Buje Ethnographic Museum

Why it is worth your time

The museum sits in an old town palace and shows what Istrian households used until the mid twentieth century: tools for viticulture and olive growing, household objects, weaving equipment. It is not a large display and does not try to be, but it is a useful antidote to the idea of Istria as a purely summer destination: it shows how people lived here before tourism.

Opening hours are limited out of season, so it is worth calling ahead.