Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana

Contact

Muzej in galerije mesta Ljubljana (MGML)

Gosposka 15, SI-1000 Ljubljana

http://www.mgml.si

info@mgml.si

Phone386 (0) 1 241 2500

Founded byMunicipality of Ljubljana

Events

Past events

• 7 Oct 2023

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  7 Jan 2024

  GermanyFrankfurt am MainFotografie Forum Frankfurt
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  An exhibition "Paradise, Performance, Replica. Slovenian Photographic Art" in the scope of Slovenia – Guest of Honour Country at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2023. Featuring the work of Vanja Bućan, Jošt Dolinšek, Bojan Radovič and Marija Skočir and curated by Andrea Horvat. Supported by Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana.

• 28 Jun 2019

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  7 Jul 2019

  Vatican CityPinacoteca Vaticana
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  Plečnik e il Sacro / Plečnik and the Sacred exhibition featuring 33 original sacred objects designed by Jože Plečnik and a video recording on Plečnik’s religious architecture, prepared by Tone Stojko. Curated by Peter Krečič and Ana Porok (Plečnik House). Produced by the Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana (MGML) in close collaboration with the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vatican City, and with the support of the Ministry of Culture, Archdiocese of Ljubljana, and the Vatican Museums.

• 31 May 2019

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  23 Jul 2019

  CroatiaVeliki Brijun
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  Plečnik on Brioni exhibition produced by Plečnik House (Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana) and the National and University Library in Ljubljana, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Zagreb

• 14 Sep 2018

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  21 Oct 2018

  FranceFirminyMaison de la Culture Le Corbusier
  The exhibition Plečnik's Ljubljana, prepared by the Museum of Architecture and Design and the Plečnik House (Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana), supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Paris,

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• 13 Sep 2018

  USACambridge (MA)Brattle TheatreGrrl Haus Cinema
  The screening of the short animated film Rebellious Essence by Ana Čigon, co-produced by City Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana,

• 10 Sep 2018

  GermanyBremenQueer Film Festival Bremen
  The screening of the short animated film Rebellious Essence by Ana Čigon, co-produced by City Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana,

• 20 Jul 2018

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  28 Jul 2018

  BrazilRecifeJoaquim Nabuco Foundation Cinema, São Luiz CinemaInternational Women Filmmakers Festival - FINCAR
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  Screenings of the short animated film Rebellious Essence by Ana Čigon, co-produced by City Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana, in the short film section

• 20 Jul 2018

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  28 Jul 2018

  India, South KoreaChennai, SeoulGoethe-Institut, Theatre 1Korea Queer Film Festival, Reel Desires : Chennai International Queer Film Festival
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  Screenings of the short animated film Rebellious Essence by Ana Čigon, co-produced by City Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana, in the competition sections

• 28 Jun 2018

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  30 Sep 2018

  Czech RepublicPragueStudy and Documentation Centre Norbertov
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  The travelling exhibition Plečnik House: The Architect’s Experimental Hotbed, produced by the City Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana in cooperation with The City of Prague Museum, featuring a lecture by the exhibition's curator Ana Porok, photo materials by Matevž Paternoster and Andrej Peunik and the short film documenting the renovation of the Plečnik House,

• 31 May 2018

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  3 Jun 2018

  RussiaMoscowIntermuseum VDNKH Pavilion No. 75The International Festival Intermuseum
  The Forum of Slavic Cultures International Foundation presents Slovenian museums Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana, Slovene Ethnographic Museum and Slovenian Alpine Museum, featuring lectures and panel discussions by Andreja Rihter (Forum of Slavic Cultures International Foundation), Blaž Peršin (Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana), Jernej Hudolin (Heritage preservation and restoration in Slovenia) and Martina Lesar Kikelj (Association of Slovene Restorers),

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• 14 Jan 2018

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  17 Jan 2018

  RussiaMoscowEmbassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Moscow
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  An opening of the Season of Slovenian Culture in the Russian Federation 2017-2018 with the Plečnik's Ljubljana exhibition prepared by the Museum of Architecture and Design and the Plečnik House (Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana),

• 4 Sep 2014

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  12 Oct 2014

  SerbiaBelgradeMuseum of Yugoslav History
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  Framing the Space and Fruits of Our Land, short films by Jasmina Cibic (Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana, Škuc Gallery, ŠKUC Association), in the framework of the exhibition Art and Authority: Landscapes from the collection of Josip Broz Tito

• 3 Jun 2014

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  8 Jun 2014

  GermanyBerlinThe Hause der Kulturen der Welt
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  Framing the Space, a short film by Jasmina Cibic (Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana, Škuc Gallery, ŠKUC Association), and Bojana Piškur as curator at les Rencontres Internationales

• 10 Mar 2014

  HungaryBudapestCapa Centre
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  A screening of Fruits of Our Lands and Framing the Space (Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana, Škuc Gallery - ŠKUC Association) followed by a lecture by the director Jasmina Cibic, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Budapest,

