National Museum of Slovenia

Narodni muzej Slovenije

The oldest Slovenian museum is situated in the city center, near the Tivoli park. The museum building de facto houses two museums (The National Museum and The Natural History Museum), so this is a must location for every museum goer.

Right to the entrance you will spot the lapidarium of Roman monuments, thombstones, milestones. Perphaps the most breaktaking exponate is the ancient Egypian mummy dating back to 5-6th century BC.

The ground floor also houses a exhibition on monetary of Slovenia, displaying currencies from bronze ingots to new Euro coins, occassionaly an extensive treasure of ancient coins is also on display.

Temporary exposions on the first floor show a selection of daily-use objects from Stone age to Medieval age. The final show-room gives an detailed overview of a demographic history of this part of Europe. It may take hours to study all the interesting details.

Opening hours
Daily from 10:00 till 18:00, on Thursdays till 20:00. The museum is closed on holidays, please check the homepage.

Admissions
Adults can enter the National museum for 3 Euros, or 5 Euros if you decide to visit the Natural History Museum of Slovenia, which is housed in the same building. As a curiosity, you can opt to see only the mummy, at bagrain 0.5 Euros.

Roman period in Slovenia
The exhibition of Roman period in Slovenia is placed adjacent to the main museum building and the admission is free. It displays a collection of Roman stone monuments of which many have been discovered in Emona, right where Ljubljana stands now. The collection includes mosaics, altars as well as a sculpture of monumental stone lion. The number of tombstones, stone cimetary urns and sarcophagi advocate how important it was to grave in the Roman period. About 80 Roman milestones have been discovered in Slovenia from the period 2nd - 4th century, many of them are still on their original place of excavation, but a few are on display in the museum.

Address:
Muzejska ulica 1, Ljubljana
Phone: +386 (0)1 2414400, Fax: +386 (0)1 2414422
Homepage: www.narmuz-lj.si