Exhibitions
Craft Workshops and Activities - Permanent Exhibition
At the castle, you can view workshops of traditional crafts and activities (wheelwrighting, blacksmithing, pottery, weaving, herbalism, distilling, basket weaving), which showcase the traditional use of natural resources and their processing. These workshops were prepared by the Pomurje Museum from Murska Sobota. At Grad Castle, the workshops of potter Adolf Hašaj from Kuzma, wheelwright Andrei Holcman (1925–2001) from Ižakovci, and basket maker Friderik Makovec (1908–1990) from Gornji Slaveč are on display.
Historical Exhibition - Permanent Exhibition
In the antechamber of the castle chapel, there is a timeline that introduces visitors to the history of the castle and its owners.
Cuckoo, Hoopoe, and Otter - Permanent Natural History Exhibition
On the second floor of the castle, there is a natural history exhibition that offers an overview of the biodiversity of the Goričko region. Special attention is given to the high-stemmed meadow orchards and their most charismatic bird species, the Hoopoe.
Exhibition "Skills and Secrets of Weaving Masters" - On Display Until May 31, 2025
At the palace of Grad Castle, we are hosting the exhibition Skills and Secrets of Weaving Masters, which will be on display until May 31, 2025, during the castles operating hours (opening hours and entrance fees).
The exhibition was prepared by the Ptuj-Ormož Regional Museum and takes visitors into the world of diverse fabrics and their creation. Various textile fibers and their origins, silk production, textile dyeing in the past, as well as the beauty and value of historical textiles, tapestry production, and their conservation are presented. Part of the exhibition includes two short films about flax and silk production. The central part of the exhibition is a Baroque tapestry, which the exhibition authors have named "Figural Scene Before Architecture." It was woven in the last quarter of the 17th century in Aubusson.
The exhibition is dedicated to the fortieth anniversary of the first textile conservation and restoration workshop in Slovenia and the 130th anniversary of the Ptuj-Ormož Regional Museum. Skills and Secrets of Weaving Masters is the third exhibition in a series of museum didactic projects offering a wealth of educational and, most importantly, fun exploration of museum artifacts. The selection and presentation of patterns, fabrics, and various weaving techniques, as well as conservation and restoration processes, were based on exhibits from the Ptuj-Ormož Regional Museum, which are presented from various perspectives.
The exhibition authors are Marina Čurin, Hermina Golc, Eva Ilec, Boštjan Roškar, and Tatjana Štefanič.
Did you know?
- That cotton, due to its shiny appearance, was once called "white gold"?
- That wool is not only obtained from sheep but also from goats, rabbits, camels, and other animals? Moreover, wool fiber can bend up to 20,000 times before breaking, while cotton fiber breaks after only 3,200 bends.
- That silk is resistant to moths and is also obtained from wild silkworms, with the most famous being the tussah or Indian wild silk?
Even more interesting facts await you at the exhibition at Grad Castle.
Exhibition by Ejti Štih - On Display Until Summer 2025
Ejti Štih was born in Slovenia on November 25, 1957. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana. Since 1982, she has lived in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. Throughout her artistic journey, she has ventured into painting, sculpture, ceramics, graphic design, installations, illustrated books, and designed costumes, sets, and props for fifty theatrical productions, including costumes for carnivals.
Over the past forty years, she has held more than seventy solo exhibitions in Slovenia, Bolivia, Italy, France, Spain, the USA, Panama, Belgium, Chile, Argentina, Cuba, Germany, Peru, Brazil, Portugal, and the Netherlands. She has also participated in numerous group exhibitions and international biennials. Her works are found in private and public collections worldwide. Since 2005, she has been the cultural director, co-founder, and volunteer director of the Manzana 1 Art Gallery in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
The exhibition is set in the unrenovated spaces of the castle.
