We have enjoyed the museum. However, don't expect to learn much about history of Maribor or Slovenia.
We have learnt that Tito had a lot warm conversations with locals during his multiple visits to Maribor and that he was enthusiastically welcomed by locals. We have not learnt anything about his dictatorship or anything bad concerning him. It was almost like reading newspapers from that time.
We have learnt about multiple names, dates and events from the 20th century of Maribor history. The museum seems to avoid difficult topics and we had to read Wikipedia to understand any broader context and the background of national conflicts between Germans and Slovenians.
Please note that we did not have any guide. Most of the descriptions are in English but it is perfectly possible that we would have a completely different experience if we had...
Read moreAbsolutely fascinating museum. We had never before heard of the forced removal and genocide of the native Slovenes by the occupying Nazis from Maribor and the surrounding areas (although, when one thinks about it, given that the Reich was only a few miles away, of course this was the fate of the locals). We left educated, but also moved and outraged.
We also enjoyed the exhibitions on Maribor life before WW2, under occupation and then within Communist Yugoslavia, and had an interesting discussion with the museum curators.
Overall, I recommend this museum strongly to anyone with an...
Read moreI'm not a big of museum. It's not a very big museum. But yea you can find interesting. The guide explained about the history of maribor. There are material from work war. It wasn't any busy at all. We were the only one. So yea I mean it's a museum go if you want. The guide guy was cool tho. I played the piano there and my friends though It was not permissible so they got angry at me but when the guide asked if I wanted to continue my friend said it was him who played the piano🤣 Lol I just...
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