Alpine Botanical Garden

Woolly rhinoceros in Slovenia – the surprise of the decade!

New Quarterly Display Case

Tanzanite – a gem variety of zoisite

New Quarterly Display Case

Joannes Antonius Scopoli - 300 Years Since the Birth of the Great Naturalist

The Founder of Modern Natural Science in Slovenia

200 Years of the Nature Treasury

With the exhibition titled 200 Years of the Nature Treasury, we mark this high jubilee of the founding of the very first museum in Slovenia, from which the Slovenian Museum of Natural History eventually emerged as well.

Introductory film

Slovenian Museum of Natural History: from a cabinet of wonders to a priceless treasure of nature

Virtual tours

View our permanent, temporary and past exhibitions.

Highlights

Plants

Animals

Fossils

Minerals and rocks

Habitats

Notable items

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Plants

Plants

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Fossils

The Borl elephant

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Fossils

Pelican’s foot shell from the Oligocene

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Minerals and rocks

Gemology – the science of gems

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Minerals and rocks

Calcite

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Highlights

The Karst

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Fossils

Jawbone of a cave lion on the stamp

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Cave Bear

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Animals

Birds

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Animals

Some interesting facts from the world of insects

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Plants

Plants

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Exhibition

Collection of birds, fishes, reptiles and various vertebrates’ skeletons

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Virtual exhibition

Virtual tour: Collection of reptiles, freshwater fishes, vertebrates’ skeletons and the Slovenian sea

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Animals

Birds

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Animals

Some interesting facts from the world of insects

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Animals

Fishes

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Animals

Mammals

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Animals

Reptiles

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Animals

Amphibians

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Animals

A snake is not a toy

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Fossils

An exceptional fossil site in Slovenia

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Fossils

Fossil forest heritage

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Fossil heritage of the Bela Cerkev profile

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Fossils

Fossil wood – a view through a microscope

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Fossils

Jawbone of a cave lion on the stamp

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Fossils

Pelican’s foot shell from the Oligocene

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Fossils

The Borl elephant

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Fossils

The fields where Valvasor collected his fossils

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Fossils

The natural power of taxidermy

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Fossils

The oldest fossils in Slovenia

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Minerals and rocks

Calcite

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Minerals and rocks

Calcite from Peči pri Kropi na Gorenjskem

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Minerals and rocks

Crystals and wine

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Minerals and rocks

Eclogite – a special gem from Pohorje

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Minerals and rocks

Fool’s Gold

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Minerals and rocks

Gemology – the science of gems

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Minerals and rocks

Mineral attractions of Slovenia

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Minerals and rocks

Minerals of the Sitarjevec mine near Litija

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Minerals and rocks

Ore treasures of Slovenia

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Minerals and rocks

Remšnik mine: history – geology – minerals

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Habitats

The Karst

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Notable Items

Cave Bear

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Count Jožef Kalasanc Erberg’s Dried Garden

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Fin Whale Skeleton

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Mammoth Skeleton

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Narrow-necked Cave Beetle

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Olm, or the Human Fish

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Pinter’s Collection of Wood Samples

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Slovenia’s Oldest Herbarium

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The Book online

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Triassic Fish from Triglav

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