Slovenski etnografski muzej

Exhibition building. Photo: Larisa Matijevič
Contact 
386 (0) 1 300 87 45

Welcome to the Slovene Ethnographic Museum!

Find all information to help you plan your visit.

Slovenski etnografski muzej (Slovene Ethnographic Museum, SEM) is the oldest ethnographic institution in Slovenia, established 100 years ago, and leading Slovene national ethnological museum . We are museum “about people, for people, with people", a museum of cultural identities, a link between the past and the present.

Slovene ethnographic museum presents traditional culture as well as mass and pop culture in Slovenia and the diaspora, on non-European cultures, and on the material and intangible cultural heritage of both every day and festive life.

Opening hours

SEM from air

Open: Tuesday- Sunday: 10.00-18.00, Thursday: 10.00-20.00
Closed: Monday and holidays (1 January, Easter, 1 May, 25 June, 1 November, 25 December)
Free entrance every first Sunday in a month.

 

Tickets

Tickets

INDIVIDUALS
•    adults  8 eur
•    children, students  5 eur
•    pensioners  5 eur

FAMILY TICKET 16 eur
2 adults + 2 children up to the age of 18, or max. 5 family members

GROUP VISITS WITH GUIDED TOUR - 10 persons or more, pre-announced
•    adults 9 eur
•    pre-school children 2,50 eur
•    schoolchildren, students  6 eur
•    pensioners 6 eur
•    Groups with free entry (vulnerable groups) 1 eur

GROUP TOURS – up to 10 persons, pre-announced
•    adults 9 eur per person + 25 eur surcharge for a tour guide
•    schoolchildren, students  7 eur
•    pensioners 7 eur

WORKSHOPS FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS
•    workshops, programs  6-150 eur

FREE ADMISSION
•    tour guides, unemployed, museum donors, holders of valid membership cards: ICOM, SMD, SMS, PRESS, Kulturni bazar 0 eur

From the exhibition Between nature and culture

EXHIBITIONS ON VIEW

Contact

Exhibition building SEM: +386 1 3008 754
Administration building SEM: +386 1 3008 700

Group visits: Sonja Kogej Rus: sonja.kogej-rus@etno-muzej,si, T: +386 1 3008 700

Location

Map

The Slovene Ethnographic Museum (SEM) is located in the immediate vicinity of the main bus and train station of Ljubljana.
GPS location 46°3'18.71" 14°30'58.09"
The nearest bus stops of the city bus (LPP) are: Friškovec (2, 9, 12, 12D, 25, 27, 27K), Poliklinika (9,25) and Ilirska (5, N5).
Parking lots (paid): in the immediate vicinity on Metelkova Street and the Railway Station; parking garage on Metelkova street.
BicikeLJ bike rental (Urban card): in the immediate vicinity of the museum at Masarykova cesta 14 (station # 10) and Ilirska Street (station # 17).