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.
Past events
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
Your are kindly invited to a bread baking workshop taking place at the Škopar's Hourse as part of this year's European Cultural Heritage Days and the Naša kuhna project.
6. 10. 2021 @ 19:00
The Miraculous Power of Women
A storytelling evening at the Škopar House
Join us for a storytelling evening! Four women of different generations bring more than four different women’s stories and fairy tales. They gave their heroines a voice to step out of the shadows and talk about women’s destinies.
1. 10. 2021 @ 17:00
Brewing and Winemaking in the Škofja Loka Area in the Middle Ages
As part of this year's European Cultural Heritage Days, marked by the theme Bon Apetit!, and the Naša kuhna project our archeology curator Jože Štukl is preparing a lecture on the beginnings of brewing and winemaking in the Škofja Loka Seigniory.
The national costume is originally a peasant holiday dress, which began to develop as a costume for special occasions in the middle of the 19th century among nationally conscious merchants and townspeople, and in the 1970s as a special form of manifesting Sloveneness became established among the peasant population.