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Culture.si, portal za mednarodno sodelovanje
Maistrova 10, SI-1000 Ljubljana
http://www.culture.si
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Founded byMinistry of Culture




Culture.si brings together information on Slovenian cultural producers, venues, festivals, and residencies in one place, supporting international cultural exchange across the arts, culture, and heritage. The portal and its content are owned and funded by the Ministry of Culture.




Mission

Culture.si aims to broaden international cultural cooperation and raise the profile of Slovenian culture worldwide.

Development

Culture.si was developed and edited by the team of the Ljudmila Art and Science Laboratory in the period 2009–2020 and again in 2024. From October 2024 to June 2026, the portal underwent development and upgrade for the transition to the eKultura platform – a project commissioned by the Ministry of Culture through public procurement, and implemented by the Ljudmila Art and Science Laboratory in partnership with Motovila Institute. The project was funded through the European Union Recovery and Resilience Plan.

Content

Culture.si is a one-stop gateway to culture in Slovenia, bringing together essential information about the Slovenian cultural sector. It comprises several data collections:


Looking for artists, co-producers, or venues to book? Follow this link for useful tips or consult our Showcase, a set of curated shortcuts.

Profiles

Over 3,000 profiles with contacts, logotypes, and photos – licensed for publishing. Each profile is edited and proofread for English, providing also referential translations of the names of Slovenian cultural organisations and institutions.

They are tagged with over 300 different categories so that many useful lists can be obtained, for example: Brass band music, Embassies and consulates in Slovenia, Film periodicals, Literature venues, Museum libraries, New media art festivals, Theatre research, etc.

Worldwide events from Slovenia

Culture.si publishes a calendar of previously unavailable announcements of cultural events from Slovenia happening around the world with links to relevant articles and selected external links on programmes. The lists of events by field are displayed on thematic portal pages.

Photo and logo collections

In Slovenia the photo collection of Culture.si is a growing resource of free images that are available for download and reuse if properly attributed (licence CC BY-ND). They have been obtained from Slovenian producers and institutions, from Slovenian photographers individually and via SPP Institute for Promotion of Photography, or taken by the Culture.si team, while some were found on the Internet (free licences). The images are included in the Europeana.eu portal through the National and University Library, which acts as a national aggregator.

The logos are provided by their owners, preferably in a vector format. They are protected by copyright and possibly trademark and can be used only with the permission by their owners. This collection is a practical resource for cultural operators and publishers as well as a unique showcase of Slovenian visual communications design.


Background

A beta version of the Culture.si portal, developed by the Ljudmila Art and Science Laboratory, was launched at the Ministry of Culture in April 2010 and reached its full capacity in 2012. It builds on the experience of the Art Directories and Cultural Profiles databases project initiated and managed by Visiting Arts in London, conceived by Tim Doling, Managing Editor, and developed by Librios Ltd. The initiative came from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in London), which proposed in 2001 that the data for the "Slovenia Art Directory" should be compiled. Slovenian Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Government Communication Office co-funded the first edition, published in 2004 under the title Slovenia Cultural Profile and co-edited by a local researcher Helena Pivec and Tim Doling.

From 2002 to 2008, the Slovenia Cultural Profile – a comprehensive online database and English-language guide to culture in Slovenia, aimed at cultural professionals and the general public alike – was actively supported by the Ministry of Culture in partnership with the British Council Slovenia. In 2008, to mark the Slovenian EU Council Presidency, the second edition of the Slovenia Cultural Profile was published.

The data compiled for the Slovenia Cultural Profile provided the basis for the newly organised, updated, and redesigned MediaWiki Culture.si database, developed by Ljudmila Art and Science Laboratory with financial support from the Ministry of Culture through public bids and multiannual contracts (2010–2014; 2015–2018; 2019–2020).

Semantic MediaWiki cultural portal

In 2009, the Ministry of Culture initiated its own cultural portal for those seeking international cooperation with Slovenia: Culture.si. The database, built on semantic web principles using open-source software and open formats, was developed by Ljudmila - Ljubljana Digital Media Lab (2009–2010) to serve the needs of the cultural sector flexibly and openly.

The portal has been developed with Open Source and open formats on the MediaWiki platform, which enables flexibility and supports semantic web principles.

Transition to the eKultura platform

From October 2024 to June 2026, the public procurement "Development and upgrade of information portals of the Ministry of Culture for the transition to the eKultura platform" was implemented by the Ljudmila Art and Science Laboratory in partnership with Motovila Institute, an NGO dedicated to promoting transnational and cross-sectoral cooperation in the cultural and creative sectors. The development and upgrade was coordinated by the Digitalization Service in the Field of Culture, part of the Ministry of Culture Secretariat, and funded by the Ministry of Culture and the European Union Recovery and Resilience Plan.

