Located at the Dominican Monastery at Ptuj and established in 1955, the Historical Archives Ptuj collect and keep records of the archives of organisations and institutions of local and regional interest. +
Established in 1979, the Historical Society of Celje is a vocational organisation of professional historians, scholars from other fields of the humanities and social sciences, and others interested in the history of Celje. +
Based at the offices of the Science and Research Centre of Koper (SRC Koper), the Historical Society of Southern Primorska, Koper undertakes research and scholarship into the history of the Southern Primorska region. +
Since 2008, the House of Architecture (Hiša Arhitekture) operates under the auspices of the Chamber of Architecture and Spatial Planning of Slovenia (ZAPS) with a mission to promote architecture through exhibitions, lectures, and related cultural and educational activities. +
The House of Architecture Maribor is dedicated to the promotion of contemporary Slovene and international architecture and contemporary trends in this area. +
The House of Children and Arts is a contemporary cultural centre for children and youth in Ljubljana, which has been conducting its activities in the field of cultural and art education since its establishment in 2001. +
The House of Tolerance Festival, organised since 2015 by Mini Theatre and the Jewish Cultural Centre Ljubljana, is an annual cultural event that emphasises the urgency of carefully considered ethical social engagement. +
HRUPmag.com, and its English editions known as Hrup Means Noise, is a Ljubljana-based daily online publication devoted to music news, commentary, reviews, artist interviews, video production and event management. +
HUD "O" was established in 2013 as a non-profit association which aims to provide and create conditions for humanistic (in the broadest sense of the word) expressions of man through humanism and art. +
Established in 1993 in Slovenj Gradec (known as Windischgraz in German), the Hugo Wolf Association honours the memory of Hugo Wolf (1860–1903), an eminent composer of Romantic German Lieder who was born in this town of Lower Styria in 1860. +
Hyperion (Zbirka Hyperion) is a book series published since 1999 by Hyperion Art Association based in Koper and run by editor Andrej Medved, a philosopher, art historian, writer, and translator who is also a fine arts curator at Obalne galerije - Coastal Galleries. +
Since 2013, the International Council of Museums (ICOM), Slovenia has bestowed the ICOM Slovenia Award in order to promote international museological endeavours. +
Established in 1946 with a collection of 2,816 books, the library in Idrija had already acquired its current name, the Idrija City Library and Reading Room, in 1922 as the history of organised reading goes back to the mid-19th century. +
Thanks to having the second largest mercury mine in the world the town of Idrija was for centuries considered to be the centre of scientific and technological progress in the region. +
Founded in 2008 and dedicated to the memory of Slovene curator, art critic and cultural theorist Igor Zabel (1958–2005), the Igor Zabel Award for Culture and Theory recognises outstanding cultural activities related to the Central and South Eastern European region. +
Established in 2006 by actor and theatre director Primož Ekart, Imaginarni Institute (meaning, "the imaginary") is a unique production house producing smaller-scale theatre performances. +
The non-profit institute Imago Sloveniae goes back to the year 1986, when its predecessor, the Society for the Revitalisation of the Cultural Image of the Old City Centre was established. +
The Immovable Cultural Heritage Sector, a part of the Cultural Heritage Directorate at the Ministry of Culture, performs significant tasks in order to support cultural policy and maintains the normative, professional and administrative-financial regulations related to the field of immovable cultural heritage. +
Impro liga ("Improvisation League"), the Slovene competition in improvisational theatre, was formed in 1993, when Ana Monró Theatre, the initiator of improvisational theatre in Slovenia, challenged other impro theatre groups to join it in an improvisation competition. +
Established in 2000 with its main focus on classical music, in the last years Im-puls Music Management has also begun to represent projects from the crossover and music entertainment field with artists such as Uroš Perić, Ida Stanič, and Katja Šulc. +
Indigo Festival – an international festival of contemporary ideas – is a festival platform for the latest trends in art, culture, media, music, film, theatre and design. +
Info-DUM is a cultural animator for young people which organises workshops, voluntary creative work, sport events, informal educational activities and international camps. +
Infofilm is a film production company managed by Milan Ljubić, who studied at the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT) in Ljubljana, and has worked in film and television, as well as engaged in writing, management and marketing in Poland. +
The In Memoriam Prof. Peter Hafner Festival was first organised under this name in 2009, as a successor of sorts to the "Alter-Fest" that first appeared in 2005 at the Rdeča ostriga Club. +
In 2011 the Municipality of Brežice reorganised the Brežice Youth Centre (MC Brežice) into the Institute for Entrepreneurship, Tourism and Youth Brežice. +
Originating in 1925 as the Minority Institute, the Institute for Ethnic Studies (IES) is a public research institution operating in the field of ethnic studies which investigates, in an interdisciplinary way, the following issues: Slovene ethnic questions; the status of Slovene ethnic communities in Italy, Austria and Hungary; the status of Slovenes in the successor states of the former Yugoslavia; the status of Slovene emigrants and of ethnic communities (national minorities and other ethnic groups) in Slovenia; the status of migrants in Slovenia; the research theory and methodology of ethnic topics; and the forms of ethnic issues (ethnicity, nationalism) in Europe and worldwide. +
The collecting of books and archival materials started even before the founding of the Minority Institute in 1925; later on the book collections of the Department for Border Issues of the Scientific Institute, collected during and immediately after World War II, were added. +
Established in 2004, the Institute of Historical Studies carries out interdisciplinary research focusing on the study of the Slovene border regions of Primorska and Istria as a complex geographical space and an intersection of various national, ethnic, and cultural groups hailing from central Europe and the Mediterranean, as well as other European regions. +
Established in 2004, the Institute for Linguistic Studies focuses on the Littoral, Karst (including cross-border areas) and Istrian spaces as a region that is not only linguistically complex but also a historically, ethnically, and nationally important place of contact between Central Europe and the Mediterranean. +
The Institute for Mediterranean Heritage was established in 2003 as a unit of the Science and Research Centre of Koper at the University of Primorska. +
The research programme of the Institute for Mediterranean Humanities and Social Studies focuses on the Slovene-Italian multicultural space and its historical and contemporary social phenomena, including migration, gender politics, minority issues, sustainable development, etc. +
The Institute for Sonic Arts Research (IRZU) was established in 2008 by Miha Ciglar, an audio engineer and sound artist working at the intersection of art and technology. +
The Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia (IPCHS) was founded in 1999, under the then Cultural Heritage Protection Act, and united the 7 regional institutes for the protection of cultural heritage and the Restoration Centre. +
The Celje Regional Office of the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia, founded in 1961, is responsible for cultural heritage in the Celje region, with cultural monuments declared of high importance by the state, among them the Baroque Church at Sladka gora, the old Christian Baptistery and the Palace in Celje, and the Rogatec Open Air Museum. +
The Kranj Regional Office of the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia, founded in 1961, is responsible for the cultural heritage in Gorenjska region, with cultural monuments declared of high importance by the state, including Bled Lake Island with its medieval church, the Aljaž Tower on top of Triglav Mountain, and Katzenstein Castle in Kranj. +
