Explore Maribor’s cultural collections with family or friends. Find the objects pictured on postcards at eight institutions and collect the complete set. A map available at participating locations helps you find your way between museums, the gallery, archive and library.
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Museum Object: “Find Me In…”
All eight selected museum objects you are looking for are pictured on postcards. As you make your way from museum to museum, you can collect these nostalgic cards one by one. If you cannot visit one of the locations, you can also find the missing postcards or the complete set at the Maribor Tourist Information Centre.
Find Me and Collect Them All!
I am Asketinja, a wooden masterpiece by sculptor Milan Vojsk. Find me at the Maribor Art Gallery, where you can explore a collection of more than 7,000 works by Slovenian artists, from the late 19th century to the present day.
I am the dedication document for Vice Admiral Tegetthoff, commander of the Austro-Hungarian navy and one of the finest admirals of the 19th century, who was born in Maribor. Find me at the Maribor Regional Archives, where you can discover archival objects and records that shaped the history of Maribor and Slovenia.
I am a glass goblet, blown into a relief mould. I bear the image of Archduke John of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. Find me at the Museum of the World’s Oldest Grapevine and learn about the more than 450-year-old Modra kavčina grapevine and its caretakers.
I am a bronze fibula. Women used me to fasten their clothing between the 10th and 8th centuries BC. My elaborate decoration indicates that my owner came from a family of high social standing. Find me at the Maribor Regional Museum.
I am the Pirate. A fierce, bearded sea robber. Despite my riches and all the treasures I have plundered, I long for something I cannot have. Find me at the Maribor Puppetry Museum.
I am Ludvik Blau’s notebook, belonging to one of the most prominent members of Lendava’s pre-war Jewish community. I hold his memories of the Second World War. Find me at the Maribor Synagogue.
I am turpentine soap packaging from the iconic Zlatorog factory. When I was produced, Zlatorog was one of Slovenia’s oldest and most successful industrial companies. Find me at the Maribor National Liberation Museum and discover the history of Maribor in the 20th and 21st centuries.
In vino veritas! I am a Maribor postcard with a wine motif from 1911. Find me at the Maribor University Library. Hint: You will find me in the Local Studies and Special Collections Unit on the first floor.
“Find Me” and Discover Maribor’s History
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