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Loka Castle - Skofja Loka Museum 

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The Skofja Loka Museum is located in Loka Castle in Skofja Loka, which was first mentioned in 1215. The Skofja Loka Museum is a general museum with historical, archaeological, ethnological, cultural-historical, art and natural history collections. It was founded in 1939 and covers the area which for 830 years (973-1803) formed the Loka Estate under the authority of the Freising Bishops of Bavaria. The museum is located in the first flour, in the ground floor and in basement spaces. In the ground floor we can see Loka Estate, castles, the town, guilds, compatriots and education, furniture from Visoko, Loka's painted bourgeois pottery, Medieval art, altars from Drazgose, gallery and round tower. In the first floor we can see art gallery, black kitchen, lamps, architecture, agriculture, animal husbandry, food, transport, sieve-making, lace-making, linen-making and dyeing, small bread, artificial flowers, recent history collection, natural history collection and archaeological collection. In the basement spaces are Copies of Gothic frescoes and Gallery of Skofja Loka visual artists of the 20th century.

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Skofja Loka Museum - Loka Castle - Skofja Loka Museum

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Loka Castle - Skofja Loka Museum
Skofja Loka Museum - Medieval art

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Medieval art
Skofja Loka Museum - Paintings on religious themes from the Baroque period

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Paintings on religious themes from the Baroque period
Skofja Loka Museum - Donation deed from year 973

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Donation deed from year 973
Skofja Loka Museum - Coat-of-arms of Skofja Loka with the Black

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Coat-of-arms of Skofja Loka with the Black
Skofja Loka Museum - Loka estate and the town

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Loka estate and the town
Skofja Loka Museum - Votive painting of Skofja loka in fire, 1698

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Votive painting of Skofja loka in fire, 1698
Skofja Loka Museum - Jug and vase

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Jug and vase
Skofja Loka Museum - Guilds - Shoemaking workshop

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Guilds - Shoemaking workshop
Skofja Loka Museum - Loka's painted bourgeois pottery

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Loka's painted bourgeois pottery
Skofja Loka Museum - Kalan's furniture from Visoko

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Kalan's furniture from Visoko
Skofja Loka Museum - Cradle of the Tavcar family donated by the royal family of Karadordevic

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Cradle of the Tavcar family donated by the royal family of Karadordevi...
Skofja Loka Museum - Compatriots and education - Ivan Tavcar

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Compatriots and education - Ivan Tavcar
Skofja Loka Museum - Copy of the fresco Holy Sunday from Crngrob (Workshop of Janez of Ljubljana, 1446 - 1460)

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Copy of the fresco Holy Sunday from Crngrob (Workshop of Janez of Ljub...
Skofja Loka Museum - Female and male costume

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Female and male costume
Skofja Loka Museum - Art gallery

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Art gallery
Skofja Loka Museum - Statue of Saint Michael in the Poljane church

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Statue of Saint Michael in the Poljane church
Skofja Loka Museum - Black kitchen

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Black kitchen
Skofja Loka Museum - Dishes and coffee mill

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Dishes and coffee mill
Skofja Loka Museum - Lamps

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Lamps
Skofja Loka Museum - Architecture

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Architecture
Skofja Loka Museum - Agriculture, animal husbandry, food, transport

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Agriculture, animal husbandry, food, transport
Skofja Loka Museum - Sledge

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Sledge
Skofja Loka Museum - Sieve-making, lace-making

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Sieve-making, lace-making
Skofja Loka Museum - Spinning wheel, stove, etc.

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Spinning wheel, stove, etc.
Skofja Loka Museum - Hat-making, comb-making

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Hat-making, comb-making
Skofja Loka Museum - Walking stick and decorative combs

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Walking stick and decorative combs
Skofja Loka Museum - Linen-making and dyeing

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Linen-making and dyeing
Skofja Loka Museum - Small bread, artificial flowers

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Small bread, artificial flowers
Skofja Loka Museum - Crowns for young Ursulines

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Crowns for young Ursulines
Skofja Loka Museum - Models for artificial flowers

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Models for artificial flowers
Skofja Loka Museum - Fancy honey bread

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Fancy honey bread
Skofja Loka Museum - Recent history collection

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Recent history collection
Skofja Loka Museum - Adolf Hitler - Mein Kampf and the German combat equipment

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Adolf Hitler - Mein Kampf and the German combat equipment
Skofja Loka Museum - Natural history collection

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Natural history collection
Skofja Loka Museum - Archaelogical collection

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Archaelogical collection
Skofja Loka Museum - Kevderc and Lubnik Cave - Tools

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Kevderc and Lubnik Cave - Tools
Skofja Loka Museum - Basement Spaces - Former yard

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Basement Spaces - Former yard
Skofja Loka Museum - Basement Spaces - Slope to the yard

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Basement Spaces - Slope to the yard
Skofja Loka Museum - Copies of Gothic frescoes

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Copies of Gothic frescoes
Skofja Loka Museum - Glalery of Skofja Loka visual artists of the 20th century

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Glalery of Skofja Loka visual artists of the 20th century

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Data

Municipality: ŠKOFJA LOKA (22919 population)

Settlements in the municipality:

Škofja Loka (11611 population), Sv. Duh (1093), Virmaše (847), Stara Loka (787), Reteče (655),

Puštal (651), Godešič (641), Zminec (543), Gorenja vas - Reteče (381), Vešter (247), Dorfarje (220), Trata (218), Ševlje (216), Log nad Škofjo Loko (213), Brode (202), Grenc (199), Binkelj (186), Bodovlje (185), Bukovica (183), Sv. Barbara (166), Spodnja Luša (165), Suha (161), Sv. Andrej (157), Na Logu (154), Vincarje (152), Forme (151), Pungert (149), Bukovščica (140), Draga (130), Praprotno (127), Sv. Lenart (124), Zgornja Luša (120), Virlog (115), Gabrk (107), Hosta (104), Križna Gora (95), Stirpnik (94), Trnje (85), Papirnica (82), Gosteče (82), Sopotnica (82), Knape (79), Pevno (77), Gabrška Gora (72), Sv. Ožbolt (71), Strmica (65), Rovte v Selški Dolini (57), Sv. Tomaž (52), Bukov Vrh nad Visokim (49), Breznica pod Lubnikom (48), Crngrob (45), Lipica (39), Podpulfrca (39), Kovski Vrh (32), Pozirno (31), Sv. Petra Hrib (31), Sveti Florijan nad Škofjo Loko (30), Visoko pri Poljanah (26), Moškrin (22), Gabrovo (21), Valterski Vrh (8), Staniše (5)