Zaprice Castle stands on a hill above the town of Kamnik, rising over the suburbs of Šutna and Zaprice and commanding a view of the valley of the Kamniška Bistrica River. Its location was strategically chosen in the Middle Ages, as it allowed control over the town and the access routes into the valley.
The original castle was built in the 14th century by the knights Dienger von Apecz, ministerials of the Bavarian Counts of Andechs. Initially, the castle was a tower-like fortification, but it was heavily damaged by the earthquake of 1511. In the 16th century, Jurij Lamberg renovated it, adding defensive walls with two towers and distinctive corner oriels.
In the 17th and 18th centuries, the castle underwent Baroque renovations, giving it a more representative appearance. In the 19th century, the castle acquired the form we know today. It remained in private ownership of the Schneid-Rechbach family until 1946, when it was nationalized.
In 1961, the castle was converted into the Intermunicipal Museum Kamnik. Today it houses permanent and temporary exhibitions on the history of Kamnik and the wider region, a lapidary with stone monuments, and an open-air ethnographic museum with granaries from the Tuhinj Valley. The castle has become an important cultural and educational center of the town.