Museum of Modern Art (Ljubljana)

The Museum of Modern Art (Slovene: Moderna galerija) in Ljubljana, Slovenia, is the central museum and gallery of Slovenian art from the 20th and 21st centuries.^[1]

Museum of Modern Art

Moderna galerija
Location	Ljubljana, Slovenia
Type	Art museum
Website	www.mg-lj.si/en/

History

Established by decree of the government of the People's Republic of Slovenia on 30 December 1947, and officially opened to the public on 3 January 1948, it houses a permanent collection of 21st century Slovenian art as well as art from foreign artists.^[2] Its central building was designed by Edvard Ravnikar and was built in 1948. In addition, it acts as a place for: debate, documentation, education, research and study, increasing the presence of art for the wider public.^[3] The museum seeks to build a divergent model of museum, open the dialogue between institutes following similar priorities and those which are building new cultural production models.^[4]

On 26 November 2011, it was expanded with the Metelkova Museum of Contemporary Art, situated at Metelko Street (Slovene: Metelkova ulica).

See also

• National Gallery of Slovenia
• Art of Slovenia
• Lacemaker (Portrait of Štefka Batič), part of the museum's permanent collection