• 11:00 – Opening of the exhibition "General Rudolf Maister and the Fight for the Slovenian Northern Border" 

• 11:00 Literary-historical event RUDOLF MAISTER – MARIBOR LEGEND

in the Glazer Hall of the University Library Maribor, prepared by the dramaturg of the SNG Maribor Drama Maja Borin. It will be accompanied by documentary material from the Collection of Ephemera of the University Library Maribor and the Regional Archive Maribor, and will be hosted by the drama actors of the Maribor Drama Minca Lorenci and Vojko Belšak. Immediately after the event, there will be a tour of the Maister Library at the University Library Maribor, a cultural monument of national importance, which will be led by Dr. Vlasta Stavbar.

Tour of the Maister Library, University Library Maribor

• 13:00 Opening of the exhibition: “Therefore it is our sacred duty to defend our homeland, property, and the lives of our loved ones.” (R. Maister, 1918)

The role of General Rudolf Maister during the establishment of the Slovenian northern border 1918–1920, Regional Archive Maribor

• 16:30 Guided tour “Along Maister’s path – General Rudolf Maister and his historical decisions.”

Tour points: Monument to Maister’s fighters at the promenade in the city park, Maister Street 17, Building of today’s Municipality of Maribor (seat of the Styrian Border Command), General Maister Square, Freedom Square with the Basilica of Our Lady of Mercy, National Hall, Main Square, Main – Old Bridge, Revolution Square, Slomšek Square – Post Office. Led by Uroš Dokl, Museum of National Liberation Maribor.

• 19:00 Memorial Evening – Gala Ceremony dedicated to the memory of General Rudolf Maister, a distinguished citizen, great patriot, and artist, Regional Museum Maribor, Knight’s Hall, entrance from Castle Street

Welcome: Dr. Mirjana Koren, Regional Museum Maribor

Moderator: Dr. Dragan Potočnik, Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor – Maister, the Poet

Lectures:

Rudolf Maister between patriotic mission, artistic inspiration, and memory, Dr. Vlasta Stavbar, University Library Maribor;

Maister and the beginnings of organized visual arts in the city, Breda Kolar Sluga, Maribor Art Gallery;

Maister’s legacy in the Regional Museum Maribor, M.A. Oskar Habjanič, Regional Museum Maribor;

The General and the Doctor, Mojca Horvat, Regional Archive Maribor

Followed by a gathering at the castle lodge.

• 10:00 AM – Opening of the Book Illustration Exhibition: Ejti Štih and Rudolf Maister

Location: Umetnostna galerija Maribor, Šop, Strossmayerjeva 6, Maribor Art Gallery