Housed in the town’s old school, the museum traces local ingenuity: wooden clogs that evolved into the Alpina shoe factory, a trove of hand-bobbin lace, and an interactive model of the 1920 Rapallo frontier that once split Žiri in two. The cellar features a restored leather-drying “hen hole” and a diorama of a partisan field hospital hidden on nearby Mrzli vrh. End your visit with enamel-mug coffee in the cosy museum café—just like the cobblers once did.