Educational workshops
Mediaeval archery
A presenter wearing a knight's costume first presents the handling of bow and arrow and shooting a target. After the training, a competition involving all the participants is organized, and the winner is declared and presented with a written recognition.
Target audience: all ages
Location: Veliki Tabor Castle
Period: March through October
Let us build Veliki Tabor together
In this workshop, a PP presentation is used to introduce children to the importance of Veliki Tabor as a unique Late Mediaeval fortification and zero-category monument, and to its main parts. In the second, interactive part of the workshop, children use wood elements to construct Veliki Tabor or a castle of their own imagination.
Target audience: primary school pupils
Location: Veliki Tabor Castle
Period: January through December
Puppet show -- The legend of Veronika Desinićka
IOCULATORI, a mediaeval travelling puppet theatre, performs a puppet show about intrigues in the court of Count of Celje, whose son Fridrik fell in love with beautiful Veronika. See the show and find out how their story ended.
Target audience: primary school pupils
Location: Veliki Tabor Castle
Period: January through December
Puppet making using natural materials
Children make an author's doll using natural materials.
Target audience: primary school pupils
Location: Veliki Tabor Castle
Period: January through December
Using clay to make stories
In the first part of the workshop, children are introduced to baked clay objects that were used in everyday life in Veliki Tabor fort in the period between the 15th and 19th centuries. The interactive workshop will guide children from shaping clay to making a ceramic stove tile with motifs of Melusine, unicorn, or a rosette.
Target audience: primary school pupils
Location: Veliki Tabor Castle
Period: January through December