Past events

8 feb Tue
Free entry

On Prešeren Day we invite you to visit the Škofja Loka Museum, Škopar House, Ivan Grohar Gallery and France Mihelič Gallery. We will be open from 10 am to 5 pm, admission will be free! Welcome!

26 jan Wed
Free entry

The Ivan Grohar Gallery presents DK, a prominent Slovenian fine art photographer and a selection of his works from the iconic series of colour photographs titled The Thorn, revealing the artist's lucid view of the events and protagonists of AKC Metelkova's very specific “underground” scene.

3 dec Fri
3. 12. 2021 @ 18:00

Opening of the Windows of Imagination

Town Square
Free entry

The Windows of Imaginations, sales exhibitions of artists and craftsmen, are opening on Friday, 3th of December 2021 at 6.00 PM!

24 nov Wed
24. 11. 2021 @ 18:00

From Liberation to Independence

Virtual Opening of the Exhibition

Virtually
Free entry

You are invited to the virtual opening of the exhibition From Liberation to Independence in the Castle Gallery and permanent collections. The exhibition presents the development of Škofja Loka and its surroundings from 1945 to 1991.

10 nov Wed
10. 11. 2021 @ 19:00

Stripped Stories

A storytelling evening at the Škopar House

Škopar's House
Canceled!

Erotic Stripped Stories will excite our imagination! The narrators Barbara Zonta and Rok Kušlan will tell us some romantically dreamy, hot and wild, as well as funny stories. Jelena Ždrale and Andraž Polič will provide juicy musical accompaniment on violin and guitar!

3 nov Wed
Free entry

The museum living room will host a talk with Katja Bogataj, a multimedia artist and member of the Škofja Loka Artists' Association, whose latest spatial installation Wrapped in a Cocoon is currently on view at the at the Ivan Grohar Gallery. The talk will be led by the exhibition curator Boštjan Soklič.

27 oct Wed
Free entry

The curator of the Photo Loka exhibition Miha Colner will talk about the pioneer of artistic photography August Berthold with his heir, the architect Matej Vozlič, who set up a working studio with his partner in Berthold's former photography studio in Ljubljana.

20 oct Wed
Free entry

Art historian Nina Misson will talk about Mlakar's life and work with the photographer's son, artist Simon Mlakar. This will be followed by a screening of the documentary film The Charmed Life of Tone Mlakar (2017) directed by Marko Cvejić.

9 oct Sat
9. 10. 2021 @ 10:00

Fairytale in the Gallery

Škopar's House
Free entry

How boring our planet Earth would be if we didn’t share it with animals! Be it hairy, feathered, slimy or bristly - in the fairy-tale world, animals, just like humans, can be fun, jealous, twisted, loving.