The Museum's mission

The Architecture Museum of Ljubljana (AML) is the central Slovene museum for architecture, town planning, industrial and graphic design, and photography. The museum systematically collects, stores, studies and presents material from these creative areas at temporary and permanent exhibitions. The museum was founded in 1972 by the City of Ljubljana. Until 1992 it was located at the architect Jože Plečnik’s house in Trnovo, a Ljubljana neighbourhood. After a partial renovation of Fužine Castle, most departments and the administration moved to the new location. The majority of the exhibition area accommodates the permanent exhibition about the architect Jože Plečnik, which was bequeathed to the museum by the George Pompidou National Centre of Art and Culture. In addition to the permanent display and areas for temporary exhibitions, the administration and most of the museum’s departments are based at Fužine Castle: the Department of Historical Architecture in Slovenia, Department of Contemporary Slovene Architecture, Department of Industrial Design, Department of Photography, Department of Visual Communications and Visual Design for Electronic Media.