Believe it or not – every twentieth Slovenian has a tractor . Photo : Blaž Zupančič .
Old carding machine used to separate threads of material before spinning . Photo : Neža Renko .
Coming from the U . S ., this engine-powered push mower was dubbed “ the American ”. It was manufactured by Dille and Mcguire in 1953 . Photo : Blaž Zupančič .
Textiles in Times Past and Today is a permanent exhibition showing the evolution of textile technology in Slovenia from crafts to textile industry , which was one of the most important industries in the country . The first textile plants – spinning and weaving mills – emerged in the first half of the 19th century . From these and other textile works , the museum holds spinning , weaving , knitting and other machines .
A major milestone in the development of ready-to-wear clothing industry was the invention of a sewing machine which soon found its way to both industry and practically every Slovenian household .
Commercial Singer sewing machines used in garment manufacturing trade . Photo : Jaka Blasutto .
Humanism and the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century were central for the Slovenian national identity . We got first printed book in Slovenian language , Primož Trubar ’ s Catechismus , together with his Abecedarium ( 1550 ), and the first Slovenian translation of the Bible by Jurij Dalmatin ( 1584 ). The exhibition The Written Word : History of Printing in Slovenia covers five centuries of the printed word and printing techniques from Trubar to the early 20th century . It addresses the origins of the black art 7 in the world and locally , Gutenberg , the invention of movable type and the first printed book in Europe .
7 Letterpress printing is sometimes affectionately referred to as “ the black art ”, due to inevitability of ink on fingers .
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