Slovenski etnografski muzej

23.06.2025
The Slovene Ethnographic Museum will stay open also on summer national holidays.
Exhibition building. Photo: Larisa Matijevič
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Man and Time: From Monday to Eternity
from 02.07.2024
The exhibition shows people's perception of time, their working, leisure and festive time, as well as the influence of time on the way of living in different stages of life and socio-cultural...
Intangible cultural heritage of Slovenia
from 17.06.2025
Presenting a rich treasure trove of practices, presentations, expressions, knowledge and skills that are inscribed in the national Register of Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Man and Time: The First 100
from 22.06.2023
In its 100 years of operation, the Museum has collected some 40,000 objects of Slovenian and non-European cultural heritage ...
Maksim Gaspari: Shaping images of the nation
from 25.10.2024 to 30.10.2025
The exhibition offers an insight into the motifs that Maksim Gaspari drew from the ethnographic heritage, in the first place those associated with national costumes, weddings, Grandfather Frost and...
Asia in the Heart of Ljubljana: The Life of the Skušek Collection
from 29.05.2024 to 03.05.2026
We invite you to discover the exciting story of the Austro-Hungarian naval officer Ivan Skušek Jr., who returned to Ljubljana with his family from war captivity in China over a hundred years ago. He...
Maksim Gaspari's Postcards
from 27.03.2025 to 24.08.2025
During the preparation for the major temporary 2023 exhibition Maksim Gaspari: Shaping Images of the Nation , we managed to acquire a unique collection of postcards by Maksim Gaspari, which the great...
Plečnik's Lectarija
from 02.06.2022
… honey products and candles, craft knowledge and cooperation, friendship, love, and the stories of two families connected by Ljubljana and the Slovene architect Jože Plečnik …
Entrance to the exhibition Between Nature and Culture
from 09.03.2006
The treasure of the museum collections - the Slovene and world culture heritage of everyday and festive life with over 3000 exhibited objects
from 30.06.2025 to 31.07.2025
The world’s first postal card was issued in 1869 by Austria-Hungary, then the homeland of Slovenian people. Postal cards soon caught on also in the Slovenian lands and by the end of the century...
Krakovski nasip (Ljubljana)
 Stories of steljniki: The interweaving of common bracken, animals and humans
from 21.02.2025 to 28.09.2025
Steljniki, patches of land characterized by sparsely growing birches and dominated by bracken undergrowth, are a distinctive feature of Bela Krajina.
Beekeeping Culture and Art of Slovenia
from 30.09.2024 to 01.03.2025
Between October 2024 and March 2025, the Slovene Ethnographic Museum is visiting China in the famous Xi'an Qujiang Museum of Fine Arts, Shaanxi Province, with the exhibition Bee Culture and Art of...
Xi'an Qujiang Museum of Fine Arts (China)
The SEM for children and families
Have an adventure with your family at the museum! Get to know traditional Slovene crafts and delve into the secrets of...
SEM Museum shop
Slovenia has been known for its rich arts and crafts tradition for centuries. In the museum shop, more than 40 selected...
Dog friendly museum
16.05.2022
Slovene Ethnographic Museum is a dog friendly museum - a museum where dogs can enter but have to wait at designated areas.