You are invited to the opening of a large temporary exhibition, which will present various forms of masking with an emphasis on the carnival heritage of Slovenia.
Masking is part of everyday life and holidays, we follow it with the customs of the year as well as the life cycle. With its long history, the remains of which have been preserved until now through numerous adaptations, it connects our past with the future. In SEM, we began to deal more intensively with the phenomenon of Carnival masking after the Second World War, when we included the first carnival masks and outfits in the museum collections.
The main focus of the exhibition is this constantly expanding collection of various materials (objects, photographs, field records ...). From the exhibited material, we can discern both similarities and peculiarities of various carnival customs in Slovenia, which have been constantly changing and adapted to time and space. Both to the bearers of carnival customs and traditions and to the environment from which they come, they provide a sense of individual and collective identity.
The exhibition will be on display on the first floor of the SEM exhibition house on the Metelkova museum platform, a team of curators is involved in the design, preparation and installation of the exhibition in cooperation with all SEM services.
Do not miss the invitation to participate in the International Conference masking: from ritual to Carnival .
Vljudno vabljeni na odprtje velike občasne razstave v četrtek, 15. januarja 2026, ob 18.00. Razstava Maske: Od rituala do karnevala bo predstavila različne oblike maskiranja s poudarkom na pustni dediščini Slovenije.
Razstavo bo odprla dr. Asta Vrečko , ministrica za kulturo Republike Slovenije.
Glasbeni program: Boštjan Gombač , akademski glasbenik: Pustni zvoki.
Maskiranje je del vsakdanjega življenja in praznikov, sledimo mu tako s šegami letnega kot tudi življenjskega kroga. S svojo dolgo zgodovino, katere ostanki so se s številnimi prilagoditvami ohranili vse do zdaj, našo preteklost povezuje s prihodnostjo. V SEM smo se s pojavom pustnega maskiranja začeli intenzivneje ukvarjati po drugi svetovni vojni, ko smo v muzejske zbirke vključili tudi prve pustne maske in oprave.
Glavni poudarek razstave je prav ta, stalno dopolnjujoča se zbirka različnega gradiva (predmetov, fotografij, terenskih zapisov …). Iz razstavljenega gradiva razpoznavamo tako podobnosti kot posebnosti različnih pustnih šeg na Slovenskem, ki so se ves čas spreminjale in prilagajale času in prostoru. Tako nosilcem pustnih šeg in tradicij kot okolju, iz katerega prihajajo, zagotavljajo občutek individualne in kolektivne identitete.
Razstava bo na ogled v prvem nadstropju razstavne hiše SEM na muzejski ploščadi Metelkova, pri zasnovi, pripravi in postavitvi razstave sodeluje ekipa kustosov v sodelovanju z vsemi službami SEM.
Ne spreglejte vabila k sodelovanju na mednarodni konferenci Maskiranje: Od rituala do karnevala .