The Ljubljana Regional Office of the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia, founded in 1964, is responsible for cultural heritage in the Ljubljana region, with cultural monuments declared of high importance by the state, including Bogenšperk and Snežnik Castles, churches, homesteads, the Robba Fountain and the Cekin Mansion in Ljubljana. +
The Maribor Regional Office of the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia, founded in 1959, is responsible for overseeing the cultural heritage in the wider Maribor and Prekmurje region. +
The Nova Gorica Regional Office of the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia, founded in 1961, is responsible for cultural heritage in the Nova Gorica region, with cultural monuments declared of high importance by the state, among them the Rihenberg Castle, the Maks Fabiani Garden in Štanjel, the Idrija Quicksilver Mine, and the Franja Partisan Hospital. +
The Novo mesto Regional Office of the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia, founded in 1980, is responsible for cultural heritage in the Dolenjska and Bela krajina regions, with cultural monuments declared of high importance by the state, among them the St. +
The Piran Regional Office of the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia, founded in 1969, is responsible for cultural heritage in the Primorska (Littoral) region, with cultural monuments declared of high importance by the state, among them Socerb Castle, Church of St George and the Baptistery in Piran, the Monastery in Koper and the old Salt Works at Sečovlje. +
The Institute of Anthropological and Spatial Studies is part of the Scientific Research Centre (ZRC SAZU) at the Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts (SAZU) and combines anthropological studies with the advancement and applications of remote sensing and geographic information system (GIS) methods and techniques. +
The Institute of Archaeology was founded in 1972 as one of the research institutes of the Scientific Research Centre (ZRC SAZU) at the Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts (SAZU). +
The Institute of Civilisation and Culture (ICK) was founded in 1997 as an independent institute supporting research, educational, publishing, and consulting activities in a range of areas spanning human rights, ecology, and EU integration as well as media, cultural, education and scientific policies. +
One of the central scientific institutions in Slovenia, the Institute of Contemporary History focuses on the research of contemporary and modern history of the Slovene nation. +
The Institute of Cultural History was founded within the Scientific Research Centre of the Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts in September 1999, initially as the Institute for Biography Studies and Bibliography. +
The founding charter of the Institute of Ethnomusicology founded 1934 by France Marolt includes among its basic functions the "compiling of as complete as possible a collection of Slovene musical folklore". +
The Institute of Information Sciences (IZUM) is a public, non-profit organisation founded by the Government of the Republic of Slovenia in 2002 as a continuation of the former University Institute of Information Sciences (1992). +
The Institute of Philosophy of the Scientific Research Centre (ZRC SAZU) at the Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts (SAZU) was founded in 1979 as the Institute of Marxist Studies. +
A part of the Scientific Research Centre (ZRC SAZU) at the Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts (SAZU), the Institute of Slovenian Literature and Literary Studies was established in 1947 and is the only Slovene research and educational institution outside the universities that engages in systematic research in literature. +
The Institute for Strategy and Development Analysis (IRSA) was founded in December 2004 in Ljubljana as a small flexible non-profit research unit that engages in applicative, experimental and expert interdisciplinary projects in the field of social sciences and in lesser extent in humanities. +
Founded in 1993, the Institution for the Information Activity of the Hungarian National Community traces the demographic activity and trends of the Hungarian minority in the Republic of Slovenia, protected by the Slovene Constitution. +
In April 2005 the Instituto Cervantes Liubliana (also called Aula Cervantes), a branch of the Instituto Cervantes (IC) network, was opened in Ljubljana. +
Established in 1987 and managed by the Insula-Obala Fine Artists Society, Insula Gallery features the work of member artists from the Littoral region of Slovenia. +
The Integrali Cultural Association (KD Integrali) is a cultural NGO with a strong emphasis on playwriting and production in the area of performing arts. +
The International Association of Art Critics (AICA) was founded in 1950 under the patronage of UNESCO and aims to support art criticism in all its forms worldwide and to keep pace with its changing disciplines. +
The Slovene branch of the International Association of Theatre for Children and Young People (ASSITEJ) was established in 1965 to promote theatre for and by the young in the service of peace and the education of future generations. +
The International Biennial of Contemporary Music Koper was established in 2008 by the Koper Music School and the Music Friends Association, Koper on the initiative of pianist Tatjana Jercog. +
The International Center for Puppetry Arts Koper (also called MCLU for the Mednarodni center lutkovne umetnosti Koper) was established in 2005 when the activities of the "Lutkarnica Puppetry Studio" at Mladinska 6 in Koper-Capodistria were expanded. +
The International Choral Competition Gallus in Maribor, first took occurring in 1992 alongside the Naša pesem Choir Competition, is a competition for female, male, and mixed amateur choirs organised by the Public Fund for Cultural Activities of the Republic of Slovenia, the Municipality of Maribor, the Union of Cultural Societies of Slovenia (ZKDS), the Union of Cultural Societies of Maribor, and the Competition Organizing Committee. +
The International Competition of Brass Orchestras in Concert Performance is a high quality international competition for wind orchestras that takes place every few years in different cities in Slovenia. +
The International Conference (until 2019 called International Design Event) is a broad high-profile cultural event with the most prominent international visual communications designers showing their work at an exhibition and giving free lectures. +
The International Cooperation and EU Office of the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport works on bilateral cooperation and multilateral cooperation in educational and scientific fields, and international cooperation in all spheres of education. +
The Slovene branch of CIOFF is represented by the Union of Slovene Folklore Groups, a non-profit, independent union of folklore associations, folklore groups and festivals which aims to preserve Slovene traditional customs, dances, and music. +
Originally established in 1948 under the name International Folk Music Council, this UNESCO-affiliated scholarly organisation functions to assist in the study, practice, documentation, preservation and dissemination of traditional music, including folk, popular, classical and urban music and dance of all countries. +
The International Council of Museums (ICOM), Slovenia, established in 1991 as a national committee of the international organisation ICOM, is a voluntary, independent, non-profit association with over 100 members who work together on the field of museums and cultural heritage protection and related educational and promotional tasks. +
ICOMOS is an international, non-government organisation dedicated to the conservation of the world's historic monuments and sites and ICOMOS Slovenia, established in 1993 is one out of 101 national committees. +
Launched in 2000 by a small group of women – members of associations KUD Mreža Arts and Culture Association, ŠKUC_LL, Monokel and Kasandra Lesbian-Feminist Association (now defunct), the International Feminist and Queer Festival Red Dawns takes place annually at Metelkova mesto Autonomous Cultural Zone in Ljubljana. +
