Apart from temporary exhibitions, Slovenia's main museum of natural history features the famous Zois Mineral Collection, Hohenwart Molluscan Shell Collection, Ferdinand J. Schmidt Insect Collection, and various herbarium collections.
Visitors to the Museum can also view a presentation of Proteus anguinus, dioramas of alpine, wetland and forest wildlife, an almost complete mammoth skeleton and a collection of reptiles, fishes and various vertebrate skeletons. The Museum often organizes lectures and workshops. Disabled access is available from the Prešernova cesta road.