Prešeren Day 2026 with Slovenian Theatre Institute - Theatre Museum

On Thursday, 8 February 2026, Prešeren Day, we cordially invite you to spend this Slovenian cultural holiday also with the Slovenian Theatre Institute - Theatre Museum.

 
Free admission!

The final guded tour of the exhibition Alenka Makes Puppet

Through the exhibition, you will be guided by the versatile puppetry artist Alenka Pirjevec and the exhibition’s author, Tea Rogelj.

from 10 am to 4 pm

From our collections. Alenka Makes Puppets

The exhibition presents an important part of Alenka Pirjevec's body of work, focusing on her author projects, as well as on the productions for which she created original puppets.

from 10 am to 4 pm

IN PURSUIT OF A THEATRE. From the Jesuits to Cankar

The permanent exhibition highlights the path Slovenian theatre has followed from the 17th to the 20th century. The grand story starts with the theatre of the reformers and counter-reformers and ends with the performance of the Slovenian playwright of European stature, Ivan Cankar, at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. In doing so, it illustrates that all the key turning points and processes along the way are marked either by parallel European processes or by European roots or influences; but at the same time, they are also marked by the emancipation of Slovenian theatre from its over-commitment to the latter - especially at the level of language and national identity.

 

You are cordially invited!