Launched in 1995 by the Video Section of the MKC Maribor Youth Culture Centre, the International Festival of Computer Arts (IFCA) is the longest-running computer arts festival in Slovenia. +
Established in 2004, as the Golden Drum Advertising Festival of New Europe, the International Festival of Creativity Golden Drum is one advertising's biggest and most important events, a juncture between creativity and different cultures. +
Established in 2003 by the Literary Association IA, the International Golden Boat Translation Workshop (Zlati čoln) is held in Škocjan in the Karst region each September. +
The International Institute for Archival Science (IIAS) is a successor of the Centre for Technical and Professional Problems in Archives, which was founded in 1986 in Maribor on the initiative of Peter Pavel Klasinc. +
Based in Ljubljana, the International Institute for Middle East and Balkan Studies (IFIMES) is a centre for inter-religious, multi-ethnic and multi-racial studies which gathers and selects various information and sources on the world's key conflict areas. +
Though the International Music Festival Imago Slovenia was formally established in 1994 by the Imago Sloveniae institute, it can be also dated back to 1986. +
Established in 1967 by the Slovene PEN Centre, the International PEN Writers' Meeting was first set at Piran, then at the lakeside resort of Bled, making it the oldest annual regional conference within the framework of the International PEN. +
The International Summer School of Museology derived from the Piran Museology Summerschool, a part of the former Celje School of Museology, founded in 1995 and run by the Celje Museum of Recent History. +
The Intimate Cinema, GT22 is a cinema space established in 2016 that runs 2 to 4 times monthly at the independent theatre Intimate Stage, GT22 in the interdisciplinary art laboratory GT22 in Maribor. +
In 2012, the Moment Arts and Culture Association (KUD Moment) found its domicile at the GT22 collaborative cultural centre in the Maribor city centre, at Glavni trg 22. +
Intima Virtual Base – Institute for Contemporary Arts was established in 1996 by intermedia artist Igor Štromajer and serves mostly as a platform for his projects in which he as a rule collaborates with many partners – individuals such as Brane Zorman of Cona Institute and Annie Abrahams as well as institutions such as Aksioma Institute to name a few. +
If arts are supposed to foster the understanding, integration and preparation of future developments, then new media art is already part of that future. +
INVIDA Internet Video Agency was founded in 2004, since which time it has grown to become one of the largest animation and production studios in Slovenia. +
Built in 1760 the legendary house of the famous Ipavec family of doctors and composers is now a museum dedicated to the work of Benjamin (1829–1908), his brother Gustav (1831–1908), and Gustav's son Josip (1873–1921). +
IPF - Institute for Protection of Phonogram Performers and Producers Rights was established in 1997 as a non-for-profit collecting society for implementation of the rights of performers and producers of phonograms. +
In 2015, the Slovene Association of Cinematographers introduced an award for the best achievements in the art and science of film photography, the Iris Award. +
The Iron-making, Mining and Palaeontologic Collection in Bucelleni-Ruard Manor, Jesenice, established in 1954, is part of the Upper Sava Valley Museum, Jesenice, which has its headquarters in the same manor house. +
The internationally acclaimed Irwin group was established in Ljubljana in 1983 by 5 artists: Dušan Mandič, Miran Mohar, Andrej Savski, Roman Uranjek, and Borut Vogelnik. +
Established in 2001, the Italian Cultural Institute in Slovenia – Istituto Italiano di Cultura – is a cultural arm of the Italian Foreign Ministry and has a mission to promote the Italian language and culture in Slovenia. +
Established by Škofja Loka Artists Association in the centre of the old town in 1978, Ivan Grohar Gallery, Škofja Loka is one of the leading fine arts exhibition venues in the Gorenjska region. +
Ivan Tavčar Public Library in Škofja Loka, named after writer and politician Ivan Tavčar (1851–1923), opened its doors to the public in December 1945. +
The Izidor Cankar Award has been bestowed for special achievements, significant contributions, and investigations in the field of Slovene art heritage on professionals, individuals, or groups from Slovenia or abroad since 1999. +
The Izola Centre for Culture, Sport and Events runs three venues – Izola Cultural Centre, Alga Gallery, and Art kino Odeon Izola – and organises regular events in the coastal town of Izola-Isola. +
The Jablje Castle, with the German name Habach, is believed to have been erected around 1530, although the first written references date back to 1268. +
Jakac House in Novo mesto houses a collection of works by Božidar Jakac (1899–1989), a Slovene painter, graphic artist, art teacher, photographer, and filmmaker, who was also instrumental in establishing the Ljubljana Academy of Fine Arts and the Biennial of Graphic Arts. +
The Novo mesto Cultural Centre is a multi-purpose municipal venue which presents a performing arts and music programme, with special activities for children such as puppetry, drama, dance and film screenings, and music lessons. +
Established in February 2001 within the Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts (SAZU), the Janez Vajkard Valvasor Foundation promotes the research and preservation of the Slovene cultural heritage. +
The Jararaja band was established in 2002, when its acclaimed 4 young musicians - "a melancholic violin player, a metal clarinet player, a rasta accordion player and a girl with the double bass, the strongest member" – started to play together focusing on traditional Slovene folk songs. +
Located within Kozjansko Park, some 3 kilometres from Podsreda the birthplace of Tito's mother Marija Broz, born Javeršek, is a well-preserved peasant house, locals call it "Pri Lapu". +
Opened in May 2001, this authentic raftsman's house of the Šarman family is located on the banks of the River Drava close to the Dravograd-Maribor main road. +
Javnost – The Public is a quarterly scholarly journal published by the European Institute for Communication and Culture in association with the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ljubljana). +
Jazz & Blues Records is a small record label and one of the few remaining small record stores in the centre of Ljubljana, run with heartfelt enthusiasm by music aficionado Matej Gerželj. +
Founded in 2000, the Jazzinty International Music Workshop and Festival is a week-long series of workshops, masterclasses and concerts that takes place every August in the town of Novo mesto. +
Jazz Kamp Kranj is an international event that combines an extensive workshop programme with a festival series of evening concerts in the city of Kranj. +
The Jazzon Award, a grand award for the best Slovene jazz composition, was granted each year at the Jazzinty International Music Workshop and Festival by LokalPatriot Institute with the aim of promoting creative jazz composition in Slovenia. +
Jazz Velenje Cultural Association was founded in 2016 by Velenje native Jure Pukl, who is widely regarded as one of the best jazz saxophonists in the world. +
Named after the poet Simon Jenko (1835-1869), the Jenko Award is presented annually by the Slovene Writers’ Association for the best poetry collection published in the previous two years. +
In 2014 the Slovenian Association of Literary Translators founded a new award in the field of translation: the Jerman Award is an accolade given each year for the translation of a work in the humanities and social sciences into Slovenian language. +
The Jesuit archives form a part of the legacy of this monastic order in Slovenia, and since the suppression of the order in 1773 are now dispersed among the Archives of the Republic of Slovenia, the National and University Library and the Jesuit Archives, Ljubljana. +
The Jewish Cultural Centre (JCC) in Ljubljana was founded in 2013 with the aim of promoting Jewish heritage, it also serves the social life of the city's Jews and international visitors. +
The Ježek Award is given annually by RTV Slovenia for original achievement or opus in the areas of radio and television creativity that follows the tradition of the Slovene humorist Frane Milčinski - Ježek (1914–1988), after whom the award is named. +
