Summer opening hours, 1. 7. – 31. 8. 2026
Summer is here! ☀️Starting Wednesday, 1 July 2026, the Slovenian Alpine Museum will be open every day from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. We look forward to welcoming you!
Bus Transfers to the Vrata Valley 2026
The Vrata Valley is considered one of the most beautiful alpine valleys in Slovenia. To help preserve its unspoilt natural environment, we have introduced a bus service that safely transports hikers and other visitors from Mojstrana, the village beneath Mount Triglav, via the Peričnik Waterfall all the way to Aljaž Lodge in the Vrata Valley. [...]
Mountains Through the eyes of an astrophotographer, photo exhibition by Gregor Kresal
You are warmly invited to visit the photography exhibition Through the Eyes of an Astrophotographer by Gregor Kresal, a Slovenian alpinist, architect, and filmmaker The exhibition brings together landscape, mountain, and astrophotography. The common thread running through all the works is the search for rare moments when the Sun, Moon, planets, comets, or stars briefly [...]
Vlasto Kopač: Between Rock and Pencil
This year marks the twentieth anniversary of the death of Vlasto Kopač. We know his works, but often not the full breadth of his legacy. On this occasion, museums, public institutions, and individuals preserving his heritage have joined forces. At the museum, we present a commemorative display case with the introductory panel “Vlasto Kopač: Between [...]
Mountaineering and the Czech Hut – a lasting bond of Czech–Slovenian cooperation
The Avgust Delavec Foundation, in cooperation with the Upper Sava Valley Museum Jesenice – Slovenian Alpine Museum and the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Slovenia, cordially invites you on Wednesday, 6 May 2026, at 6 pm to the Slovenian Alpine Museum for the ceremonial opening of the exhibition by Ladislav Jirásek Czech–Slovenian Mountaineering Cooperation, [...]
Searching for the Wild – My Explorations of the Kočevje Wilderness, a photographic exhibition by Petra Draškovič Pelc
In her photographic exhibition, Petra Draškovič Pelc opens a view into the Kočevje region as a space of silence, inner stillness, and a primal connection with nature. Her photographs are not merely documents of landscape, but subtle records of experience – moments in which light and shadow, presence and the unseen intertwine. As a long-time [...]
Traces of Silence, photo exhibition
In February 2026, we will host a photographic exhibition by Urban Meglič titled Traces of Silence. Kanin – a space suspended between the past and the future – will reveal itself to visitors through words, and above all through photography. The exhibition focuses on the period after the ski resort ceased operations and before its [...]
The Year of Vlasto Kopač – Marking the 20th Anniversary of His Death
Slovenian museums, research institutions, archives, and media preserve an exceptionally rich body of heritage related to Vlasto Kopač. Today, his legacy is held and researched by the Intermunicipal Museum Kamnik, Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana – Plečnik House, Museum of Architecture and Design, National Museum of Contemporary History of Slovenia, Gornjesavski Museum Jesenice – Slovenian [...]
Triglav – Mountain and Symbol
A new exhibition has arrived at the Slovenian Alpine Museum: Triglav – Mountain and Symbol. ☃The exhibition tells the story of how Triglav evolved from the highest mountain in the Slovenian territory into the central national symbol of Slovenia. It starts from the gap between actual spatial realities and the self-image Slovenians hold. Although Slovenia [...]
Janez Kramar – Farewell to the Glacier, Photo Exhibition
“Farewell to the Glacier” The Pasterze Glacier beneath Grossglockner, like glaciers around the world, is sharing the same fate – it is disappearing rapidly. I first visited it in 2012. Large blocks of ice were breaking off the glacier’s front, mostly darkened by sand, but also strikingly turquoise, floating on the water of two lakes [...]
