Squeezed between Croatian/Slovenian border and the Sutla river, small village of Kumrovec would be left unnoticed if former Yugoslav leader J.B. Tito had not been born there. After JBT died, his birthhouse was converted into museum. Years gone, more native residents passed away. And their houses were added to the protected rural entity. Nowadays, it is the only open-air etnographic museum in Croatia, including 25 residential houses and 9 farm buildings. It does provide insight into the traditional ways of life, old customs, handicrafts, and trades some of which have long become forgotten. All facilities were reconstructed right on the spot, therein nothing was brought from any other location(s).

One may find interesting that some local families refused to sell their housings to the museum, so they still live there, and actually they became "life" part of otherwise static museum structure.