The Josip Nikolaj Sadnikar Collection, known also as Sadnikar Museum, is the oldest and the most important Slovene private collection opened to the public, established already in 1893 by Josip Nikolaj Sadnikar (1863–1952), a veterinary surgeon and amateur collector of antiques, sacred art, paintings by Slovene artists who studied in Vienna in the late 19th century, and Chinese and Japanese art. +
Josip Pelikan Photographic Studio, preserved studio the famous Slovene photographer Josip Pelikan (1885 - 1977), established as a museum in 1989, Celje. +
Josip Vošnjak Library in Slovenska Bistrica was established in 1965 and is named after Slovene politician, writer, and physician Josip Vošnjak, who also worked in Slovenska Bistrica. +
The Jovan Hadži Institute of Biology was founded in 1950 and works in all branches of biology – education, health, research, and industry support, as well as in consultancy. +
The Jožef Stefan Institute was founded in 1949 and has since acted as the leading Slovene scientific research institute which covers a broad spectrum of basic and applied research. +
The main lobby of the Jožef Stefan Institute, the largest public research institute in Slovenia, functions as a public gallery where each month a new exhibition is presented. +
The Jože Lacko Memorial Room in Ptuj presents photographic and archival material relating to the life and revolutionary activities of Jože Lacko (1894–1942), a fighter for workers' and farmers' rights, and organiser of the National Liberation Front in Slovenske gorice. +
Located on the outskirts of Ljubljana, this small puppetry theatre was established in 1968 and named after Jože Pengov, one of most eminent Slovene puppetry directors, who worked with Edi Majaron (see also Freyer Theatre Ljubljana). +
Though the roots of librarianship in this region reach as far back as 1869, Jože Udovič Public Library in Cerknica was officially established in 1973. +
The Judgement Tower is a medieval defence tower, characterized by a cylindrical shape, located on the bank of the river Drava, on the so-called Lent, in the very centre of Maribor. +
Jure Kotnik Architecture (AJK) is an architectural studio founded in Ljubljana in 2006 by Jure Kotnik, one of the most internationally prominent members of the younger generation of Slovenian architects. +
The Jurij Slatkonja Music Conservatory, situated in Slovenia's Dolenjska region, is named after the influential 15th-century Slovene composer, conductor and bishop of Vienna, Jurij Slatkonja, who is well-known in the music world for the founding of the famous Viennese Boys Choir, which since its foundation in 1498 is still active today. +
Launched in 1964 and held in the town Črnomelj in the southern region of Slovenia, the Jurjevanje in Bela krajina is the oldest folklore festival in Slovenia. +
Kajža, a project initiated by the Kriterij Institute for the Development of Spatial Culture, is dedicated to integrating cultural and architectural heritage into modern living, rural development, sustainability, and self-sufficiency. +
Kajžnk Manor House, situated in the centre of Rateče at the three-country border of Slovenia, Italy and Austria in the Municipality of Kranjska Gora, houses an ethnological museum collection, representing the heritage of Rateče. +
Kamra.si is a regional library portal which features information on cultural heritage, new library and archive acquisitions and activities, local cultural and reading events, and educational content. +
KantFest was launched in 2003 in the small-town of Ruše as a singer-songwriter festival and contest, to which unsigned and unpublished musicians can apply. +
Based at Metelkova mesto Autonomous Cultural Zone, KAPA Association for Cultural and Artistic Production has been active in the field of independent Slovenian cultural sphere since 1994. +
Managed by the Kersnikova Institute and housed in a former chapel on Kersnikova 4 in Ljubljana, the Kapelica Gallery is not only a space of interactions and experiments with new paradigms in contemporary art, but also one of the central platforms of contemporary art research in Slovenia. +
Opened in 2008 and located in the underground shopping arcade Podhod Ajdovščina in the Ljubljana centre till the end of 2011, the Kapsula Gallery, along with the P74 Centre and Gallery, is one of two branches of the P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E. Institute and functions as a project space and shop in the Šiška Cultural Quarter. +
Karantanija Cinemas Ltd has been the official distributor of films by London United International Pictures (with Hollywood's Universal Studios, Paramount Pictures, and DreamWorks) since 1993. +
It's a challenge to pin down the musical expression of Karmakoma, a band equally grounded in electro synths and four-to-the-floor rhythms as well as in psychedelic rock and post-punk legacies. +
Deftly merging various idioms of popular music with the legacies of Slovenian folklore culture, Katalena are certainly amongst the more curious rock collectives in Slovenia. +
Initially part of the France Marolt Student Folk Dance Group, the female vocal group Katice was established in 1992 and comprises Alenka Trampuš Bakija, Barbara Povše Golob, Branka Krušić, Darinka Borštnik, Jasna Klinc, Marjana Cešek, Metka Knific, Naja Zapušek, Nataša Kosmač Bagar, Petra Trobec, Tanja Drašler, and Vesna Nastran. +
The KD Čedermac Cultural Association was founded in 2003 by theatre director Marjan Bevk (1951 – 2015) in order to promote cultural cooperation among Slovenes living in different regions and different countries, especially the regions of Posočje (the region along the Soča River and the western border of Slovenia), Benečija/Veneto, and Koroška (the region along the northern border of Slovenia near Austria). +
Launched in 2003, the Keltika International Festival is a concert series which seeks to enrich the cultural scene along the Keltika road (from Logatec to Nova Gorica) with a year-round series of international concerts featuring many different groups and genres. +
Launched in 1999 by the Slovene Association of Antique and Humanistic Studies and appearing biannually since, Keria, Studia Latina et Graeca is Slovenia's foremost journal for all areas of Greek and Latin studies, joining classical philologists, historians, philosophers, archaeologists, lawyers, medievalists, Slavic and Roman languages experts, and pedagogues in an effort to facilitate a dialogue between scholarly research, pedagogical activity, and other facets of culture. +
Founded in 2000 by animator, screenwriter and creative director Iztok H Schutz,Kerozin Production Studio production and post-production company specialises in 2D and 3D animation, digital editing, title design and VFX for advertisements, documentaries and films. +
KGB Club (abbreviation for the Kulturno-glasbeni brlog, translated as Culture Music Lair) is a cultural institution in the old city centre of Maribor, founded in 1998, which combines the atmosphere of a nightclub, theatre for performance arts and other cultural, especially musical events. +
One of the most outstanding architectural features of old Kranj, Khislstein Castle stands above the bridge across the Sava River, on part of a promontory that was fortified from Roman times to the early Middle Ages. +
KiBela Art Space has an exclusive approach to installing art in the space: various art aesthetics in space being such by content or by media that artists use in a creative way. +
In 1996 KIBLA Multimedia Centre (Association for Culture and Education KID KIBLA) opened as Slovenia's first presentation and production institution in dealing with multimedia and new media art within an ongoing cultural programme. +
KIBLIX Festival of Arts and Technology has been run by KIBLA Multimedia Centre since 2002, first as the KIBLIX Linux IT Festival, then as simply a KIBLIX Festival. +
Kinoatelje, the centre for audio-visual and intercultural services was established in 1977 by Darko Bratina (1942–1997) in Gorizia-Gorica, a town situated on the Italian side of the Italo-Slovene border. +
Kino Bežigrad – sometimes also called Kino Gledališče Bežigrad (Cinema Theatre Bežigrad) – is a small cinema in the Ljubljana neighbourhood of Bežigrad. +
As one of the first cinema halls in Ljubljana (opened in 1923), the Kinodvor Cinema has throughout its history served as a commercial cinema hall, as a "Red Light" cinema hall, and as an art cinema. +
The Kino Otok - Isola Cinema Festival is a specialised, non-competitive festival that focuses on presenting contemporary, geographically and aesthetically very heterogeneous film production. +