User groups

Culture.si is designed primarily for cultural professionals, but caters to a wide range of users – researchers, students, artists, tourists, and anyone seeking information on Slovenian cultural institutions, organisations, producers, venues, festivals, heritage, funding, education, support services, and more.

Cultural professionals will find thorough contact information, timeline charts prepared for research purposes, and image and logo banks for easy incorporation into publications. Students of culture will find lists of educational possibilities in Slovenia.

Culture.si is an adaptable and comprehensive portal that aims to serve the needs and interests of the following target users:

  • Culture professionals (producers, artists, touring agencies, ...) looking for partners or getting familiar with the cultural landscape of Slovenia.
  • Cultural tourists seeking in-depth information about individual organisations or a comprehensive look at cultural provisions in Slovenia.
  • Tourism professionals (tour operators, guide publishers, promoters and organisers, ...) seeking additional information and visual material for publications.
  • Journalists and media professionals who need readily available content and visual material for publishing or background research, fact-checking.
  • Researchers and students seeking in-depth information about the structure and function of culture in Slovenia.
  • Slovenian producers who can use their own profile as a business card/independent sector listing.
  • Information providers (ministries, embassies, cultural networks, information points, tourist boards, tourist information centres) … with a need to provide verified and independent information about the Slovenian cultural sector and/or organisations to their clients and contacts.

Any material found on this portal may be used based on the specified terms.

Enhance Wikipedia! Reuse our content

Wikipedia in English has over 3 million articles, but relatively few cover culture in or from Slovenia – so please do contribute! You can copy and adapt facts or texts from Culture.si by simply acknowledging the source (Culture.si, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia). Make sure to consult the WikiProject Slovenia pages first!

For more information, see Culture.si Content Reuse.


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On Semantic MediaWiki

Impressum

Jaka Babnik, Urška Boljkovac, Kaja Brezočnik, Borut Bučinel, Matevž Čebašek, Edi Einspieler, Miha Fras, Janez Gerčar, Katja Goljat, DK, Miran Kambič, Janez Klenovšek, Žiga Koritnik, Matej Leskovšek, Nada Mihajlović, Borut Peterlin, Simon Pintar - Madpixel, Peter Uhan, Nada Žgank; Culture.si photographer 2019: Kaja Brezočnik Some stocks were obtained with the help of SPP Institute for Promotion of Photography.

  • Articles update & writing in 2019:

Nataša Velikonja, Katja Kosi (theatre & dance), Alenka Pirman (heritage), Simon Smole (literature & publishing), Tonko Sekulo (music), Ajda Kocutar (visual arts, new media art), Nina Hlebec (design), Michael Jumić (arhitecture), Žiga Brdnik (film), Simon Žlahtič (various, regional), Helena Pivec

  • Field specialised writing on request (2014–2016):

Katja Kosi (theatre, dance), Dare Pejić (education, embassies, civil society), Tea Pristolič (architecture, design), Tina Dolinšek (music), Nina Hlebec (music), Denis Valič (film), Anja Mrak (literature)

  • Previous writers (2009–2013):

Katja Černe (puppetry), Danaja Grešak (music), Maia Juvanc (music), Nataša Kocjančič (music), Eva Lučka Kozak (visual arts), Andreja Musar (literature), Aljaž Pavlin (glasba), Ivan Pirnat (heritage), Gregor Pompe (music), Janez Premk (heritage), Maja Škerbot (visual arts, new media art), Ičo Vidmar (music), Miha Zadnikar (music)

  • Consultants (lists reviews):

Vesna Teržan (architecture, design), Natalija Glažar (archives), Urška P. Černe (literature), Petja Grafenauer (visual arts and new media art), Viktor Škedelj and other collaborators of the SIGIC, Slovene Music Information Centre (music), Katja Kosi (theatre and dance), Tjaša Tomšič (puppetry), Denis Valič (film), Marko Brumen (festivals, promotion consultant 2011-2014), Alenka Pirman (cultural heritage)

Acknowledgements

The Culture.si portal is a complex enterprise and wouldn't be possible without the benevolent help of many individuals. We wish to thank the following: Ali Bramwell, Vuk Ćosić, Jure Čuhalev, Miran Hladnik, Tea Hvala, Vesna Jurca Tadel, Urška Jurman, Jiři Kočica, Mateja Koren, Amelia Kraigher, Špela Kučan, Borut Krajnc, Mateja Lazar, Inge Pangos, Stojan Pelko, Kristina Plavšak Krajnc, Anja Premk, Domen Savič, Barbara Skubic, Alenka Suhadolnik, Robertina Šebjanič, Majda Širca, Blanka Tivadar, Darja Vuga, Beti Žerovc, and many more.

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