Gril’s ethnological collection in located in Castle Rače. According to the ethnologist Dr. Janez Bogataj, this is the largest private ethnological collection in the northeastern part of Slovenia. Its founder, the late Zvonko Gril, collected around 4500 exhibits trough four decades. These come from all corners of Slovenia, numerous European countries, and even different continents. The collection features many old Slovenian crafts, including pottery, shoemaking, coopering, carpentry, and blacksmithing. It also contains a large amount of agricultural and farming tools and machinery, folk musical instruments, religious objects and books, as well as technical items from the distant and recent past. Positive reviews from visitors near and far, along with the diversity of the collection’s exhibits, prove that the ethnological collection is worth a visit.
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