Iron-making, Mining and Palaeontologic Collection in Bucelleni-Ruard Manor, Jesenice

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Železarska, rudarska in paleontološka zbirka v Ruardovi graščini

Cesta Franceta Prešerna 45, SI-4270 Jesenice

http://www.gornjesavskimuzej.si

tajnistvo@gornjesavskimuzej.si

Phone386 (0) 4 583 3500

ProprietorUpper Sava Valley Museum, Jesenice

Irena Lačen Benedičič, Director

Bucelleni-Ruard Manor, built in 1538, was once the centre of the Upper Sava ironworks. It was later turned into housing for factory workers and became part of the Jesenice Ironworks Collection in 1954. In the same year the museum opened a ground floor exhibition on the history of ironworks and mining in Gorenjska. The exhibition occupies eight rooms with an area of 410 square metres and is divided into the following sections: the early history of extracting iron, blast furnaces, a reconstruction of a forge, transportation and trade in ironware, mining, and charcoal burning, which illustrate the history of ironworks from the oldest procedures to the initial stages of the development of modern technology in the 20th century. The collection also exhibits moving models of ironmaking settlements, plus tools and other artefacts relating to the life and work of the Jesenice ironworker, charcoal maker, blacksmith and metalworker.

In 1993 a Palaeontological exhibition was also set up, comprising over 4,000 fossil plants and animals from the Western Karavanke mountains collected over a long period by Jože Bedic, a dedicated local collector of fossils. Each group of fossils is further illustrated by short descriptions, sketches and colour photographs on panels.

Please see also other cultural monuments or institutions in the vicinity: Kos Manor House, Ethnological Collection in Kasarna, Liznjek House and Triglav Museum Collection.