Opening hours:
Tuesday - Sunday: 10:00-18:00
Opening hours:
Tuesday - Sunday: 10:00-18:00
The first photo of Maribor shows the Main Square with the plague sign and saint statues and the fountain with two water pumps in the foreground.
A photograph of a lady wearing a typical Art Nouveau dress of dark colour with an extremely narrow waist and a corset. Her blouse is buttoned up to the neck and decorated with a wide ribbon. It is decorated with parallel folds on the chest and sleeves. There is an earring on the right ear, bracelets around both arms and rings on both ring fingers.
The photograph was taken by the Maribor photographer L. J. Kieser, who opened a studio in Maribor in 1891 with his partner Damasko, and from 1893 ran it himself. His studio was located on Gregorčičeva Street.
The photo shows Janko and Vlad Sernec in their sailor outfits. They are the sons of Vladimir Sernec (1879 - 1923), one of the founders of the Sokols and for several years the president of the Maribor Reading Room. His younger son, Janko (1915 - 1942), studied economics in Paris and London and joined the national liberation struggle during the Second World War. He was shot by the Germans at Banjica (district of Belgrade) in 1942.
The photo was taken in the Makart photography studio. Olga and Ladislav Biesik, the owners of Makart studio, came to Maribor from Vienna. They had a studio on Gosposka Street in Maribor. The photograph was taken on the 14 of November 1919.
The photo shows Vid Murko dressed in a cycling uniform: pumps, long socks, low leather shoes, a jacket buttoned up to the neck, and a cyclist cap on his head. Cycling in Maribor took off in the 1880s, when several cycling associations were founded. In 1887, the City Council drew up the first regulations for bicycle riding in the city streets. The photograph was taken by the Maribor photographer Heinrich Krapek, who had several photography studios in Maribor and Karlovac.
A photo by an unknown photographer shows the lively action on
the city's central market on Main Square between the two wars.
