The City Museum of Ljubljana is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year, with the museum management promising to boost its activities "for and about the people of Ljubljana". Its priority is to finish the permanent exhibition on the city's history entitled "Visages of Ljubljana".
In addition, the museum plans to increase the number of diverse programmes for children as well as adults within the scope of lifelong education, attract a wider audience by organising events and projects, and expand international cooperation.
A ceremony marking the anniversary was held on Sunday at the Turjak palace, the museum's freshly renewed headquarters in the city centre. On the occasion, visitors were able to see a film by Joco Znidarsic on the renovation and have a guided tour of the palace.
The museum was founded in 1935 by the Ljubljana city council in order to collect "all objects related to Ljubljana's history, the city's role in the spiritual and national sense, and the development of the contemporary Ljubljana".
During WWII, what is today called the National Museum of Contemporary History was founded within the City Museum. In the beginning of the 1950s, a permanent archaeological collection was put on display, and in the late 1970s, the City Museum was enriched by what has become a department of contemporary history.
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