Notable Items
Past exhibitions
Exhibition
10/05/2024 do 09/06/2024
Tanzanite – a gem variety of zoisite
Tanzanite is a violet blue to blue violet gem variety of the mineral zoisite. Its diversity from Tanzania is represented by Dr Clemens Schwarzinger, professor, collector and gemcutter.
Exhibition
22/03/2024 do 05/05/2024
Eggs, nests, birds …
On occasion of the Easter holidays, we present some of the egg, nest and bird specimens held in the ornithological collection of the Slovenian Museum of Natural History. The entire collection currently includes 239 bird nests, and 1482 inventory units of bird eggs (each unit can contain between 1 and 14 eggs).
Exhibition
22/03/2024 do 05/05/2024
Donations in 2023
In 2023, we received an unexpectedly large number of vertebrate collections contributed by various donors, which were included in the Museum’s archives.
Exhibition
01/02/2024 do 01/06/2024
Life in the middle miocene – unveiling the hidden Radoboj fossils
Picture this: a dusty corner in the Natural History Museum of Slovenia, holding a treasure trove that’s been a secret for decades – the collection of Middle Miocene fossils from a Croatian site near Radoboj.