The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia declared the NLB Museum and Art Collection to be a national treasure

The collection comprises a selection of 2294 works of fine art of the Slovenian artists from the 20th century and is considered the largest private collection of the works of fine art in Slovenia.

The Ministry of Culture responded to the initiative of NLB d.d. and decided to protect the NLB Museum and Art Collection. The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia declared the NLB Museum and Art Collection to be a national treasure.

The NLB Museum and Art Collection is the result of the Cultural Heritage Management Policy which the NLB has systematically created and managed since 1999 in cooperation with the established Slovenian experts. The collection comprises a selection of 2294 works of fine art (of which 315 banking items) of the Slovenian artists from the 20th century and is considered the largest private collection of the works of fine art in Slovenia.

It is no longer necessary to fear that the collection would be alienated or that it would disappear, as often suggested by the media. I am happy to confirm that we will continue our productive cooperation with the NLB in the effort of making a large part of the collection accessible to the public, so as to enable the continuation of this important patronage that has been going on for decades. The NLB is a very diligent owner that has been striving to increase the popularity of the collection since 2016 and its inclusion in the list of national treasures means that the collection will remain in the NLB’s ownership and on the territory of the Republic of Slovenia.

Dejan Prešiček,
Minister of Culture

5 exhibitions

were organised in the Avla Gallery in NLB d.d. in 2018

63,000 €

We supported many music festivals in Slovenia in total value of almost EUR 63,000.

Since 1999

The NLB has been managing its collection since 1999.

Čopova 3

We started obtaining the documentation to set up a permanent banking museum collection at Čopova 3 in Ljubljana.

2294 works of fine art

The NLB Art Collection comprises 2294 works of fine art (of which 315 banking items) of the Slovenian artists from the 20th century.

We welcome the active approach and the cooperation of the Ministry of Culture which recognised the importance of our cultural heritage and the need to arrange the status of the NLB Museum and Art Collection, so that it remains a treasure of the Slovenian nation. We at the NLB are extremely proud of our cultural heritage and take good care of it, as diligent owners.

Irena Čuk,
Authorised person for cultural heritage in the NLB

Also in 2018, the NLB started launched the activities for setting up a permanent museum collection. The Banking Museum is planned to be opened in October 2020 when we will celebrate the 200th anniversary of the banking activity in Slovenia.

In 2018, there were five exhibitions organised in the Avla Gallery, which attracted many visitors.

The exhibition of the best posters of the tenth “Plaktivat” contest with the topic of reading books, entitled “Let the book take you away”.

Exhibition Zlatko Kaučič – 40 years of creative work, accompanying the start of the Jazz festival Ljubljana.

Zlatko Kaučič Exhibition

“Hello to you says you know who” - a photographic exhibition with the 1970s photos

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