Slovene Ethnographic Museum — Attraction in Upravna Enota Ljubljana

I loved the ground, 1st and 2nd floor (more about the 3rd floor in the section below). I especially appreciated the well-written description texts on NSK, tradition, folk art, and the mystical atmosphere while walking through the Holy Horses exhibition. Small details like windows in the floors, a small drawing space and cozy couches to rest between exhibitions made the experience very worthwhile. I forgot the time and walked around for almost 4 hours.

Now to the part I unfortunately did not enjoy as much. I was very disappointed reading lots of misinformation and obsolescence on the 3rd floor, which is partly dedicated to non-European cultural and artistic objects. Mestizos are not the children of 'Indian' and Spanish colonists. This word was used repeatedly to refer to Native Americans and Indigenous people. I think it would make a huge difference if these texts were replaced by revised ones and if there was more information on colonization and maybe even some ideas and inspirational examples on how to decolonize. Also, I think that giving back all this beautiful art to the grandchildren, great-grandchildren, etc. of the people it once was stolen from (or at least gifting it to museums in that region) would be a nice way of showing appreciation, respect and awareness. It made me angry seeing footage of Senegalese and Congolese that seemed very non-consensually made. It was a bit weird seing a wall showing all collectors without background details on how they actually got to own the objects. I am sure that the people working for the museum are very capable and specialized in curating a sensitive space without cultural appropriation. I wonder why this section has not been changed to reflect the state of the art.

The service at the entrance, the topics covered, the student price and the overall structure of the museum were very good. I just hope that if one day I travel again to Ljubljana and would like to have a 'Wiedersehen' with the museum, the third floor will not exist as such anymore. It would be a pity if I felt like not visiting anymore because of...

The surroundings are dangerous (very popular narco place) where cases of kids being spiked by used needles were reported. Don't go there by night. And the municipality seems to support narco gatherings, as nearby they will be building a new and cosy narco methadon centre. Bravo! The museums themselves are, well, ok. Nothing to shout about and hurry visit, but it's an ok experience. But this place could be soooo much nicer and good looking if they would do one very simple thing. Just like in Paris for example: simply put high fences around those few entry points. Is this so hard or what? Seems like the management of this place fell asleep or they just don't care about safety, and the interior surroundings of the place being so badly deteriorated because of the "nightlife" (and shameless daylife as weell happening there - people taking a needle out there in the open) ... But I heard those parents will seek court action, so I guess something really bad needs to happen for things to move from...

Very nice and quiet museum. Located near the contemporary art museum, is located inside a three story building. Starting from the top floor which is reachable through a very cool window elevator, there is the true ethnographic museum with the permanent exhibition with a very well cared space for kids. On the second floor she I visited there was a special exposition for the 100 years of the museum. And finally on the first floor a series of exhibition that changes over time. The prices are surprisingly cheap, 6 euros the regular ticket and 3 with the student discount. Overall the thing that I liked the most was the peace inside the museum probably because on a rainy Sunday people were doing other things and I only met three other visitors in my entire stay in...