Ljubljana
MGML
Exhibitions
Current
The most stunning artifact recovered beneath Gosposvetska Street.
The transparent blue glass bowl Its Greek inscription reads: "Drink to live forever, for many years!"
7. 2. 2019–31. 3. 2019
The transparent blue glass bowl found next to the woman’s body. The 1,700-year old vessel is decorated on the outside with grapes, and vine leafs and tendrils. A Greek inscription on the inside of the bowl instructs the owner to “Drink to live forever, for many years!”
Current
Was Elza Kastl Obereigner the first Slovenian female sculptor?
Elza Kastl Obereigner (1884–1973), a sculptor and painter
11. 10. 2018–10. 3. 2019
Elza Kastl Obereigner was once known as "slovenian last miniaturist". Now we are presenting her oeuvre in sculpture.
Current
Cankar’s Year
Ivan Cankar
19. 6. 2018–7. 4. 2019
2018 = Cankar’s Year = commemoration of the hundredth anniversary of the death of our greatest writer, and his rich body of work. The central exhibition project of the jubilee are two simultaneous exhibitions dedicated to Cankar, one at the Cankarjev dom (until 28. 2. 2019) and the other at the City Museum of Ljubljana.
Current
Find your own favourite period in Ljubljana’s history!
Ljubljana. History. 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
Oton Župančič Memorial Collection
Permanent exhibition
The atmosphere of Župančič's rooms, his artistic work, and the objects accompanying him tell a story of both the artist and his time. Župančič’s literary oeuvre, in whose framework his last collection of poems Zimzelen pod snegom (The Evergreen beneath the Snow, 1945) is specially emphasised, encourages visitors to read the artist’s poems.
Current
Tobacco Museum
Permanent exhibition
The Tobacco Museum – a collection of the Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana and Tobačna Ljubljana – emerged 20 years ago from close co-operation between the tobacco factory and the City Museum of Ljubljana.
Upcoming
Honorary Citizens of Ljubljana Recipients of the title and honour as witnesses of the city's history
25. 4. 2019–22. 9. 2019
Both the exhibition and catalogue will present recipients of the title and honour as witnesses of the city's history.
Upcoming
Archaeological park Emona
Permanent exhibition
A special place in Ljubljana's history is reserved for Roman Emona, the traces of which have been preserved in the very centre of the city.Welcome to a trail tracing the 2000-year-old heritage of Emona. A walk through modern Ljubljana can take you further than you think! It takes you to the time of Emona, a city brimming with life between the first century and early sixth century.
Upcoming
The first major excavations Archaeology from the historical perspective
10. 10. 2019–23. 2. 2020
In recent years, major archaeological excavations of Emonan sites are being done alongside the renovation of Ljubljana.
Upcoming
A major exhibition of achievements of the Modern Era in Ljubljana
BOOK. KNOWLEDGE. REASON. From Protestantism to Enlightenment
24. 10. 2019–8. 9. 2020
In 2019, 469 years will have passed since the first Slovenian printed books, Abecedarium and Catechismus by Primož Trubar, ...
Past exhibitions
Rare find of a child’s sarcophagus in Gosposvetska Street
Emonan girl’s golden jewellery
7. 12. 2018–3. 2. 2019
In 2017 and 2018 excavations were carried out in Gosposvetska Street, Ljubljana, by the Archaeological Consortium for Ljubljana, under the auspices of the Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana.
Fotografska razstava
Art Nouveau valovanje: arhitekturna dediščina v Podonavju
7. 7. 2018–25. 7. 2018
Urbanistični inštitut Republike Slovenije in Mestni muzej Ljubljana vabita na razstavo Art Nouveau valovanje: arhitekturna dediščina v Podonavju v atrij Mestnega muzeja Ljubljana.
From the Treasury of the City Museum of Ljubljana
AUREA CRUX. The sacred and myth in Langobard gold
5. 6. 2018–30. 9. 2018
The six Lombard crosses on exhibition, made of thin gold sheet, are presented to the public for the first time following the excavation of a large burial site in 2012 and restoration under the aegis of the National Archaeological Museum of Cividale del Friuli. Cividale was in fact the capital of the first of the thirty-five duchies established by the Lombards throughout the Italian peninsula, in this way laying the foundations for one of the most important chapters of European history.
Wedding present. Furniture designed by Zoran Didek. From the collection of the City Museum of Ljubljana
19. 5. 2018–23. 9. 2018
This exhibition showcases the early design work of Zoran Didek, in particular the living room furniture designed by Didek for his cousin Ana (also “Anica”) Jančigaj. The furniture that had been given to her by her family as a wedding present was acquired by the City Museum of Ljubljana in 2017.
Ivan Cankar Memorial Room
27. 4. 2018–31. 10. 2018
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.
A tombstone of a veteran of Legio XV ApollinarisFrom the Treasury of the City Museum of Ljubljana
13. 4. 2018–3. 6. 2018
The tombstone from arcaeological research on Gosposvetska street brings new findings of the first generation of settlers in the Roman city of Iulia Emona.