The wheel is making its first public appearance in the City Museum of Ljubljana at the exhibition THE WHEEL – 5,200 years, which links ancient heritage, technological and scientific development with culture and art in an original manner and even escapes the limitations of the planet. The exhibition is open to the public on 24 May.

In preparation for several years, the exhibition, THE WHEEL – 5,200 years, extends beyond the classic museum framework and is based on a wider concept of presentation because the central subject itself – the wheel with its image, material, manufacture technique and symbolic value – narrates different stories, inspires and provides potential to further generations.

In the first section, the exhibition sets the wheel in space, at the time of the pile dwelling culture in the Ljubljana Marshes, where it was found. Interesting details from the everyday lives of the pile dwellers and their habits are presented with original artefacts. Further on, the wheel is displayed as one of the most important technological inventions. The period of industrialisation and industrial revolution is emphasised, which significantly changed the economic, scientific, political and wider social development of western civilisation. The third section presents the wheel on the symbolic level, spinning in different dimensions of time and space. An individual’s desire for knowledge, exploration and creativity is unstoppable and also expands beyond our planet.

The exhibition is open at the City Museum of Ljubljana between 24 May 2013 and 20 April 2014; it will then be showcased in several European cities.