Kino Pivka (Pivka Cinema) is housed in the Krpanov dom Pivka, a multipurpose centre (renovated in 2015) in the small town of Pivka in the Karst region of southwestern Slovenia. +
Kinotečnik is a bimonthly 12-page newsletter in Slovenian published by the Slovenian Cinematheque Programme Department which includes the Cinematheque's monthly programme guide as well as texts on retrospectives and featured directors, reviews of individual films being screened, and details of other programming activities. +
Since 2007 Kino Velenje began operating in town once again, offering film projections on the weekends and special projections during the summer and for schools. +
Klopotec is an independent music label, dealing primarily with jazz, improvised music and various folk enterprises, yet also with occasional classical pieces and pop-rock acts. +
Since 2008, Bufeto Institute, the only professional institute in the area of the art of clown in Slovenia, annually organises the Klovnbuf International Contemporary Clown Theatre Festival. +
Situated in Metelkova mesto Autonomous Cultural Centre, the army barracks-turned-cultural complex located in the centre of Ljubljana, Klub Channel Zero is run by the non-governmental organisation KUD Channel Zero (arts and culture association), which has been active in the field of independent culture since 1993. +
Running since 2010, Klub eMCe plac is the centre of alternative music in Velenje and a popular hangout place with a varied, imaginative programme of cultural and social events. +
Running an impressively diverse programme on almost every day of the week, Klub Gromka is among the more important venues of the Metelkova mesto Autonomous Cultural Centre. +
Continuously running since the mid-1980s and long known as a nexus of progressive music culture in Slovenia, Klub K4 is a legendary nightclub in Ljubljana. +
Klub Metulj (The Butterfly Club) is situated in Bistrica ob Sotli, a village set just by the border with Croatia and known for its unusually lively and productive musical scene. +
Klub SOT 24,5 originated in 1992 as a programme entitled Independent Living for Disabled People established by an organisation called Youth Handicapped Deprivileged (YHD) under the formal patronage of the Society for Development of Preventative and Voluntary Labour. +
A grim but picturesque war fortress Kluže that was built in 1472 near Bovec, on the road between Cave del Predil and Carinthia, North West Slovenia, to defend Friuli against the Turks. +
The Knafelj Foundation was established in 1676 to financially help students (initially only male students of law, medicine, and philosophy) from Carniola with their studies in Vienna, then Central Europe's most important university city. +
Founded in 2010, the four-piece rock band Koala Voice delve into an upbeat melange of indie pop, garage rock and disco, shot through with strands of melancholia and psychedelia. +
Though the Kočevje Library was officially founded in 1951, its roots can be traced back to 1919, when a national reading room was established in the city. +
Located on the outskirts of the Ljubljana city centre, Kodeljevo is a pleasant 17th-century settlement with a castle and a number of late Renaissance features. +
Kofein is a design studio founded in 1992 by its creative director Zarja Vintar, offering diverse forms of communication support needed to achieve any business or strategic goals. +
Organised each year in memory of the expressionistic composer Marij Kogoj (1892–1956), Kogoj’s Days is a high-quality festival of contemporary Slovene music, which takes place at different venues in the small picturesque town of Kanal ob Soči in western Slovenia. +
Founded in 2004 by Alenka Marinič, Dražen Dragojević, Gregor Moder, Maja Dekleva Lapajne, Sonja Vilč, and Tomaž Lapajne, Kolektiv Narobov is a Ljubljana-based professional performing arts collective and one of Slovenia's leading improvisation theatre groups that has developed a very unique approach to improvisation, comedy and storytelling, combining influences of physical theatre, contemporary dance, and clowning. +
As the owner of Kolosej Ljubljana, a multiplex cinema with 12 halls (and 3312 seats) in Ljubljana, Kolosej Cinemas (Kolosej kinematografi) is the largest Slovene exhibition trade company in regards to the number of sold tickets. +
Following World War II there were two cinemas in Kranj – Kino Kranj (a private enterprise of Valentin Hvala) and Kino Stražišče (rented by Mirko Cegnar). +
Drawing on their diverse experience in Slovenia, Belgium and Austria, the partners in Kombinat Architects bring their awareness and expertise of materials and spaces together in the creation of residential, parking and municipal designs. +
After years of efforts to form a consistent cultural, educational and entertainment programme in the Koroška (Carinthia) region, the Kompleks Youth Culture Centre (KMKC Kompleks) was finally established in 2006 by the Klub Koroških Študentov (Club of Carinthian Students). +
The KONS Literary Award is an international literary accolade presented to exceptional authors whose stance and work have fostered social change and engagement, as well as contributed toward better conditions for artistic creativity. +
The Koper Music School today comprises a community of performers, composers, and educators at its headquarters in Koper and two subsidiary schools in Piran and Izola. +
Koper Regional Development Centre was established in 1993 and acts as an institution on a regional level with the aim of promoting business and economy development in the coastal region. +
Originating in 1911 as the Municipal Museum of History and Art (Museo Civico di Storia e d'Arte), the Koper Regional Museum is housed in the spacious early 17th-century Belgramoni Tacco Palace in the Koper city centre and covers the cultural heritage in the Primorska region. +
Although the tradition of theatre in Koper goes back to the times of the Venetian Republic in the 15th century, the Koper Theatre is the second youngest professional theatre in Slovenia. +
Named after Dr Franc Sušnik, who ran the library for the first three decades of its existence, Koroška Central Library performs the tasks of a regional library. +
The Regional Development Agency of the northern Slovene region of Carinthia (bordering Austria) was founded in 2000 as a limited liability company by 12 Carinthian municipalities, the National Agency for Regional Development (NARD), the Carinthia Regional Chamber of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia (GZS), the Regional Chambers of Crafts in Ravne na Koroškem, Slovenj Gradec, Dravograd and Radlje ob Dravi, the Entrepreneurial Centre Ltd Slovenj Gradec, Alp Peca Ltd Črna na Koroškem, and SCEPTER Ltd Vuzenica. +
In 2002 twelve municipalities in the Koroška region of Slovenia signed an agreement to constitute the Koroška Regional Museum which merged the former museums in Slovenj Gradec and in Ravne na Koroškem. +
The Kos Manor House, built around 1521 by Dietrichstein lords, is one of four so-called "ironworks" manor houses erected in the 16th and early 17th century by the owners of ironworks in Sava, Plavž, Murova, and Javornik. +
The origins of the Kosovel Library can be traced back to the establishment of the Readers' Association in 1852, though it was officially founded many years later in 1948. +
Situated on the edge of Kamnik, a lively medieval town in Central Slovenia, Kotlovnica (Slovenian for "boiler room") Youth Centre was established in 2007. +
Kozjanski Park Public Institute is responsible for the overall management and development of the 206 square-kilometre Kozjanski Park and its various natural and historical attractions. +
The original confines and development of the Kozjansko Regional Park were defined in 1981, when the Trebče Memorial Park Act was adopted in memory of Josip Broz Tito who was born in nearby Kumrovec in Croatia, but spent his childhood in Bistrica ob Sotli and Javeršek Homestead. +
Formed in 2014 by a group of young film enthusiasts and professionals, the Kraken Film Society is the vehicle under which its members work on promoting and establishing short films as an unique cinematic art form. +
Kramp Fest (also called Privat piknik) was launched in 2008, when a mild annoyance about the lethargic state of affairs in the Idrija region led a local enthusiast to set up an ad hoc hc punk festival. +
The Kranj Archaeological Site or the Ossuary, opened to the public in 1981, is located at the north of the Gothic parish Church of St Cantius, Cantianus, Cantianilla, and Protus in Kranj. +
