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Exhibitions

Current
1495 Days
1495 Days Ljubljana During World War II
24. 4. 2025–12. 4. 2026

The exhibition, which marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, presents the key events that took place in Ljubljana during the occupation. It highlights the everyday lives of residents during the war, their personal choices, the violence of the occupiers, and the organized resistance. Through individual stories, it reveals the difficult dilemmas people faced in the most challenging times and encourages visitors to reflect on peace, war, and the culture of nonviolence – themes that remain relevant to this day.

Current
Archaeological park Emona
Archaeological park Emona
15. 5. 2025–15. 9. 2025

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. 

Current
Ivan Cankar Memorial Room
Ivan Cankar Memorial Room
27. 4. 2025–28. 9. 2025

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
Billiard Room Decor.
Billiard Room Decor. Frescoes from Križ Manor, Komenda
10. 4. 2025–26. 9. 2025

The exhibition is part of the major inter-institutional project Baroque in Slovenia and presents frescoes by the painter Josef Mayr, which were taken down from the ruins of the Križ Manor near Komenda in 1947. The installation takes the visitor into a recreated image of the salon, known in later literature as the billiard room, which was decorated with Mayr's frescoes.

Current
New Roman discoveries beneath Emonika.
New Roman discoveries beneath Emonika. Traces of the past in the modern city
25. 2. 2025–1. 6. 2025

An exhibition of archaeological findings discovered during the construction of the multifunctional Emonika complex not only unveils the past but also establishes an important connection between the city's history and its future. Just as ancient Emona was a significant urban centre, Emonika in modern Ljubljana will represent a new crossroad of life, culture and innovation.  



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!

Upcoming
Emona at the Drama Theatre
Emona at the Drama Theatre The splendour of a Roman house under today’s theatre house
18. 6. 2025–26. 10. 2025

Exhibition of the Latest Archaeological Discoveries near the Slovenian National Theatre Drama Ljubljana.

Upcoming
Of time and stone
Of time and stone In Roman Emona and Baroque Ljubljana/Laibach
15. 9. 2025–29. 3. 2026

The study of stones from the periods of ancient art and architecture and the Baroque.

Upcoming
Miki Muster (1925–2018)
Miki Muster (1925–2018) Exhibition on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth
22. 10. 2025–22. 2. 2026

With selected photo documents and objects, the exhibition will bring to life the time when the whole world came to life in Ljubljana with cartoons, commercials and film.

Past exhibitions

if walls could tell
if walls could tellko zidovi spregovorijo
15. 4. 2025–4. 5. 2025
If Walls Could Tell is a transnational project by Düsseldorf-based artist Mischa Kuball, which questions art and cultural institutions regarding their openness to broader social groups and their ideas.
Spaces of Movement
Spaces of Movement40 years of Ljubljana’s LGBT Community
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.
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 CastleFrom Ornament to Function
18. 9. 2024–8. 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.
The Unknown Kingdom
Razširjamo in raziskujemo teme iz zgodovine Ljubljane.
The Unknown Kingdom“Illyria or what you will”
6. 6. 2024–29. 9. 2024
In 1897, a cycling club in Ljubljana was named after Ilirija (Illyria), in 1904 a street, in 1911 a football club, somewhere in the years before WWI, a chemical products factory, and finally in 1929, Ilirija got its own monument.
Bogastvo oblačilnih sponk iz Emone
Ob razstavi Od korzeta do žaketa
Bogastvo oblačilnih sponk iz EmoneZapenjanje v času pred gumbi
18. 5. 2024–15. 9. 2024
Kako so si Emončani zapenjali obleke, ko še niso poznali gumbov?
CHALLENGE: TOMORROW'S YESTERDAY
CHALLENGE: TOMORROW'S YESTERDAYThe 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.

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