The Institute for Sonic Arts Research (IRZU) was established in 2008 by Miha Ciglar, an audio engineer and sound artist working at the intersection of art and technology. +
The Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia (IPCHS) was founded in 1999, under the then Cultural Heritage Protection Act, and united the 7 regional institutes for the protection of cultural heritage and the Restoration Centre. +
The Celje Regional Office of the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia, founded in 1961, is responsible for cultural heritage in the Celje region, with cultural monuments declared of high importance by the state, among them the Baroque Church at Sladka gora, the old Christian Baptistery and the Palace in Celje, and the Rogatec Open Air Museum. +
The Kranj Regional Office of the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia, founded in 1961, is responsible for the cultural heritage in Gorenjska region, with cultural monuments declared of high importance by the state, including Bled Lake Island with its medieval church, the Aljaž Tower on top of Triglav Mountain, and Katzenstein Castle in Kranj. +
The Ljubljana Regional Office of the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia, founded in 1964, is responsible for cultural heritage in the Ljubljana region, with cultural monuments declared of high importance by the state, including Bogenšperk and Snežnik Castles, churches, homesteads, the Robba Fountain and the Cekin Mansion in Ljubljana. +
The Maribor Regional Office of the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia, founded in 1959, is responsible for overseeing the cultural heritage in the wider Maribor and Prekmurje region. +
The Nova Gorica Regional Office of the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia, founded in 1961, is responsible for cultural heritage in the Nova Gorica region, with cultural monuments declared of high importance by the state, among them the Rihenberg Castle, the Maks Fabiani Garden in Štanjel, the Idrija Quicksilver Mine, and the Franja Partisan Hospital. +
The Novo mesto Regional Office of the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia, founded in 1980, is responsible for cultural heritage in the Dolenjska and Bela krajina regions, with cultural monuments declared of high importance by the state, among them the St. +
The Piran Regional Office of the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia, founded in 1969, is responsible for cultural heritage in the Primorska (Littoral) region, with cultural monuments declared of high importance by the state, among them Socerb Castle, Church of St George and the Baptistery in Piran, the Monastery in Koper and the old Salt Works at Sečovlje. +
The Institute of Anthropological and Spatial Studies is part of the Scientific Research Centre (ZRC SAZU) at the Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts (SAZU) and combines anthropological studies with the advancement and applications of remote sensing and geographic information system (GIS) methods and techniques. +
The Institute of Archaeology was founded in 1972 as one of the research institutes of the Scientific Research Centre (ZRC SAZU) at the Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts (SAZU). +
The Institute of Civilisation and Culture (ICK) was founded in 1997 as an independent institute supporting research, educational, publishing, and consulting activities in a range of areas spanning human rights, ecology, and EU integration as well as media, cultural, education and scientific policies. +
One of the central scientific institutions in Slovenia, the Institute of Contemporary History focuses on the research of contemporary and modern history of the Slovene nation. +
The Institute of Cultural History was founded within the Scientific Research Centre of the Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts in September 1999, initially as the Institute for Biography Studies and Bibliography. +
The founding charter of the Institute of Ethnomusicology founded 1934 by France Marolt includes among its basic functions the "compiling of as complete as possible a collection of Slovene musical folklore". +
The Institute of Information Sciences (IZUM) is a public, non-profit organisation founded by the Government of the Republic of Slovenia in 2002 as a continuation of the former University Institute of Information Sciences (1992). +