Established in 1960 with the merging of two existing city libraries, the Kranj City Library serves as a regional library as well as a cultural and information centre for the wider Gorenjska region (it consequently boasts a comprehensive and ever-growing collection of books and multimedia items on the region and its people). +
As the one-man ensemble known as Kranj Puppet Theatre, Cveto Sever (1948–2018), the first puppeteer soloist, has been creating puppetry shows for children and adults since the 1976, and Boštjan Sever has carried on the tradition in the 90s. +
The Kranjska Gora International Film Festival, the essence of which is to bring together film makers and motion picture lovers, projected its first films in 2016 in the beautiful environment of the eponymous mountain village Kranjska Gora. +
Running a dense and very diverse programme of exhibitions, the Kresija Gallery predominantly focuses on contemporary Slovenian artists of various aesthetic persuasions. +
Established in 1990, Kres Publishing House specialises in translations of children's literature, but its publishing programme ranges from books by Slovene and foreign authors – including manuals, illustrated books for children and young people, textbooks – to dictionaries (including a Slovenian-Latin dictionary in six volumes) and books on ethnological subjects. +
In 2005 the programme of the MIKK Youth Information Cultural Club, Murska Sobota was expanded with the establishment of the 400-square-metre KRIK Multimedia Centre Pomurje (MMC Pomurje) within the former library of Murska Sobota Castle. +
The Original Slovene Picture Book Award, since 2011 named Kristina Brenk Award has been bestowed annually by the Chamber of Publishing and Bookselling since 2004. +
Established in 1977 in Novo mesto (and later also in the early 1980s in Ljubljana), Krka Gallery hosts a regular programme of exhibitions and is a lively venue for contemporary visual arts, where painters, sculptors, designers, photographers and, occasionally, poets present their work. +
Located in the narrow valley beneath the Jelovica plateau, the town of Kropa has preserved the appearance of an old iron-making settlement and since 1953 has been protected as important state cultural monument. +
The Krško Culture House opened its doors in 1977, when the erection of the new multi-purpose building by the architect Franci Filipčič served as a celebration of the 500th anniversary of the Municipality of Krško, its founder. +
Set in a desacralised 18th-century church, the Krško Gallery is a unique exhibition venue for various contemporary artistic endeavours in the field of visual arts. +
The institution established in 1949 as the Regional People's Library was renamed to Ksaver Meško Library Slovenj Gradec in 1974, and relocated to new premises in 1980. +
Presented by the Contemporary Dance Association Slovenia since 2013, the Ksenija Hribar Awards honour professionals in the field of contemporary dance in Slovenia whose excellence and innovative work importantly contribute to the quality and development of contemporary dance in Slovenia. +
Established in 1996, KUD AAC Zrakogled is a Koper-based platform for writers, and translators working in the Histrian (Slovene – Croatian – Italian) cultural space. +
Established in 2004, KUD Kentaver started as a vehicle for Dejan Koban and Veronika Dintjan to organise poetry readings in a somewhat more relaxed manner, which they thought was lacking at that time. +
KUD Ljud is an independent production organisation established in 2006 as an arts and culture association (Kulturno umetniško društvo (KUD), however its members had worked together within various institutions before. +
Established in 1997 at Metelkova mesto Autonomous Cultural Centre, KUD Mreža (mreža meaning "network") carries out a rather wide range of cultural programmes, from running art galleries and promoting concerts, to mediating information on funding opportunities and managing an archive of press clippings and other materials regarding Metelkova mesto. +
Founded in 1997 along with the physical theatre company Mamut, the non-governmental cultural organisation KUD Nor (Nor Cultural and Artistic Association) is primarily a vehicle for the work of the dancer and choreographer Dušan Teropšič. +
KUD Pranger was established in 2004 when it began organising the Pranger Festival, a summertime literary meeting of poets, critics, and poetry translators dedicated exclusively to poetry, which takes place in several small towns in Eastern Slovenia, Rogaška Slatina and Rogatec. +
Running a series of programmes and events that deal with music, visual arts, literature, poetry, film, architecture and so on, the KUD Sestava is an independent cultural producer of a rather wide-ranging profile. +
The Association of Cultural Institutions of Slovenia KUDUS is a voluntary and non-profit association based in Sežana that connects various organisations and culture houses (kulturni domovi) which carry out cultural programmes in the public interest. +
The KD Vilenica Art Society was established in 2000 and actively participates in various areas of culture, with a particular focus on literature in the Karst region. +
KULA Journal is an online publication launched in 2008 by the Slovene Ethnological and Anthropological Association in an effort to establish conceptual ties between ethnology, cultural/social anthropology, and other related disciplines. +
Established in 2004, the Kunsthisterik Association gathers Slovene students of the Department of Art History of the University of Ljubljana with the main aim of improving communication and study conditions in the department. +
The Kurja polt Genre Film Festival is a niche, artistically quite ambitious, festival that unearths and puts forward particularly worthy pieces of genre cinema, with a focus on horror film. +
Since the 1990s, when a group of scientists launched the website Kvarkadabra.net and started to answer various questions, the mission of Kvarkadabra has been to bring the mysteries of the natural sciences closer to the widest possible population in Slovenia. +
KvinTon (kvinton is a kind of grape) is a group renowned in the annals of Slovene popular music for its extraordinary melodies and free performing style. +
Labirint Theatre was established in 1992 by Saša Jovanović, who studied puppetry at the International Puppet Institute and Puppet Arts School, Charleville Mezieres, France. +
The Lake Shed Museum exhibits an ethnological collection of traditional fishing tackle and accessories, a dug-out boat, several pairs of old wooden skates and implements for cutting up and 'harvesting' ice, together with a collection of literary works, postcards and old records of foreign and domestic experts and researchers of the lake; and a 1:2500 (3m x 5m) model of Lake Cerknica introducing the karstic phenomena of this intermittent lake and showing lake conditions in dry and rainy periods. +
Established in 1958 and located in a ministerial house in the old centre of Kostanjevica na Krki, Lamut's Art Salon (Lamutov likovni salon) is run by the Božidar Jakac Art Museum. +
Landezine is a society for promotion of landscape architecture, which runs the internationally renowned landscape architecture website, the most visible in the profession in the world, visibly placed in international circles. +
While the roots of public librarianship in Laško go as far back as 1869, when a national reading room was established, the Laško Public Library was founded in 1974. +
Lavrič Library in Ajdovščina traces its origins back to 1864, when Dr Karel Lavrič (1818–1876), a liberal politician and lawyer, established Slovenia’s 11th reading room. +
The Lavrin Diploma is an accolade given by the Slovenian Association of Literary Translators each year to Slovene or foreign translators to honour an outstanding achievement in translation and a lifetime contribution to mediating Slovene literature abroad. +
The renovation of a former residence of the Slovene painter Leopold Layer (1752–1828) in Kranj has resulted in the development of a significant cultural venue known as Layer House. +
Legal Information Centre Maribor (PIP Maribor) is a private non-profit institution providing free legal advice and information for individuals and NGOs related to student status, studies abroad, social benefits etc, developmental assistance to NGOs, and implementation of youth-oriented projects. +
