National Liberation Museum Maribor

The National Liberation Museum Maribor strives to present the selected material for the 20th and 21st centuries to visitors in the most accessible way possible, through both permanent and numerous temporary exhibitions.

Permanent exhibitions

In the museum visitors can explore the permanent exhibition to learn about the 20th century Maribor history.

Temporary exhibitions

Occasional exhibitions, which we regularly update for you, cover a wide range of topics from recent history.

Virtual exhibitions

Virtual experiences that offer access to the cultural heritage housed in our museum, right from the comfort of your home.

Visit us and experience Maribor through museum stories.


We are museum. It houses our stories and stories of our parents, grandparents, friends, colleagues and acquaintances. These are the stories of our city. If you want to get to know Maribor, take a look at our museum.

Museums perform the tasks of recoding, documenting, collecting, evaluating, interpreting and researching as well as presenting the items of movable cultural heritage to the public. At the Maribor Museum of National Liberation, we strive to make the material collected for the period through permanent and numerous occasional exhibitions 20th and 21st century materials as close to the visitors as possible.

Up-to-date

You can follow the wide range of activities and events offered by our museum on our website.

Educational program
Exhibitions and workshops for
children and youth.


The National Liberation Museum Maribor offers a varied program of educational workshops for children and youth, which enables the latter to learn about the history and culture of the city of Maribor and Slovenia in the 20th century in an interesting and interactive history.

The workshops are adapted to different age groups: from preschool children all the way up to students. The themes of the workshops are diverse and cover various aspects and issues of history.

Workshops take place in the museum or at other locations. Workshop providers are experts in history, who try to help young people gain new knowledge and experience with an interesting and creative approach.

Permanent exhibitions

In the museum visitors can explore the permanent exhibition to learn about the 20th century Maribor history. They can also visit the industrial Maribor, the period of fighting for the northern Slovenian border, they can learn about General Rudolf Meister, admire Maribor’s flowering in the period between World Wars I and II, and sympathise with the fate of Maribor inhabitants during World War II.

Temporary exhibitions

Occasional exhibitions, regularly updated, cover a wide range of topics from recent history; everything from subcultures and social life – to ecology and social events.