Museum of Contemporary History of Slovenia

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    on the eastern edge of Park Tivoli, Celovška cesta 23, Park Tivoli
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    300 96 10
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Lonely Planet review

The Museum of Contemporary History of Slovenia, housed in the 18th-century Cekin Mansion (Grad Cekinov) just northeast of the Tivoli Recreation Centre, traces the history of Slovenia in the 20th century through multimedia and artefacts. Note the contrast between the sober earnestness of the communist-era Room G and the exuberant, logo-mad commercialism of the neighbouring industrial exhibit in Room H.

Its multimedia story begins on the eve of WWI, leading you through a surprisingly effective reconstruction of a typical trench into the quieter days of the postwar Kingdom of Yugoslavia. It gets pretty turbulent in Room E, which deals with WWII and the Italo-German occupation, but the museum's most fascinating exhibits deal with socialist Yugoslavia. A portrait of Stalin lies 'discarded' behind the door between the two. The gloriously baroque Ceremonial Hall (Room F) gives an idea of how the whole mansion once looked.

The ground floor is used for equally fascinating temporary exhibits.