The Trubarjevi kraji Public Institute was established by the Velike Lašče Municipality in 2006. The mission of the institute is the preservation, presentation, research, promotion, and tourist marketing of the cultural and natural heritage of the Velike Lašče Municipality. It takes care of sustainable development, protection, and permanent activity of selected important national cultural monuments: Turjak Castle and its surroundings as a seat of the Auerspergs who were historically one of the most, if not the most, important noble families in the Carniola Region; the Trubar Homestead in Rašica, home of the protestant preacher and superintendent for the Slovene lands Primož Trubar (1508–1586) who wrote the first book in Slovenian language in 1550. As part of the homestead, the administration of the Trubarjevi kraji Public Institute and the Art Gallery Skedenj, Rašica are situated there.
