Events Calendar – September 2026

Miha Maleš Gallery and View Gallery

Friday, 18 September 2026, at 7 pm

Public Guided Tour of the Exhibitions
DUŠAN LETNAR and ART ON A POSTCARD

The tour will be led by Dušan Letnar and Saša Bučan.

The exhibitions by Kamnik photographer Dušan Letnar and the group exhibition Art on a Postcard will both close in October 2026. You are warmly invited to join a conversation with the artist, held in collaboration with the exhibition curator, Saša Bučan.

Ribnica Castle and Ribnica Handicraft Centre

Friday, 18 September 2026, at 5 pm and 6:30 pm

Public Guided Tour of the Ribnica Cultural Figures Park, with Domen Rus and Aleksandra Renčelj Škedelj, followed by a lecture on the work and legacy of Vlasto Kopač.

Organisers: Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia (ZVKDS), Ljubljana Regional Office; Ribnica Museum; Kamnik Intermunicipal Museum (MMK)

Kopač designed the largest memorial park in Slovenia, the Ribnica Cultural Figures Park. Today, the park is a popular destination for both local residents and visitors and holds great cultural and local significance. In 2024, it was declared a cultural monument of local importance as part of the castle park.

Museum – Zaprice Castle

Saturday, 19 September – 10 October 2026

THONET CHAIR SEAT WEAVING COURSE

The course will take place on four Saturdays — 19 September, 26 September, 3 October and 10 October 2026 — from 10 am to 2 pm.

Advance registration required: info@muzejkamnik.si

Under the guidance of Jan Rihar, who continues the collection and traditional knowledge of Jurij and Ilona Rihar from Škofja Loka, participants will learn the traditional seven-step chair seat weaving technique. Step by step, you will master the basics of weaving, after which, as with any traditional craft, comes practice, practice and more practice.

Please bring your own Thonet chair or armchair that you would like to restore. We can offer advice on choosing a suitable piece. It is important, however, that the furniture has already been repaired and cleaned before the course begins.

Museum – Zaprice Castle

Wednesday, 23 September 2026, at 7 pm

Museum Evening

Dr Primož Gašperič: The Cartographic Work of Vlasto Kopač

Organisers: Kamnik Intermunicipal Museum (MMK), Anton Melik Geographical Institute, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (GIAM ZRC SAZU)

As part of the Year of Vlasto Kopač, we are organising a lecture by geographer Dr Primož Gašperič, who has explored a lesser-known area of Vlasto Kopač’s work: cartography. He began drawing maps while attending secondary school in Split, but produced most of them during the 1950s and 1960s.

Museum – Zaprice Castle

Wednesday, 30 September 2026, at 11 am

As part of the 36th European Heritage Days and Heritage Week

Public Guided Tour of the Exhibition

Vlasto Kopač – With a Sense for People and Place
The Tourist Settlement on Velika Planina and Other Kamnik Projects

The tour will be led by the exhibition’s co-author, Janja Železnikar.

The European Heritage Days provide an ideal framework for presenting Kopač’s commitment to the preservation of cultural heritage. The heritage of Velika Planina and the other Kamnik projects in which the architect was involved is unique and irreplaceable. We therefore have a responsibility to preserve it for future generations.