Rediscover rich history in our museums

Museums

Seven locations

There are seven museums you can visit

  • Slovenian Ironmaking Museum
  • Iron foundry settlement Stara Sava
  • Museum of workers’ culture Jesenice
  • Museum Kos manor Jesenice
  • Slovenian Alpine Museum
  • Museum Kranjska Gora
  • Museum Rateče

Slovenian Ironmaking Museum (open from December 2020)

Permanent museum exhibition From the ore to steel, ironmaker’s housing culture and Art collection

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Iron foundry settlement Stara Sava

Cultural monument of national significance

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Museum of workers’ culture Jesenice

Ethnological exhibition about the ironmaking workers’ housing culture

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Museum Kos manor Jesenice

Exhibition premises for occasional visual and artistic and museum exhibitions

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Slovenian Alpine Museum

Slovenian Alpine Museum in Mojstrana: Gamified museum collection of the history of mountaineering in Slovenia

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Museum Kranjska Gora

Ethnological presentation of the farm housing culture in the Alps in the 19th with an exhibition and permanent exhibition about the life and work of Josip Vandot (1884–1944), a writer of books for young people, the most popular of which is Kekec.

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Museum Rateče

A museum of the local history and ethnological heritage of Rateče.

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Rediscover rich history in our museums

Exhibitions

Six museums with 8 permanent exhibitions and many occasional ones

Permanent exhibitions

  • Rise and fall of ironmakers
  • Kasarna at Stara Sava
  • Jože Bedič’s Geological and Paleontological Collection
  • Gestapo prisons
  • Climb to the mountain
  • Alpine house in Kranjska Gora with a permanent exhibition on the life and work of Josip Vandot
  • Exhibition on the Rateče folk costume and local ethnological heritage

Rise and fall of ironmakers

Permanent exhibition on the owners of iron foundries and the history of ironmaking in Jesenice

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Kasarna at Stara Sava

Ethnological exhibition about the workers’ housing culture

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Jože Bedič’s Geological and Paleontological Collection

Collection of fossils and rocks, biggest and most important collection of fossils in Slovenia

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Gestapo prisons

A prison cell with an exhibition of the policy destroying national consciousness in Gorenjska.

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Climb to the mountain

Gamified museum collection of the history of mountaineering in Slovenia

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Museum Kranjska Gora

Ethnological presentation of the farm housing culture in the Alps in the 19th century with an exhibition and permanent exhibition about the life and work of Josip Vandot, a writer of books for young people, the most popular of which is Kekec.

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Museum Rateče

A museum of the local history and ethnological heritage of Rateče.

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Renting premises for various events

For lectures, round tables, workshops, seminars

Seven halls, all of them equipped with projection facilities, a portable loudspeaker system and internet access.

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For civil weddings, personal celebrations, gala receptions, banquets, symposia, conferences

Gornjesavski muzej Jesenice offers seven halls and premises in museums and authentic ambients with exceptional urban, technical, architectural and historical significance in Jesenice, Mojstrana and Kranjska Gora.

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For concerts

We offer halls and venues for concerts of different genres from classical music and choral music to jazz and rock outdoor concerts. Each room and venue offers projection equipment with portable sound system and internet access.

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Museum workshops

Our museum offers a variety of workshops. More information and reservations:

T: +386 (0)4 583 35 00
E: info@gmj.si

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