Exhibition
21/10/2024 do 01/05/2025
Exhibition
03/06/2024 do 01/12/2024
Anton Ramovš: 100th anniversary of the birth of the geologist and paleontologist
His research mainly focused on fossils from the Palaeozoic beds of Karavanke, Škofja Loka and Polhov Gradec hills and Ortnek in Dolenjska. He pioneered the study of microscopically small conodonts, which helped to solve many puzzles about the age of rock strata.
Past exhibitions
Exhibition
15/05/2024 do 10/10/2024
Woolly rhinoceros in Slovenia – the surprise of the decade!
In 2023, the museum received the first fossil remains of a woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis). The tooth is one of the most important paleontological discoveries in Slovenia in recent decades.
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).
