Model of a gate, wood, China, late 19th or early 20th century (detail), foto Blaž Verbič
from 18.07.2024 to 19.08.2024
The collection's exciting story began over a hundred years ago, when the Austro-Hungarian naval officer Ivan Skušek Jr returned to Ljubljana from his captivity in China.
Krakovski nasip, Ljubljana
Intertwined Worlds: The Non-European Collections in the time of the Non-Aligned Movement
from 09.05.2024 to 08.09.2024
60th anniversary of the establishment of the Museum of Non-European Cultures in Goričane
from 25.04.2024 to 08.09.2024
personal exhibition by Nina Zdravič
The exhibition presents the Berber arts and crafts as the carriers of memories interwoven with the stories of people and places.
A Sea of Cigarette Butts: Man in the Time of Plastic
from 28.03.2024 to 19.05.2024
This exhibition presents the presence of plastics in the sea as a result of waste cigarette butts.
Ponikovske mačkare
from 08.02.2024 to 10.03.2024
For the sixth year in a row, we continue with the carnival exhibitions and this year we will present the Ponikve mačkare, a traditional Shrovetide Carnival custom from Ponikve (Dobrepolje). The...
Polish Natvity Scenes
from 21.11.2023 to 28.01.2024
The exhibition presents all the types of Polish folk Christmas cribs underlining their local context and history.
Cockta 70 years
from 03.12.2023 to 10.12.2023
We present the works of five regional artists who were inspired by and replicated the cult image of Cockta. At the same time, we are displaying a selection of Cockta brand museum objects.
Photo: Otto Wunderlich, In the tavern, Arenas de San Pedro (Ávila), 1921-1922 (detail).
from 14.09.2023 to 19.11.2023
We know that there is a reality beyond material things, because we constantly take part in it.
The heritage of ancient Egypt: Photo archive of Günther & Ingrid Hölbl
from 29.06.2023 to 27.08.2023
The exhibition will feature a selection of photographs of Egyptian shrines and tombs along the Nile River, on river islands and in desert oases.
The life story of František Vladimir Foit
from 08.06.2023 to 16.06.2023
The nine-panel exhibition tells the fascinating life story of the Czech academic sculptor Foit and his wife Irene.
Slovene Ethnographic Museum. 100 years
from 10.05.2023 to 17.07.2023
The year 2023 marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Slovene Ethnographic Museum (SEM), the oldest ethnological institution in Slovenia.
Krakovo Embankment (Ljubljana)
Field research by Orel’s teams
from 30.03.2023 to 25.06.2023
One of the most important bodies of material gathered during the hundred-year history of the SEM consists of the photographs, drawings and notes from what are known as Orel’s teams.
Shrovetide custom in Vrbica
from 08.02.2023 to 26.03.2023
For the fifth year in a row, the Slovene Ethnographic Museum is presenting new museum objects (7 complete Vrbica Shrovetide characters: a white and a black hunter, a pair of white characters, a gypsy...
White Gold: Stories of Cotton
from 19.01.2023 to 20.08.2023
This is a story of a commodity that has helped to shape the global capitalist system and with it the world we live in. This is a story of cotton.
Jahalna šola kobilarne Lipica. Foto: Vid Rotar, 2020
from 03.12.2022 to 29.01.2023
Fotografska razstava dopolnjuje letošnjo osrednjo razstavo SEM Sveti konji – nebesni jezdeci.
ATAK
from 05.10.2022 to 20.11.2022
ATAK, a versatile visual artist from Berlin, will present his work at the Slovene Ethnographic Museum with an exhibition dedicated to two comic book heroes, detectives who played an important role in...
Sacred Horses - Heavenly Riders
from 20.10.2022 to 14.01.2024
Take a look at the rich legacy of the mythological and symbolic meanings of horses, unicorns, centaurs, the winged Pegasus, heavenly riders, and more. The exhibition Sacred Horses – Heavenly Riders...
Sveta družina pri delu / The Holy Family at work. Selška delavnica / The Selca workshop, 19. stoletje / 19th century. Foto: Blaž Verbič.
from 17.05.2022 to 24.07.2022
The Curatorial Department of Folk Art and Pictorial Resources of the Slovene Ethnographic Museum houses a collection of paintings on glass, which currently consists of 633 items.
Kongresni trg 1941
from 05.05.2022 to 18.09.2022
This involves material produced by three exceptional photographers, contemporaries of Plečnik, which today forms part of the museum's documentation collection.
Ob mizi z Ivanom Ivačičem (1921—1984), prvim TV kuharskim zvezdnikom
from 11.02.2022 to 06.03.2022
»It Is Easier to Criticise than to Cook a Tasty Meal ...«
Lig Carnival
from 08.02.2022 to 13.03.2022
For the forth year in a row, the Slovene Ethnographic Museum presents carnival characters whose masks and outfits the museum bought last year for its museum collection.
NTF at the table
from 08.02.2022 to 06.03.2022
The Slovene Ethnographic Museum exhibition OURSELVES AT THE TABLE: from the material to the symbolic is accompanied by an exhibition prepared by the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering (...
Gingerbread and small breads
from 03.12.2021 to 01.03.2022
Ourselves at the table
from 22.12.2021 to 27.02.2022
Welcome to this exhibition about the table, an object used for numerous purposes and with a thousand meanings.
Toys between Memory and Inspiration
from 03.12.2021 to 01.03.2022
We present selected toys from the newly arranged collection of around 1,000 toys from the second half of the 20th century.
Folk art between home and the world: the SEM’s and IRWIN’s NSK Folk Art collections
from 22.10.2021 to 18.08.2024
An exhibition where Slovene folk art meets the global folk art of NSK State.
IMPRESSIONS 30
from 23.06.2021 to 02.01.2022
Memories of Slovenians Abroad upon recognition of the independent Slovenia
The exhibition presents memories of Slovenians abroad upon recognition of the independent Slovenia.
Exhibition
from 20.05.2021 to 01.09.2021
Thirty years is a period during which the contemporary becomes tradition, the present becomes heritage, tomorrow becomes yesterday. The independent Slovenia was born thirty years ago, when for many,...

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