Ljubljana
MGML
From Corset to JacketHow the People of Ljubljana Dressed, 1850–1950
11. 4. 2024–23. 2. 2025

Join us on a journey through time with an exhibition on significant changes in the world of clothing. The exhibition will open the doors to ...

Current
Ljubljana. History. City.
Find your own favourite period in Ljubljana’s history!
Ljubljana. History. City. Discover the Spirit of the City!
Permanent exhibition

How well do you know the rich history of Slovenian capital? Pile-dwellers, Emona, Middle and New Ages, the 20th and 21st centuries… what is the history of Ljubljana? Get to know Ljubljana's past - see the chronological presentation of Ljubljana’s millennia of heritage with precious authentic artefacts, like the world's oldest wooden wheel with an axle!

Current
TURN INTO THE WALL
TURN INTO THE WALL New mural on the museum inner facade
Permanent exhibition

A tribute to the museum as a place of encounter and dialogue.

Current
CHALLENGE: TOMORROW'S YESTERDAY
CHALLENGE: TOMORROW'S YESTERDAY The Secondary School of Design and Photography Ljubljana
17. 4. 2024–23. 2. 2025

The central theme of the final assignment was Challenge: Tomorrow’s Yesterday, developed in collaboration with the City Museum of Ljubljana. Each student set off on a journey exploring paintings, portraits and objects exhibited in the museum. Next, they immersed into the theme and searched for inspiration, which culminated in the prodigious diversity of collections thus developed.

Current
LJBLJNČN/BLACK
LJBLJNČN/BLACK The Faculty of Design
17. 4. 2024–23. 2. 2025

In developing their design concept, 1st and 2nd year students in the Faculty of Design’s Fashion and Textiles track drew on the City Museum of Ljubljana’s permanent collection.

Current
Ivan Cankar Memorial Room
Ivan Cankar Memorial Room
1. 5. 2024–27. 10. 2024

Ivan Cankar, a Slovenian author, playwright and essayist born in 1876 in Vrhnika, spent a few years of his life in Ljubljana. Having returned from Vienna to Ljubljana, he established himself on Rožnik Hill which today forms part of the Tivoli, Rožnik and Šišenski hrib landscape park.

Current
Button Finds from Ljubljana Castle
The exhibition is linked to the From Corset to Jacket. How the People of Ljubljana Dressed, 1850–1950 project.
Button Finds from Ljubljana Castle From Ornament to Function
18. 9. 2024–23. 2. 2025

During archaeological research at Ljubljana Castle, a proper button making workshop was documented. It was in operation in the 19th century, during a time when the castle building had been turned into a penitentiary.

Upcoming
Spaces of Movement
40 Years of Ljubljana's LGBT Community
Spaces of Movement
24. 10. 2024–23. 3. 2025

On the spaces for gathering, support, and organized advocacy of the LGBT movement, which have been shaping the urban culture and social life of the capital for 40 years.

News

From Eurovision stage to the City Museum of Ljubljana

Exclusively on display

22. July 2024
City Museum of Ljubljana
Museum Summer Night 2024

Free entry to all museums and galleries. Doors open from 18.00 to 24.00!

31. May 2024
City Museum of Ljubljana
RESULTS OF THE OPEN CALL FOR A MURAL ON THE INNER COURTYARD FAÇADE OF THE CITY MUSEUM OF LJUBLJANA TURN INTO THE WALL

The five-member jury of the Open Call Turn into the Wall consulted the 136 proposals submitted to the international call for proposals for a mural and announced the German street artist Krashkid from Hamburg as the winner.

22. September 2023
City Museum of Ljubljana

City Museum of Ljubljana

Since its foundation in 1935, the City Museum of Ljubljana has been housed by the Auersperg Palace. The museum conserves tens of thousands  museum treasures, among which the world's oldest wooden wheel with an axle is the most prominent. Among the museum's more noticeable projects in the last few years were the exhibitions WHEEL 5200, WATER, Emona: a City of the Empire, A New Age is Coming! Industry – Labour – Capital, and Medieval Ljubljana.

With the merger of the City Museum of Ljubljana and the City Art Gallery of Ljubljana in 2009 into the Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana, the city's largest cultural institution, the museum became part of the living and current museum-gallery offering. At the institution, we maintain genuine contact with our local and foreign visitors, our exhibitions and events serve to popularise collections, and we encourage dialogue between heritage, art, and the challenges of contemporary society.


City Museum of Ljubljana
Andrej Peunik/MGML

Location

City Museum of Ljubljana

Gosposka 15
1000 Ljubljana

Contact

Information and reservations:
T: +386 1 2412 500
T: +386 1 2412 506
E- mail: info@mgml.si, prijava@mgml.si

Opening hours

Tuesday–Sunday: 10.00–18.00
Mondays, 1 January, 1 November and 25 December: Closed


Tickets

Permanent exhibition Ljubljana. History. City. (basement and 2nd floor)
Solo visit: € 8 / reduced (students, over 60, unemployed, disabled): €6
Family ticket: 18€
Public guided tour: € 9.00; reduced: € 7.00


ICOM, PRESS, SMD, disabled companions, tourist URBANA, licensed tourist guide: free of charge

Stay in touch with us!

Be the first to know about new exhibitions, events, and everything else that occurs at the MGML.

Subscribe