National Gallery of Slovenia, Art museum in Ljubljana, Slovenia
The National Gallery of Slovenia is an art museum in Ljubljana housing around 600 works spanning different periods. The collection ranges from medieval religious art to 20th-century Slovenian paintings and includes works by European artists.
The National Gallery was founded in 1918, after the dissolution of Austria-Hungary, and first exhibited in Kresija Palace. It moved into the Narodni dom palace in 1928, the year its first exhibition of Slovenian authors opened; the building became the gallery's sole property in 1945 and it was declared a state institution in 1946.
The gallery's name, Narodna galerija, dates from the society founded on 18 September 1918, and the building it occupies was the Narodni dom, a Slovene cultural centre whose lower rooms housed the Partizan gymnastics club until 2010. The palace was declared a cultural monument in 1993.
The gallery is open Tuesday through Sunday with extended hours on Thursdays. Guided tours and family programs are regularly offered to help you understand the works on display.
The original Baroque Robba Fountain stands in the central glass gallery, where it was moved after extensive restoration in 2008; the fountain on Mestni trg is a replica. The glass link itself, by Sadar + Vuga, was added in 2001 to join the two wings.
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