In the Bela Krajina region, common bracken is called stelja. Steljniki, patches of land characterized by sparsely growing birches and dominated by bracken undergrowth, are a distinctive feature of Bela Krajina.

Steljniki serve as important indicators of spatial changes over time and reflect the interdependence between humans, animals and bracken - a relationship maintained through cyclical work in extensive agriculture.

As part of the accompanying programme of the permanent exhibition Man and Time: From Monday to Eternity, the exhibition uses personal stories to show the significance of steliniki for past ways of life and their role in the present.

The author of the exhibition is dr. Barbara Turk Niskač, an ethnologist and cultural anthropologist, recipient of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Tampere in Finland. The curator of the exhibition is Barbara Sosič (curator for rural economy and transport at SEM), and the visual identity and design of the exhibition were created by Tina Dernovšek.

The exhibition is funded by the European Union from the Horizon Europe programme, Marie Sktodowska-Curie Actions 2021, grant agreement 101061450.