Housed in Posavje Castle, the Posavje Museum is one of provincial Slovenia’s richest museums, particularly for its archaeological and ethnographic collections – and for its stunning fresco-filled hall.
From the courtyard you ascend a staircase whose walls and ceiling are illustrated with Greek gods, the four Evangelists and the Attems family coat of arms. Rooms on the 2nd floor are archaeological; look out for the 7th-century BC bronze horse bridle and the Celtic and Roman jewellery. In the ethnographic rooms, along with the details of local winemaking, flax weaving and master potterery, there is a strange beehive in the shape of a soldier from the early 1800s.
Rooms on the 1st floor cover life in the Posavje region in the 19th century and during the two world wars, with special emphasis on the deportation of Slovenes by the Germans during WWII. There are also galleries of religious artworks and more contemporary pieces.
The museum’s real crowd-pleaser is the Knights’ Hall (Viteška Dvorana), an Italian baroque masterpiece where everything except for the floor is painted with landscapes, and classical gods, heroes, allegories and muses. Concerts and events are sometimes held here.
