Kumrovec, the birth place of Tito

The Kumrovec Museum

Kumrovec is about 40km northwest of Zagreb, and about 6 km from the town of Klanjec. This small town, best known for being the birth place of President Jospi Broz Tito. The main attraction in the village is a recreation of a 19th Century Croatian village. This open air museum in the Zagorje region consists of a number of restored 19th and early 20th Century buildings made from earth and wood and furnished according to theme.

There is a blacksmith hut, potter's studio, toymaker's hut, vintner's hut, candle maker's shop, and others complete with all the accessories that each worker would need for his job. The museum offers demonstrations of the various occupations, which are held on weekends during the summer months. The setting here is beautiful with a small river running through the village.

A small river

The entire settlement is an open-air ethnographic museum. Its centerpiece is an authentic re-creation of the interior and exterior of Tito's childhood home done by the Zagreb Museum of Arts and Crafts. You can walk from building to building, including village's memorabilia room, where documents and photographs from Tito's time are on display.

Day trip to Marshall Tito's birth place is one of the best excursions you can take visiting the green and hilly region of Hrvatsko Zagorje.

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