewing Industry in Slovenia

Contact

Ekomuzej hmeljarstva in pivovarstva Slovenije

Cesta Žalskega tabora 2, SI-3310 Žalec

http://www.ekomuzej-hmelj.si/

ekomuzej@siol.net

Phone386 (0) 3 571 8021, 386 (0) 41 727 898

Founded byMunicipalities of the Lower Savinja Region

Managed byŽalec Institute for Culture, Sport and Tourism

Franc Krajnc

ekomuzej@siol.net

Eco-Museum of Hop-Growing and Brewing Industry in Slovenia established in the late 1950's and now located in the former hop drying facilities in Žalec

Slovenia grows 2–3 % of the world's hop crop, mainly in the Lower Savinjska Region where the hop-growing tradition dates back to the late 19th century. Originally the Hop Museum was established in the late 1950s through the combined efforts of the workers of the Kmetijski Kombinat ("Agricultural Combine") in Žalec, the Institute for Beer Brewing and Hop Growing, the Municipality of Žalec and the Tourist Association of Žalec. Until 1990 the collection was housed in Savin House and then moved to the premises of the Hmezad Export-Import Company.

In 2009 the museum was renamed to Eco-Museum of Hop-Growing and Brewing Industry in Slovenia and opened in the former hop drying facility in Žalec. Its interactive display presents the history of hop-growing and features old machines for processing hops, drying shafts, photographs, local hop species and hop packaging. The collection is rooted in the legacy of the local families whose lives have been connected with hop-growing.

See also

• Žalec Institute for Culture, Sport and Tourism
• Municipality of Žalec

External links

• Eco-Museum of Hop-Growing and Brewing Industry in Slovenia website (in Slovenian)
• A Story of Hop and Beer folder (pdf)
• Eco-Museum of Hop-Growing and Brewing Industry in Slovenia on Wikipedija (in Slovenian)

Gallery

Hop drying shafts at the Eco-Museum of Hop-Growing and Brewing Industry in Slovenia

Eco-Museum of Hop-Growing and Brewing Industry in Slovenia established in the late 1950's and now located in the former hop drying facilities in Žalec

Hops growing as part of the interactive eco-museum experience at the Eco-Museum of Hop-Growing and Brewing Industry in Slovenia in Žalec,

The material in the collection of the Eco-Museum of Hop-Growing and Brewing Industry in Slovenia, created with the help of villagers in the surrounding municipalities, from their own collections of tools and memorabilia

Old machinery that was used for processing hops in the Eco-Museum of Hop-Growing and Brewing Industry in Slovenia in Žalec