Ljubljana

Hosts a permanent exhibition of Jože Plečnik's works.

Features an almost complete skeleton of a 20,000 year old mammoth found near Kamnik in 1938 and a 200 million year old fossil fish skeleton found in Triglav National Park. Also has a large mineral collection.

An annex of the Architecture Museum devoted to great Slovenian architect Jože Plečnik, who lived in this building from 1921 to 1957. The house contains rooms with the artist’s valuable original furniture and personal objects, an archive of his sketches and plans and a collection of clay, plaster and wooden models, a library, Plečnik’s correspondence, a photo archive, thesis projects of Plečnik’s students and an archive of the Academy of Architecture Collection. Access only by guided tour of not more than 7 people, booked at least five days in advance at tel. +386-1-2801600 or [email protected].

Specialised in art shows, often in collaboration with international institutions. .

Definitely worth visiting if you care about art. It exhibits two important permanent collections that include works of some of the best and most renowned slovenian impressionist painters Jama, Grohar, Jakopic, Azbe. Since September 2008 you can also see there a restored original of the Robba Fountain, a monument of national cultural heritage.

Slovenia's 20th-century history museum gives you a real sense of the country's roller-coaster ride through regime after regime. Its immersive exhibits include a walk-through WWI trench. The last exhibit shows the events around the Declaration of Independence from Yugoslavia and the Ten Day War with the Yugoslav Federal Army. All exhibits are translated to English and some to German too.

The easiest and most pleasant way to reach all spots described below is by foot, except for the Zoo and the Architecture Museum.