Managed by Bela krajina Museum, Metlika the Kambič Gallery in Metlika is housed in the birth house of the collector Vinko Kambič (1920–2001). He was a good connoisseur of Slovene painters and collected the works by the impressionists as well as by Kos, Kregar, Pavlovec, Perko, Pogačnik. During his last years he especially purchased paintings by Mušič and Bernik.
On the ground floor of the house there is a room for temporary exhibitions of works by recognised and lesser known artists.
Vinko Kambič was a doctor, a specialist otolaryngologist, a Professor Meritorious and Dean of the Medical Faculty of Ljubljana, and a long-time head of the Clinic for Otolaryngology and Cervicofacial Surgery of Ljubljana. He received all the highest national accolades for his achievements in scientific research. He donated his house to the Municipality of Metlika and the collection to the Bela krajina Museum.
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