The Lek Collection comprises around 130 paintings (including Rihard Jakopič, Lojze Perko, and France Pavlovec) and sculptures (including a bust of France Prešeren by Slovene academic sculptor Franc Ksaver Zajc). +
The Lek company (part of Sandoz, a global generics leader), with its tradition of more than 60 years, is also active in the presentation of arts and culture. +
Originally built in the 12th century as a fortification on the hill above the Lendava River, near the contemporary border with Hungary, the Lendava Castle is one of the most important historic monuments in the region. +
The Lendava-Lendva Cultural Centre, an impressive 2,400 square-metre building was conceived by architect Imre Makovecz in 1995, as a multipurpose space for concerts, drama, opera and conferences. +
Established in 1973, Lendava-Lendva International Fine Arts Colony is the second oldest art colony in Slovenia, and has hosted over 160 artists, painters as well as sculptors, since its inception. +
Operating in a bilingual territory, the Lendava Library was co-founded by the Municipality of Lendava and the Hungarian National Self-Governing Community of Pomurje Region Lendava-Lendva. +
Established in 1993, the international Lent Festival is among the largest open-air festivals in Europe and the most massive festival of its kind in Slovenia. +
Since 2010 the non-hierarchical initiative Lesbian Feminist University (LFU) has functioned as a platform for lesbians and women interested in feminist, anti-capitalist, and antifascist issues to pursue theoretical, educational, and artistic practices. +
The Levstik Award, named after author Fran Levstik (1831–1887), has been bestowed by Mladinska knjiga Publishing House since 1949 for best literary works, non-fiction and illustrations of children's and youg adult literature, and, since 1999, for lifetime achievement in writing and illustration of children's literature. +
The Academic Book Fair Liber.ac was established on the initiative of the Faculty of Arts Bookshop in 2010 as a three-day event promoting the publications of Slovene university publishing houses, bookshops, and libraries. +
The Library Association of Celje is a voluntary professional organisation of bibliographers and librarians which has been working in the Celje region since 1976. +
Established in 1977 and located at Miran Jarc Library in Novo mesto, the Library Association of Dolenjska unites librarians from public, elementary and secondary school, and specialised libraries in Dolenjska, including the Bela krajina and Posavje regions and the municipalities of Brežice, Črnomelj, Krško, Metlika, Semič, Sevnica, Škocjan, Šentjernej, Žužemberk, Dolenjske Toplice, Mirna Peč, Kočevje, Ribnica, and Trebnje. +
Founded in 1976 as a successor of the regional unit of the Slovenian Library Association in Kranj (established in 1968), the Library Association of Gorenjska is a voluntary, independent and non-profit association of librarians, which strives to encourage the exchange of experience and information in the field of librarianship. +
The Library Association of Ljubljana is a voluntary, independent, non-profit organisation of librarians, founded in 1968, though it had been engaged as Ljubljana unit of the Slovenian Library Association as early as 1954. +
The Library Association of Maribor brings together library workers from the municipalities of Maribor, Lenart, Ormož, Ptuj and Slovenska Bistrica in order to encourage the exchange of information and experience. +
The Library Association of Primorska and Notranjska brings together professionals from the western and south western part of Slovenia and the cross-border Slovene minorities in Italy. +
Established in Ajdovščina in 2003 as a visual arts and design centre, Lična hiša Gallery (Ličen House Gallery) is led by designers Polona Kunaver Ličen and David Ličen. +
The LIFFe-FIPRESCI Award is a special award presented by the international jury of the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) at the annual Ljubljana International Film Festival (LIFFe). +
First held in 2008, the Lighting Guerrilla (Svetlobna gverila) is a quite special festival that explores, elaborates, and sheds light on the myriad relations between light, the public space, and the "confines" of the gallery walls. +
The Likovni salon Celje (Likovni salon Gallery) is a referential contemporary arts space where exhibitions of Slovene and international artists are featured. +
In 2016, Landezine, a society for promotion of landscape architecture located in Ljubljana, expanded its network and empowered its voice in the global community by launching a series of international symposiums Landezine LIVE and LILA Landezine International Landscape Award. +
Liminal is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation established in 2008 to present and promote the latest developments in the fields of anthropology, the humanities and social sciences with special emphasis on fieldwork. +
Based on the rich tradition of the Lendava-Lendva International Fine Arts Colony that has attracted artist to Lendava since 1973, the Lendava-Lendva Gallery and Museum and Lindart Association of young artists from Lendava introduced an innovative LindArt International Young Artists’ Fine Arts Colony in 1994. +
Named after the celebrated Slovene dramatist and historian Anton Tomaž Linhart (1756–1795), Linhart Encounter is an annual festival of non-professional Slovene theatre groups, organised by the Public Fund for Cultural Activities of the Republic of Slovenia since 1962. +
Reopened in 1996 after conversion from a cinema into a multipurpose venue, the 280-seat Linhart Hall is named after celebrated Slovene dramatist and historian Anton Tomaž Linhart (1756–1795), who was born in Radovljica. +
The Liszt Institute Ljubljana, the Hungarian Cultural Center of the Embassy of the Republic of Hungary in Slovenia, opened its doors in January 2016 in Villa Urbana on Barvarska Street in the Ljubljana centre. +
Established in 2001 by the Student Organisation of the University of Maribor, Litera Publishing House aims to develop publishing activity in eastern Slovenia and promote outstanding original and translated literature. +
Literary Association IA was initiated in 2006 by poet Iztok Osojnik with the aim to facilitate international literary events and publishing projects. +
Originally launched as a section of the journal Problemi called Problemi-Literatura, Literatura journal became autonomous in 1989 with the establishment of the literary artistic association LUD Literatura. +
Litošt consists of three young Slovene musicians, primarily jazz, who are exploring digital and analogue electronic sounds, combining their complex musical forms with pure improvisations and live experimentation. +
Published twice a year by the Slovene Writers’ Association, Litterae slovenicae was launched in 1991 succeeding the former journal Le livre slovène (1963–1990). +
The Little Golden Stick Awards are presented at the international biennial festival of theatre performances for children and youth, the Golden Stick Festival, organised since 2009 by Ljubljana Puppet Theatre. +
Organised each June by the ŠKUC Association, the Living Literature Festival is a literary and musical event staged on the pedestrian street in front of the ŠKUC Gallery in old town Ljubljana. +
The Liznjek House, situated in the old centre of Kranjska Gora, houses an ethnological museum collection which was established after the renovation works in 1983. +
The Ljuba Prenner Memorial Room was set up at at the Bučinek Inn in Vodriž in 2006 in honour of Ljuba Prenner (1906–1977), a Slovene lawyer and writer, active predominantly in the interwar period. +
In 2008, the Oton Župančič Library joined forces with the Bežigrad Library, Slovanska Library, Prežihov Voranc Library, Šiška Library, and Jože Mazovec Library to become the biggest public library in Slovenia, now known as the Ljubljana City Library, which performs the tasks of regional library for the central Slovenia region. +
The Ljubljana Documentary Film Festival is a specialized competitive event established in 1998, focusing on contemporary documentary film production, particularly on films addressing social issues and phenomena. +
The Ljubljana Festival is a renowned and highly ambitious international festival which offers a variety of music, theatre and dance performances by leading international as well as domestic artists. +
As a successor of a Maribor International Orchestra 2012, the Ljubljana International Orchestra (LIO) has become a part of the Branimir Slokar Academy programme in 2012. +
