Happiness is in Books, Happiness is in Picture Books

Slovenian Picture Book due to its humanist values is of high literary and artistic level. It is an equal stone in the European picture book mosaic. Picture book characters are both abstract, individualized, and conventional, referring to all people. They are immortal.

Collection of Picture Books

1895 Ljubljana Earthquake

The destructive earthquake shook Ljubljana in 1895. Its damage and lives of the city people facing the concequences were documented by a professional photographer Wilhelm Helfer who was chosen for the task by the mayorship of Ljubljana.

Collection of Photographs

Compositions of Vladimir Lovec

The year 2022 is dedicated to the composer and conductor Vladimir Lovec (1922-1992) who as a professor and the principal of the Music School Koper influenced many of the younger generations of musicians. His works are presented in this digital collection which is part of the project 100. obletnica rojstva Vladimirja Lovca.

Collection of Compositions

The Collection of Bookplates of Beti and Dagmar Nováček

Bookplates are symbols of ownership that carry the owners name and an artistic motif. The tradition of bookplate making is old but it became popular at the beginning of 20th century. In 1967 Exlibris Sloveniae Society was founded. Its first president was Dagmar Nováček who was, along with her sister, one of the greatest collectors of bookplates.

Collection of Bookplates

Studio Photography in Slovenia (1859-1919)

In Slovenia, portrait photography has been present for a long time. Its beginnings reach back to 1859 when Ernest Pogorelc, a photographer from Ljubljana, obtained a trade permit to build his photographic studio. During the late 19th century and the first part of the 20th century, studio photography evolved dramatically.

Collection of Photographs

Poet France Balantič

A hundred years has passed since the birth of France Balantič (1921-1943), one of the greatest Slovenian poets. He began to write poetry just before the Second World War and managed to create some exceptional works. These poems were published only after his tragic death in 1944 under the title V ognju groze plapolam.

Collection of Poems

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