Railway Museum of Slovenske železnice

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Železniški muzej slovenskih železnic

Parmova 35, SI-1000 Ljubljana

http://www.slo-zeleznice.si/sl/podjetje/onas/zelezniskimuzej

muzej.sz@slo-zeleznice.si

Phone386 (0) 1 291 2641

Founded bySlovenske železnice - Potniški promet, d.o.o.

Managed byHolding Slovenske železnice d d, Kolodvorska 11, SI-1506 Ljubljana, Slovenia

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The Railway Museum of Slovenske železnice originated in 1981 when the Ljubljana Railway Directorate established a Museum Section to manage the collection of old steam locomotives stored at Parmova Street and also acquired new premises for a depository, workshop and exhibition area.

The Railway Museum of Slovenske železnice is divided into two sections: a collection of vehicles (steam locomotives, coaches, wagons and other historic rolling stock) and a permanent exhibition relating to various fields of railway history and technology. Thematic temporary exhibitions are held on the upper floor. In addition, the Railway Museum also offers rides on the museum's trains.

The museum's roundhouse has also been used as a venue for independent and alternative culture events such Mladi levi Festival and concerts by the group The Stroj.

Museum's development

The collection started to emerge already in the 1960s in a boiler building at the same address. In 1991 the institution was renamed the Railway Museum of Slovenske železnice, focused on the old roundhouse building with its permanent exhibition of 10 steam locomotives, out of the 60 they posses. In 1999 the roundhouse was renovated, and in 2004 a new exhibition building was opened to the public nearby, presenting the construction and maintenance of the railway lines, the development of the railway network, railway uniforms, the traffic control centre, communications, and signalling and safety installations. The Railway Museum still has the status of an internal technological collection of Slovenian Railways company. Future plans envisage the Railway Museum being incorporated into a major National Museum of Transportation (including both rail and road vehicles) which will be implemented under the guidance of the Technical Museum of Slovenia.

Temporary exhibitions

The museum's permanent collection is enriched by thematic documentary and artistic exhibitions that deal with railway history or motifs. Recently an exhibition of old postcards depicting the famous Borovnica Railway viaduct (ruined in WWII) was prepared in collaboration with the Borovnica Historical Society.

External links

• Railway Museum of Slovenske železnice website (in English)
• Facebook page
• Museum train SŽ 33-037 on YouTube
• Museum Train SZ 25-026 by Misko Kranjec on YouTube
• Photos by Danny Howard on Flickr
• Burger virtual guide to Railway Museum
• Steam locomotives of Railway Museum

Related Wikipedia articles

• Wikipedia article
• Transalpina (Bohinj) Railway on Wikipedia

Timetables

• Timetables and guide arrangements, Nova Gorica - Bled
• Leaflet about Museum Train trips and schedule

Gallery

The former boiler room which now houses the Railway Museum of Slovenske železnice collection of vehicles, as photographed somewhere around 1935.

Entrance into the Railway Museum of Slovenske železnice, adorned with various railroad traffic signs, 2007

The exterior of the Railway Museum of Slovenske železnice, 2008

Railway Museum of Slovenske železnice

Railway Museum of Slovenske železnice

Railway Museum of Slovenske železnice

A reconstruction of the old railway carriage, set up at the Railway Museum of Slovenske železnice, 2011

A Railway Museum of Slovenske železnice reconstruction of the old railway bureau, complete with the emperor Franz Joseph's (1830–1916) portrait, 2012

A reconstruction of the historic railway station, as set up at the Railway Museum of Slovenske Železnice, 2012

One of the steam locomotives in the Railway Museum of Slovenske železnice collection of vehicles, 2012

An illustrated map of the museum Railway Museum of Slovenske železnice, as drawn by Aleksander Jankovič Potočnik (also author of the now defunct Ars-cartae.com)

The premises of the Railway Museum of Slovenske železnice can also be rented for various events, public as well as more private.