National Museum of Slovenia - Metelkova

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Narodni muzej Slovenije - Metelkova

Prešernova 20, SI-1000 Ljubljana

http://www.nms.si

Phone386 (0) 1 241 4400

Founded byMinistry of Culture

In 2008 Department of History and Applied Arts moved to the new premises at Metelkova 25, which offers storerooms in the basement, professional and modern storage space for museum items of various materials and storage demands. Renovated building now National Museum of Slovenia - Metelkova that used to be before military compound called 4th of July until 1991, was reshaped, adopted and has from year 2008 exhibition rooms to house research collections on the history of applied arts. Occasional exhibitions happen at the attic spaces, where main exhibition topics are those of contemporary design. Ground floor offers spaces for block buster exhibition events. Opening of new building started with Primož Trubar 1508 - 1586 exhibition for the occasion of his 500 year anniversary of birth. Primož Trubar published first Slovenian book Abecedarium und der klein Catechi∫mus in der Windi∫chen Sprach in year 1550. In 2009 the exhibition Under the Napoleon's Eagle - 200th Anniversary of the Illyrian Provinces was organized in cooperation with the Archives of the Republic of Slovenia (ARS) and Musée National de l'Armée in Paris.

National Museum of Slovenia has moved conservation and restoration workshops in new building of National Museum of Slovenia - Metelkova

See also

• National Museum of Slovenia

External links

• National Museum of Slovenia website
• National Museum of Slovenia, Ljubljana info
• Cultural Mediators