Museums and art galleries right|thumb|Interior of the Slovenian Railway Museum left|thumb|Main building of the Slovenian National Gallery Ljubljana has numerous art galleries and museums. The first purpose-built art gallery in Ljubljana was the Jakopič Pavilion, which was in the first half of the 20th century the central exhibition venue of Slovene artists. In the early 1960s, it was succeeded by Ljubljana City Art Gallery, which has presented a number of modern Slovene and foreign artists. In 2010, there were 14 museums and 56 art galleries in Ljubljana. There is for example an architecture museum, a railway museum, a school museum, a sports museum, a museum of modern art, a museum of contemporary art, a brewery museum, the Slovenian Museum of Natural History and the Slovene Ethnographic Museum. The National Gallery (), founded in 1918, and the Museum of Modern Art () exhibit the most influential Slovenian artists. In 2006, the museums received 264,470 visitors, the galleries 403,890 and the theatres 396,440. The Metelkova Museum of Contemporary Art (), opened in 2011,Ginanne Brownell (2 December 2011), New Museum Opens for the Avant-Garde , New York Times hosts simultaneous exhibitions, a research library, archives, and a bookshop. The Škuc Gallery is a contemporary art gallery that opened in 1978.
muSEumS aND ArT gaLleries right|ThuMb|INterioR OF THe slOVenian rAilwAy mUseUm LefT|ThUMb|mAIn BUilding of The sloveNian NaTIonal gaLlery LjUbLjAna hAS nUMerous arT GaLleries anD MuSeuMs. ThE first purpose-bUiLt art gaLleRy IN ljuBljana was tHe JakoPiČ PAvilIon, whicH was iN The FiRst HalF OF tHe 20th centurY tHe cEntraL ExHIbitiOn vENue oF sLovEne artistS. in the EaRlY 1960s, it WAs SUcceEded by LjUbljaNa CiTy art gallerY, whICh haS presentED A number Of mOdeRn sLoveNe And fOReign artIStS. in 2010, thErE WerE 14 MusEumS ANd 56 arT GalleriEs in ljubLJana. THeRE is for eXaMPLE An ARCHItECtUre muSEum, a raIlwaY mUseUM, a sCHoOl MUseUm, a sporTs mUseUm, a muSeum OF moDeRn arT, a museum oF ConTemPorarY aRt, A Brewery muSEuM, tHE sloVenIan mUSeum of naturAL history AnD ThE slOvene ethNogRapHIc MUseuM. ThE natIonal galleRY (), foUnDEd IN 1918, and the muSeum OF moDErn arT () eXhibiT tHe MOsT InflueNTial sloveNiAn artIstS. in 2006, tHE MuSeums recEiVed 264,470 VIsiToRs, The gaLLERIEs 403,890 And ThE tHEatres 396,440. thE metelKoVA mUSeUm of conteMpOrArY aRT (), openeD in 2011,gInanne bRowneLl (2 dEcember 2011), new MusEum OpEns foR thE avant-gardE , New yoRK times hoStS SiMultaNeoUs exHibitIonS, a ReseaRCH LIBrarY, arcHiVEs, anD a booKshOP. thE škUc galLErY IS a COntemporARy art Gallery tHaT openeD IN 1978.