The Ljubljana International Short Film Festival (LISFF) (alternately called the Transit Film Bazaar or the Transit Short Film Festival) is the first trans-border migrating short film cinema and travelling festival with independent short and documentary screenings, established in 2009. +
Established in 1960, Ljubljana Jazz Festival is the oldest continuously running jazz festival in Europe, and takes place annually over three or four days at the end of June. +
The Ljubljana Music and Ballet Conservatory was established in 1953, when it separated from the Academy of Music and launched the secondary music programme, and later also ballet programme. +
Founded in 1998, the Ljubljana Network of Info Points (L'MIT) is a network organisation and online resource linking nine information centres for young people in Ljubljana, the non-governmental organisations: ŠKUC Info Centre, DrogArt, KUD Anarhiv, Ljubljana City Library, ŠKUC Info Centre, SLOAM Youth Agency, DIC Legebitra, MISSS Institute, Centre for Social Work Ljubljana - Unit Moste-Polje and CONA - Community Programmes for Youth. +
Established in 2001 by Municipality of Ljubljana, the Ljubljana Regional Development Agency functions to connect the 25 municipalities of the Slovene central region into a harmonious whole and to develop this into a recognisable entity. +
The Faculty of Arts at the University of Ljubljana has a long tradition of publishing scientific and professional publications, university textbooks, and various language manuals. +
Ljudje is a strategic design studio based in Ljubljana and co-founded in 2013 by five young designers: Miha Artnak, Vladimir Mićković, Srdjan Prodanović, Emil Kozole and Lucijan Kranjc. +
Opened in 2012, the Ljutomer Trotter Museum is dedicated to the history and development of harness racing and to the ljutomerski kasač (Ljutomer trotter) thoroughbred, a horse breed of oriental origin dating back to the 18th century. +
Originally established in 1913, the Logatec Brass Orchestra was revived in the 1990s and received two Golden Plaques at the International Competition of Brass Orchestras in Ostrava, Czech Republic in 1995 and 2001. +
Logos Cultural Society (KUD Logos), established in 2001, joins Christians of various creeds (Evangelical, Orthodox, Catholic) with a view to creating an environment which fosters a coexistence of different spiritual, ethical, and intellectual identities, in turn, developing and stimulating meaningful dialogue, discussion, and debate not limited to any one institution or denomination. +
In the 12th century on the hills above Škofja Loka stood three fortifications: the Upper Tower on Krancelj; the Lower Fort (nider vest); and the Loka Castle, a residence of Freising Bishops, built at the brink of a natural terrace. +
In 1939, the museum collection was presented to the public in the premises of the town hall in Mestni trg and the Škofja Loka Museum was thus founded. +
Based at its own venue, Loški oder Theatre is an ensemble of 12 amateur actors which presents new plays in repertory every year, primarily comedies or children plays. +
The Louis Adamič Memorial Room is housed in Praproče, the birthplace of Louis Adamič (1898–1951), a Slovene writer who spent most of his life in the USA after emigrating there in 1913 at the age of 14. +
A branch gallery of the Obalne galerije - Coastal Galleries network, the Loža Gallery in Koper is located in the first floor of the municipal lodge on the main square of Koper's old town. +
Established in 1994, Lucky Cupids is the first and only Slovene group that plays mainly 50s rockabilly music mixed with swing, surf, fast rhythm and blues, with a dash of country and western style. +
Formed in 2011 exclusively to participate on Radio Študent's Club Marathon, this eclectic trio consists of Tina Perić (vocals), Matija Dolenc (guitar, electronics), and Jernej Koren (drums), who was later replaced by Jaka Berger - Brgs. +
Luksuz Cheap Film Festival was established in 2003 by Luksuz Production, the video production arm of the Society of Allies for Soft Landing, Krško (DZMP), motivated by the advent of cheap film production in recent years and the consequent democratisation of media. +
The goal of the LUPA Festival is to raise awareness of NGO issues and activities, to increase cooperation among various groups, and to strengthen dialogue between NGOs and the government, local communities and international organisations. +
Established in 2000, the Luwigana Gallery is one of two gallery spaces of Studio Černe, a framing company which for more than two decades has offered installation services and equipment for exhibitions around Slovenia, also for private customers. +
The Association of Ballet Artists of Slovenia confers the Lydia Wisiakova Prize to ballet practitioners and institutions for outstanding achievements in the art of ballet, including pedagogues and choreographers for their achievements in the popularisation of ballet as an art form. +
Since founding Maechtig-Vrhunc Arhitekti studio in 1995, partners Tomaž Maechtig and Urša Vrhunc highlight experimentation and sustainability in their approach to architecture and design projects. +
Published since 2000 by the Institute for Architecture and Space at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Ljubljana, AR Architecture, Research magazine is a twice-yearly publication containing scientific papers, reviews of scientific research activities taking place at the Faculty of Architecture in Ljubljana, and news about academic staff participation in professional and scientific conferences. +
The roots of Maksa Samsa Library in Ilirska Bistrica reach back to the foundation of a national reading room in 1864, but the present-day institution was established in 1960. +
First presented in 2006, the Maks Fabiani Award is presented every two years for outstanding achievements in urban, regional and spatial planning in Slovenia. +
The Maks Fabiani Foundation was founded in 1999 with the aim to support and further the research on the work of the architect and urban planner Maks Fabiani (1865–1962). +
Not only did he live for almost a century, the architect and urbanist Maks Fabiani led an extremely eventful life that was deeply and curiously imbued with the myriad social, political and aesthetic contexts of his times. +
Mali grad ("Little Castle") in Kamnik once formed part of a castle constructed in the 11th or early 12th century at the strategic site above the narrow passage of an important trail. +
Established in 2011, Malinc Publishing House aims at bibliodiversity and issues mostly children and youth literature, selected mostly from smaller language groups. +
Mangart Production Group was born in 1995 when the youth TV Slovenia programme Easily Around brought together Tomaž Grubar, Vojko Anzeljc and Sašo Kolarič. +
Launched and held from 2004 onwards in the coastal village of Marezige, MareziJazz is the biggest big band festival in Central Europe and the only one of its kind in Slovenia. +
The Maribor Art Gallery (Umetnostna galerija Maribor (UGM)) is one of the main museums for modern and contemporary art in Slovenia and serves as a regional museum of modern and contemporary art in the area of the Municipality of Maribor, its founder. +
The Maribor Conservatory of Music and Ballet, first established as a music school in 1945, strives to systematically develop and enhance music and dance education from preschool children to secondary school students. +
The city of Maribor won the prestigious European Capital of Culture title in 2008 with an ambitious regional proposal that mobilised 5 partner cities in Slovenia (Murska Sobota, Ptuj, Slovenj Gradec, Novo mesto and Velenje). +
Maribor Fine Artists Society is a professional organisation which aims to promote regional fine arts, support the rights of artists, and bring artists together for creative exchange. +
Established on 1 May 1958, the Maribor National Liberation Museum is housed in a burgher villa, commissioned in the mid 1890s by the Maribor entrepreneur Gustav Scherbaum. +
Established in 1974, the 22-member Maribor Puppet Theatre is a repertory theatre, staging mainly new works from contemporary Slovene children's and youth literature. +
Encompassing 34 municipalities, Podravje is Slovenia’s second largest statistical region, with 16.1 per cent of the population living within an area of 2,170 square kilometres. +
The Maribor Regional Museum is a multidisciplinary general museum for the broader Maribor region, with its rich archaeological, ethnological and cultural-historical heritage. +