Gorenjski muzej Kranj
Oplenova hisa
Studor 16
4267 Srednja vas
tel.: +386 4 572 35 22 (Mr. Gregor Resman)

Open
26. XII. - 31. VI. and 1. IX. - 24. X.	1. VII. - 31. VIII.	25. X. - 25. XII.
10 - 12 16 - 18 closed Monday	11 - 19 closed Monday	closed

Oplen's, a Bohinj farmhouse, is built as a longhouse, uniting dwelling and farm rooms together in the same builiding. The house is built of stone and wood. The exit to the barn is reavhed by crossing a bridge, built along the living area, which is an architectural peculiarity of the Bohinj valley.

The living rooms consist of hall and a kitchen, a "hiša" (living room), a "kamra" (chamber), an attic and a cellar. The so-called black kitchen, which conservationists restored to its original state without a chimmey, a separated from the hall by a valut. In the kitchen there are three fireplaces: a hearth, a fireplace for the stove and a built-in boiler for cooking food for pigs. Even today, just as in the last century before the chimmey was built, smoke rolls beneath the ceiling to the attic, while the "šipovnik" (dividing vault) defines its lowest level.

The "hiša" is the central dwelling place, consisting of a table under God's corner (the place where the crucifix is hung), benches and a tiled stove with a resting-place, the so-called "pungrat", on the top of it. In the last century in wintertime, the "hiša" was used for weaving, evidence of which is a loom, exhibited as a specimen. The "kamra" was primarily a bedroom and (proved in a written document) a dwelling place of old (retired) farmers. Corn, crops, clothes, shoes, tools and other things were kept in the attic in cases and carried chests of the so called "ispa". In the last century the farmhouse had by a good deal of arable land, to which a comparatively big shed, a barn and a special store for litter bear witness. The last owners maintained only a small amaunt of arable land and more forest, and they bred only a few goats, for which they kept hay and leaves in the barn.

In the barn there are some interesting farming tools that were used on the farm: a cast called a "lojtrnik", a sleigh, a basket for carrying manure, various tools for splitting, a grindstone and many other objects. Many of them were donated by the villagers of Studor. Most of the exhibited furniture and objects are the legacy of the previous owners.

The present building was probably built at the beginning of the 19th century as a replacement for an older wooden house; that is, they reused a beam with three small window holes for the ceiling of the cellar. The archeological excavations in the hall and the kitchen gave us several coins from 19th century. During the renovation works they found a sacrificial niche in the lower supporting beam of God's corner and a jawbone of an animal in the wall from the staircase to the cellar, which probably indicated the original way of protecting the house from misfortune.

If you visit this house in Studor, there are many interesting things to do. For example, you can just sit on the wooden bench and enjoy the day. If you are interested, you could try making a doll from old rags - something you may have never tried before-or test yourself as a weaver (try to weave a ribbon or a bookmark)

Maybe you will see how butter was made or how our grandmothers used to wash without washing machines. Oplen's is not just a museum; it is a house full of various activities and new experiences.