NADA GAŠIĆ: WATER, COBWEBS
Wednesday, 8 October, at 18.00 NADA GAŠIĆ: WATER, PAJČEVINA Literary stop with the Maribor Library Maribor-born writer Nada Gašić is considered the most »Zagreb author«, as all her works are a mosaic of Zagreb's streets, famous buildings and people. Her novel Water, Cobwebs (2010), the first of her works to be translated into Slovenian, masterfully blurs the boundaries between reality and fiction. The [...]
GUIDED TOUR OF THE EXHIBITION MARIBORSKI PAINTER EDUARD LIND
Friday, 10 October, at 17.00 MARIBORIAN PAINTER EDUARD LIND Guided tour of the exhibition In the second half of the 19th century, when Maribor was experiencing an economic and cultural boom, the painter Eduard Lind established himself as an important portraitist of the townspeople of the time. His extensive oeuvre of paintings made him one of the most important visual chroniclers of the time. After the [...]
GUIDED TOUR OF THE EXHIBITION MARIBORSKI PAINTER EDUARD LIND
Saturday, 4 October, at 11.00 MARIBORIAN PAINTER EDUARD LIND Guided tour of the exhibition In the second half of the 19th century, the German-born Maribor painter Eduard Lind established himself in the city as a portrait painter of famous and unknown townspeople and bourgeois families. The presentation of Lind's clients and subjects reveals the story of Maribor in a period when the city was experiencing an economic and cultural boom. [...]
CASTLE GARDENS AND DINING
Saturday, 4 October at 10.00 GARDENS AND GARDENS* Botanical and culinary workshop Weeds and flowers that grow outside our gardens can be a tasty and nutritious addition to the menu. We will learn about plants and their uses under the guidance of Meta Pivec, a research assistant at the Botanical Garden of the University of Maribor. In the sixth session, we will prepare flower canapés [...]
NEŽA MAURER: MY LIFE IS IN MY SONGS
Wednesday, 1 October at 18.00 NEŽA MAURER: IN POEMS IS MY LIFE Literary stop with the Maribor Library The poet Neža Maurer, who trusted in the power of love, used her artistic voice in the struggle for peace and personal freedom. Lilijana Jarh [...]
MUSEOEUROPE 2025 - PORTRAITS OF HEROES, HEROINES AND SOCIETY
Thursday, 2 October, 9.00-17.00 MUSEOEUROPE 2025 PORTRAITS OF SOBS, HEROES AND SOCIETY International Symposium The international scientific and professional symposium Museoeurope 2025 will present findings on life in Central Europe in the 19th century as depicted in paintings from the period. The symposium, which is linked to the temporary exhibition The Maribor Painter Eduard Lind, is [...]
NEIGHBOURS OF THE OLDEST VINE
Saturday, 11 November, from 14.00 to 17.00 NEIGHBOURHOOD UNDER THE OLDEST VINE Guided experience on Lent on the occasion of the 40th Maribor Martingale On Saturday, we invite you to a unique guided experience through Lent, the oldest part of Maribor, where the “neighbours” - the artists, craftsmen and thinkers who work in the immediate vicinity of the oldest vine in the world - still preserve the craftsmen's tradition [...]
AN EVENING OF FAIRY TALES AND STORYTELLING
Thursday, 25 September, at 18.00 AN EVENING OF TALES AND STORIES Open mic This event is an opportunity for short story and short story lovers to present themselves on stage. Each performer will have seven minutes to present their work, and you can register by emailing dejavnosti.prireditve.promocijaMK@mb.sik.si. The event is organised by the Maribor Library in cooperation with the Maribor Regional Museum (Castle Café, entrance [...]
THE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THE WORLD'S OLDEST VINE
Thursday, 25 September, at 17.00 THE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THE WORLD'S OLDEST VINE Monograph Presentation The opening event of the OLDEST VINE FESTIVAL will be dedicated to the presentation of a book which, through written sources, works of art and intangible heritage, sheds light on the vine as an invaluable natural asset and a symbol of the city of Maribor, as well as an undisputed World Heritage Site. With the authors of the publication, Dr. Mirjana Koren, Dr. Valentina Bevc Varl [...]
AUTUMN GREETINGS
Tuesday, 23 September, at 19.00 A WELCOME TO AUTUMN* A five-sensory experience In Maribor Castle we will discover the symbolism of autumn in the museum collections through music, the play of light, narrative and touch. We will learn about the life of a burgher in the 19th century, take a closer look at his festive table and taste some of the delicacies from it. (Knights' Hall, entrance from Castle Street) *Payable programme, price of the experience [...]
