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Slovenian School Museum presentation film

The Slovenian School Museum is proud to present our first presentation film which provides a comprehensive and entertaining introduction to our mission – the preservation of the cultural heritage of Slovenian education in the Republic of Slovenia and in the area beyond its borders.   Our owl, Zofi, introduces our diverse museum activities and takes …

Presentation of publications and film, and announcement of themes for 2025

Ljubljana, 6 February 2025: With the new permanent exhibition School Rules!, launched three years ago, we have set ourselves new challenges for the future, which, however, stem from the past. With a long-standing commitment to raising public awareness of the school cultural heritage, the Slovenian School Museum has managed to produce 16 publications in 2024 …

Join us for various free activities on Prešeren Day

We invite you to spend the Prešeren Day at the Slovenian School Museum. We have prepared a range of free activities for visitors of all ages. On the festive Saturday, 8 February 2025, the museum will be open from 9 am to 6 pm. EXHIBITIONS You can visit: Interactive permanent exhibition School Rules! Temporary exhibition …

School Chronicle 2024 published

The School Chronicle 2024 has been published in two volumes and three issues. The first volume is thematic and is dedicated to the 250th anniversary of the promulgation of Maria Theresa’s General School Ordinance. It contains a translation of the General School Ordinance into modern Slovenian, a report on the events related to the commemoration …

SEASON’S GREETINGS

  May we welcome the New Year with curiosity and courage, May our acts of compassion bring smiles to people’s faces, And may we find in every challenge an opportunity for growth and learning.   Dear visitors and colleagues,   We wish you a peaceful Christmas and an excellent New Year.       The …

6 December – a holiday for education

Ljubljana, 6 December 2024 – 250 years ago, on 6 December 1774, Empress Maria Theresa signed and issued the General School Ordinance. This was the first state law on primary education to apply in the major part of the territory of today’s Slovenia. Today, a quarter of a millennium later, the Slovenian School Museum commemorated …

For the Happiness of the Nations”: closing event to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Maria Theresa’s General School Ordinance

6 December 2024 at 12:00 noon Slovenian School Museum Plečnikov trg 1, Ljubljana   The year 2024 marks a quarter of a millennium since the publication of the “General School Ordinance for all German primary schools in all imperial and royal hereditary lands” (Allgemeine Schulordnung für die deutschen Normal-, Haupt- und Trivialschulen in sämmtlichen Kaiserl. …

Slovenian School Museum 2025 Calendar

The Slovenian School Museum has been producing its calendar since 2009 to highlight various education-related topics. This year’s calendar, the 17th in a row, is dedicated to the 250th anniversary of compulsory education in Slovenia. The calendar’s depictions are taken from books and related works from the second half of the 18th century.   250 …

Slovenian School Museum presentation film

We invite you to feel the pulse of our museum through the film and to visit us in the future.

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