The mysterious death of young Leonora 16.9.2011 - 16.9.2013

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Permanent exhibitions include the geologic-paleontologic fossil collection from Slovenian sites with its central specimen, an almost complete mammoth skeleton; about 20,000 years old, that was found at Nevlje near Kamnik. Also worth seeing are the 84-cm long fish skeleton found on Triglav Mts., about 210 million years old, and the Miocene Age baleen whale found in the Slovenske Gorice. One of the museum founding collections was baron Sigmund Zois's mineral collection. Minerals are classified by modern methods according to their internal structure. Among them is the mineral Zoisite named after Sigmund Zois. There are also two Biedermaier wooden tables that are covered by tiles from Palnstorf's collection of minerals and rocks. Hohenwart's collection of mollusc shells at its origins in 1831 comprised about 5000 specimens mainly from the Indo-Pacific. The steps on preparing of the insect collections demonstrate the various methods used to collect in nature followed by laboratory work. The most interesting specimens of insect collection of Ferdinand J. Schmidt are the "narrow-necked" blind cave beetles (Leptodirus hochenwartii) that were described in 1831 as the first cave insect at all. The plant and animal kingdoms of the mountains, marshes, and woods are shown in specialised dioramas. We may also see our permanent bird, reptile, fish, mammal, skeleton collections and exhibition of Proteus in a cave.

Botanical display case.

Hidden treasures of Macedonia The rudists of Slovenia The mammoth in Herman's den 200 years since the death of botanist Karl Zois Miocene fossils of the Tunjiško gričevje collected by Davorin Preisinger Slovenian nature Istria and Carst Diversity of minerals periodical mineral exhibition (20.9.00-29.3.01) Stanislav Bačar's collection of fossils - mostly from Primorska 20.3.01-8.10.01 Minerals from the Mt. Peca underworld (12.4.01 - April 02) Ljubljana marsh and Iška (7.11.01 - may 02) Snakes - Why do we fear them?!? 24.5.-24.11.02 Calcite crystals from Peči near Kropa (Slovenia)16.5.02-4.5.03 Nature of Slovenia - Prekmurje and the Mura river from 3.12.02 till the end of 2003 The treasury of geological heritage from 15.5.03 What is changing the world March 10th, 2006 – September 30th, 2007 Evolution of the Earth and geological characteristics of Slovenia 23.10.2009 - 9.2.2011

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