Category: Museums, collections and memorial room

One of the houses on the north side of Tartini Square, the Tartini House is an example of bourgeois architecture and forms part of the built cultural heritage. During the comprehensive conservation works between 1988 and 1992, wall paintings were uncovered and restored, frescoes primarily commissioned by Tartini’s nephew, Captain Pietro Bartolomeo Tartini. The building

Tartinijeva rojstna hiša, ki stoji v nizu hiš ob severni strani Tartinijevega trga, je kulturni spomenik meščanske arhitekture. Po celostni konservatorski obnovi v letih 1988–1992 so bile v njej predstavljene in restavrirane stenske poslikave, ki so nastale predvsem po naročilu Tartinijevega nečaka, kapetana Pietra Bartolomea Tartinija. Stavba stoji na mestu gotske hiše Casa Pizagrua iz

Slovenia’s central museum, and its oldest, the National Museum of Slovenia collects, documents, preserves and researches the movable cultural heritage of Slovenia, which it puts on public display. It boasts a rich archaeological collection of valuable specimens ranging from the Stone Age to the modern era, numismatic and graphic art collections, a historical collection and

In 1948, a musical collection was instated as a subdivision of the National and University Library’s Special Collections Division. Forming part of the National Library’s holdings, the department provides for collecting, processing, maintaining, providing access to, as well as safekeeping and preserving the core national collection of library materials in Slovenian, about Slovenia and Slovenians,

Music Collection Town Musical Life (Belgramoni-Tacco Palace)  The music collection is displayed in two exhibition rooms. The first is dedicated to musical life in coastal towns within the area of present-day Slovenia, practised from the Middle Ages to the end of the 20th century. Until the 19th century, music was chiefly restricted to church services

Kept at the Ptuj Castle, the richest collection of musical instruments of national importance contains almost 350 items. The collection of instruments used for performing both art and traditional music is complemented by sheet-music materials and tools for making instruments. Two artefacts constitute the highlights of the collection: a rarity of international importance, an ancient

The Oton Župančič memorial collection was inaugurated in Vinica in 1951, as part of the formal opening of the Bela Krajina Museum. After renovation works, in 2011, 40 notable personalities of Bela Krajina (White Carniola), were exhibited in four sections and arranged in first-floor rooms by the exhibition curator, Andreja Brancelj Bednaršek, and its designer,

The Technical Museum of Slovenia’s holdings contain several units related to music, mostly devices designed to play, record, process and preserve music recordings. Radio receivers (over 300) form the bulk of the holdings, which also include gramophones and related machines, tape recorders and some more advanced digital players. The collection also contains some music automata.

The Slovenian Alpine Museum houses a vast collection of items with a rich historical background. The diversified photographic and archival materials and extensive specialist library offer insight into the mass appeal and significance of mountaineering in Slovenia. The collection also contains artefacts related to music. The exhibits on view include items that belonged to Jakob

In 2001, the Regional Archives in Nova Gorica purchased the legacy of Srečko Kumar, which contains an extensive collection of manuscript and printed music scores by numerous Slovenian composers, painstakingly compiled newspaper clippings of reviews and critiques of choir performances conducted by Kumar and copies of photographs. The legacy is divided into several thematic sections,