• 30 May 2013

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  24 Nov 2013

  ItalyVeniceA plus ALa Biennale di Venezia International Art Exhibition
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  For our Economy and Culture, a project by Jasmina Cibic at the Slovenian Pavilion (co-organised by the Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana and Škuc Gallery) at the 55th Venice Biennale, supported by the Ministry of Culture

• 7 May 2013

  United KingdomLondonCalvert 22 Foundation
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  A presentation of Jasmina Cibic's project that will be exhibited at the 55th Venice Biennial (organised by Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana and co-produced by Škuc Gallery), supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in London,

• 29 Aug 2010

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  21 Nov 2010

  ItalyVeniceA plus A Gallery
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  All Shades of Green project by Studio AKKA and studiobotas at the 12th Venice Bienniale of Architecture, produced by the City Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana, supported by the Ministry of Culture

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EU funded projects (Culture, MEDIA)

• Immersive Storytelling Driven Cooperation for Cultural Heritage Dissemination in Western Balkans, 2020
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• Developing archaeological audiences along the Roman route Aquileia-Emona-Sirmium-Viminacium, 2015
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• T-PAS (Tourist Promotion of Archaeological Sites along the road Aquileia-Viminacium), 2011
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The City Museum of Ljubljana facade in the background, with the Križanke church facade on the right, 2006 City Museum of Ljubljana, 2006

In 2009 the City Museum of Ljubljana and the City Art Gallery Ljubljana merged into a new public institute called the Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana (MGML). The merger was part of the Municipality of Ljubljana's cultural development plans for 2008–2011, endorsed in June 2008.

About City Museum of Ljubljana

Beside the City Museum of Ljubljana and its unit the Ščit - Conservatory Centre of the City Museum of Ljubljana the new institute now manages its former 4 dislocated facilities (Match Gallery, Jakopič Gallery, the Tobacco Museum in the former Tobacco Factory complex on Tržaška cesta, and the Memorial Room of Writer Ivan Cankar on Rožnik Hill) as well as another 4 facilities which were previously managed by the City Art Gallery Ljubljana: two spaces of the former City Art Gallery Ljubljana, one at Mestni trg 5 (the main exhibiting space and former headquarters of the City Art Gallery Ljubljana) and the second at Cankarjevo nabrežje 11/1), and both spaces in Bežigrad, namely the Bežigrajska galerija 1 and 2. Since 2010 the MGML has managed also the Plečnik House where the famous architect lived from 1921 until his death in 1957.

Venues

A new venue of 350 m2 in the complex of Tobacco Factory opened in 2011 with a new permanent display of the Tobacco Museum Collection, and a new contemporary art space. The house offers also the very first residency for the visual artists in Ljubljana. As of 2012, RogLab is also run under the wing of MGML. The most recent venue under its management, however, is the Cukrarna Palace, due to open in 2021.

See also

• City Museum of Ljubljana
• Ščit - Conservatory Centre of the City Museum of Ljubljana
• Roman Emona
• Tobačna 001 Cultural Centre
  • Tobacco Museum
• Memorial Room of Writer Ivan Cankar
• Plečnik House
• RogLab
• Cukrarna Palace

Visual art galleries

• City Art Gallery Ljubljana
• Bežigrajska galerija 1 and 2
• Match Gallery
• Jakopič Gallery

External links

• Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana website

Gallery

The City Museum of Ljubljana facade in the background, with the Križanke church facade on the right, 2006

Ščit - Conservatory Centre of the City Museum of Ljubljana, 2006

Antoni Clavé's exhibition A World of Art. 1934-2002 in the Jakopič Gallery, 2010

A reading room and mediatheque on contemporary arts, architecture, and design set up in the Jakopič Gallery in Ljubljana, 2010

Contemporary Croatian Sculpture exhibition featuring 17 sculptors in Jakopič Gallery, 2010

Portrait of Jože Plečnik, 1933

A photo portrait of Maks Fabiani.

Postcard of the Slovenski trg, a Ljubljana square designed by Maks Fabiani, 1907.

Maks Fabiani's sketch for his - now demolished - Jakopič Pavilion, 1908.

Maks Fabiani's sketch for the - now demolished - Jakopič Pavilion (studio of the famed impressionist painter Rihard Jakopič), 1908.

Maks Fabiani's plans for the so called Jakopič pavilion - the studio of the painter Rihard Jakopič, 1908.

Memorial Room of Writer Ivan Cankar, 2009

Plečnik House in 2012, before the renovation works that were accomplished in September 2015, Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana

The interior of Jože Plečnik's studio in the year of the master's death in 1957.

Plečnik Collection, work table in Jože Plečnik's master's studio, 1957. Photo from Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana documentation/Plečnik Collection.

Plečnik Collection, some objects from the master's studio, 2011.

Plečnik Collection, some objects from the master's studio, 2011.

Architectural design of the cylindrical extension of Plečnik House, Karunova street 4, Ljubljana, 1923

Jože Plečnik, standing in front of the cylindrical extension of his house in Trnovo, 1926. Photo by Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana documentation/Plečnik Collection.

Winter garden at Plečnik House, Karunova street 4, Ljubljana, 1923

Match Gallery in Ljubljana, 2009