At the permanent exhibition Museum of Karst, we offer interactive corners, tactile replicas, and original objects that visitors are allowed to touch – including fossils, bones of various animals, a small marble altar, and even a real stalactite.
The following features are designed especially for families:
In the basement rooms, visitors can learn more about the body parts of the olm (Proteus), its habitat and life functions with the help of multimedia and a giant model of the Proteus. Special karst formations (rimstone pools, draperies, soda straws, and a stalagmite) are presented through projections, along with an animation showing the gradual disappearance of caves.
Using a touchscreen game, children first have to find five cave animals hidden in a word-search grid, then assemble them like a puzzle, and finally colour their body parts. If they’re lucky, the finished animal – the chosen cave creature – will then appear on the ceiling thanks to a projection.
The KRASkviz is designed for solo play or for two players to enjoy together. The quiz content covers all the topics visitors can explore in the museum (the karst world, karst phenomena, the formation of karst, caves, etc.). Two screens are available where visitors choose either the easier or the harder version of the quiz and then start answering questions. Each question has three possible answers – A, B, and C – and the player who answers correctly first wins!
The children’s archaeology corner is modelled after the cellar of Predjama Castle, a former archaeological site where the famous Predjama Treasure was discovered. Here, children transform into archaeologists and use real archaeological tools to uncover hidden objects. Once they find the items, they clean them and then document their discoveries – measuring, sketching, determining the material, estimating the period they come from, and figuring out what the objects were used for.
The Caver Junior playroom is intended for little cave explorers. Here they can climb, crawl, learn how to tie proper knots, survey caves, and discover how the olm (human fish) sees the world.
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