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5 reasons to visit Slovene Ethnographic Museum

It’s also in very good company, since its neighbors are the new venue of the National Museum of Slovenia, The Museum of Contemporary Art, The Slovenian Cinematheque and the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage.

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Man and Time

On the other hand, the exhibition sheds light on 100 selected items from the SEM collections, each telling its unique story about its origin, creators, users, and their lives within the museum.

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SITAR 1920

Sitar 1920 is located in a centuries-old master craft workshop with a rich history, where friends Minea Sončan Mihajlović and Jelena Marković recognized the museum value in the heritage, tradition, and experiences that the place holds, along with the stories and anecdotes it tells.

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Did You Know Ljubljana has a Railway Museum?

Did You Know Ljubljana has a Railway Museum? Več Despite living in Ljubljana for nearly twenty years, I only recently found out we have a Railway Museum. Maybe that’s because it’s located away from the city centre and housed in very unassuming buildings.

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Did You Know Ljubljana has a Railway Museum?

Did You Know Ljubljana has a Railway Museum? Inga Batur Inga Batur thinks all the trips with the kids should be fun(ny). More Despite living in Ljubljana for nearly twenty years, I only recently found out we have a Railway Museum.

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Exhibition Between Nature and Culture

In the permanent exhibition, the museum curators and researchers enable their stories to be told - the rich array of purposes for which our predecessors made objects, used them, and through time and space distinguished and changed their forms, driven by the universal striving after survival in the natural environment into which we were born.

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Budapest Gypsy Symphony Orchestra - From Csardas to Waltz

Its prestige is highlighted by its inclusion in the so-called Invisible Museum of the Hungarian Spirit, its recognition as national intangible cultural heritage, and, perhaps most notably, its listing in the Guinness World Records as the largest gypsy orchestra in the world.

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Images of the Nation on Maksim Gaspari's Postcards

For twenty years, he served as a draughtsman and restorer at the Slovene Ethnographic Museum (SEM), where he was in regular contact with ethnographic objects,  something that left a profound mark on his body of work, including picture postcards.

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Interested in Slovenia's industrial heritage? Visit Technical Museum of Slovenia

Interested in Slovenia's industrial heritage? Visit Technical Museum of Slovenia Več If you are like me and always try to explore a foreign country on a deeper level, museums are great to do so.

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Interested in Slovenia's industrial heritage? Visit Technical Museum of Slovenia

The museum is perfect for a half-day trip from the capital. There are many ways to reach the Technical Museum of Slovenia from Ljubljana (by car, taxi, bus or train), but if you are keen on cycling, rent a bike and before visiting the museum, explore the remote villages along the Ljubljana marshes, making yourself a perfect day.

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