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City Library Postojna
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City Library Postojna is one of the Notranjska region's main cultural, educational and free time activity centres. It has branches in Pivka and Prestranek. Originally established in 1905 as the People's Library, this institution was known from 1957 as the City Library before it acquired the name Beno Zupančič Library in 1981. It acquired its current name in 2024.
Fužine Castle
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The Renaissance Fužine Castle, in the past also named Kaltenbrunn, is named after fužine ("ironworks"), which were located together with other industrial objects (forge, paper mill) nearby the castle at the crossing over the Ljubljanica River. It was erected between 1528 and 1557 by architects Črt and Janez Weilheimer for owners from the Khisl family. Today it houses the Museum of Architecture and Design.
Museum of Architecture and Design (MAO)
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The Architecture Museum of Ljubljana was established in 1972 by the Municipality of Ljubljana. In April 2010, the management of the museum was transferred from the city to the state. With the move of management came a new name, the Museum of Architecture and Design (MAO) (MAO is an abbreviation for Muzej za arhitekturo in oblikovanje), and a central role as the main repository for documents and materials pertaining to architecture, town planning, industrial and graphic design, and photography in Slovenia. MAO has been located at Fužine Castle since 1992.
KIBLA Multimedia Centre
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In 1996 KIBLA Multimedia Centre (Association for Culture and Education KID KIBLA) opened as Slovenia's first presentation and production institution dealing with multimedia and new media art within an ongoing cultural programme. Since then KIBLA's programme has focused on new (contemporary) educational, cultural and artistic practices, connecting education and research, culture and technology, arts and sciences. In particular, KIBLA aims to emancipate and demystify new media as a creative tool in education and new forms of art.
Aksioma Institute
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The Aksioma Institute was founded in Ljubljana in 2002. It is a propulsive production and organisation unit for various endeavours in the field of contemporary art. It runs its own gallery called Aksioma Project Space, presents internationally renowned performances and new media art projects, collaborates in producing new artworks, publishes books and texts on artists and art, sets up lectures, and represents Slovene artists abroad. It is run by the multimedia artist Janez Fakin Janša, formerly known as Davide Grassi.
Ljudmila Art and Science Laboratory
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Set up in the mid-1990s, Ljudmila Art and Science Laboratory has been bringing together technology, art, science and civil society ever since. As such, it is not only a place where hackers, researchers and artists meet, but also a platform for reflecting and modifying culture through the lens of politics, as generated by the developments in communications technologies.
Jazz Cerkno Festival
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Launched in 1996 Jazz Cerkno Festival is an annual international music festival taking place in Cerkno. It is organised by Jazz Cerkno Institute and presents various international high-quality music groups and musicians from a wide variety of music genres: contemporary and avant-garde jazz can be heard alongside freely improvised music, imaginative folk music, post-rock and rock-in-opposition – mixing acoustic, electric and electro-acoustic sounds. In addition to concerts, the festival includes jam sessions, regular workshops and various exhibitions, among them a regular exhibition of music photography.
TRIGGER Showcase Festival
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Founded in 2019, the TRIGGER Showcase Festival is dedicated to promoting Slovenian independent performing arts and strengthening their position both locally and internationally. The festival presents a selection of the most relevant productions by independent Slovenian artists and producers with strong international potential, alongside a programme of talks, lectures, and workshops featuring guest curators from international festivals, agents, and experts in distribution and international collaboration.
TRIGGER is part of the wider TRIGGER platform, a partnership between Glej Theatre, Bunker Institute, Maska Institute, Moment Arts and Culture Association, Motovila Institute, City of Women International Festival of Contemporary Arts, Pekinpah Association, Mladinsko Theatre, and Via Negativa. It maintains active links with various European networks, such as ONDA, IETM, and EAIPA.
Technical Museum of Slovenia
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Founded in 1951, the Technical Museum of Slovenia (TMS) aims to to research, collect and exhibit Slovenia's technical heritage, as well as to protect the historically important technical buildings, installations and machines. Its collections (historically) elaborate on various topics such as cars, bicycles and other vehicles; the sawing, woodworking, textile and milling industries; printing and bookmaking; telecommunications services; and so on.
Aside from its core premises and collections, the museum also manages various satellites, including the Bogenšperk Castle, the Pantz Forester's Gravity Cableway, the Museum of Post and Telecommunications, and the Soteska Depot of Vehicles. In 2017 the Open Depot exhibition of the three national museums opened in the Park of Military History Pivka.