The Museum in the Community is a programme of the Museum of Architecture and Design, created in collaboration with residents and institutions from the Novi Fu\u017eine neighbourhood. The aim of the project is to make museum content accessible, to include vulnerable groups, and to foster intergenerational cooperation in addressing social challenges. With the project, we crossed the boundaries of the museum and connected the public space between the neighbourhood and the museum.<\/p>\n
This year, in the unrenovated part of the castle complex, we set up a temporary space for Museum in the Community 3<\/em>\u2014an open and adaptable environment intended to connect museum content with community knowledge, everyday experiences, and the questions that shape our shared urban life. The programme encourages encounters, conversations, and collaborations between local residents, creators, and experts, while searching for ways in which museums can co-create space for community and for the future.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Production Phase of Museum in the Community 3<\/strong><\/p>\n In spring, the production phase of the project took place, where we explored possible modes of intergenerational and community cooperation. Together with institutions and individuals from Fu\u017eine, we developed new inclusive workshops that opened up various themes related to space, coexistence, and community.<\/p>\n At four production workshops, together with stakeholders, we reflected on space\u2014how we shape it, how we coexist in it, and how we live in it. These workshops served as the foundation for the continuation of the production phase of Museum in the Community 3<\/em>.<\/p>\n Architects Manca Ko\u0161ir<\/strong> and Jan Kozinc<\/strong>, who renovated the community space, used the workshops to better understand Fu\u017eine and its residents. They explored how the community space could function and designed the spatial concept of the renovation based on these insights.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Spring Events of Museum in the Community 3<\/strong><\/p>\n The opening of the spring part of the programme was connected with the nationwide Day for Change. The central part of the event involved preparing for the new gardening season in the community garden next to the Fu\u017eine Castle, which we co-created within the first Museum in the Community<\/em> and which remains one of the museum\u2019s contact points with the community. The work activity was combined with a cultural programme.<\/p>\n The garden activities were led by CONA and Community Programmes for Youth, while the cultural programme was prepared by residents of the Fu\u017eine Retirement Home.<\/p>\n In spring, the activities of the Museum in the Community unfolded in two directions. We developed the community space for knowledge exchange and for connecting the community with the museum. At the same time, partner events of the Center for Activities Fu\u017eine, the Fu\u017eine Retirement Home, and the School of Health took place in the park and courtyard. Together with them, we organised several workshops aimed at intergenerational cooperation. We are particularly proud that the innovative knowledge-exchange platform Mi smo Face, with which the museum has collaborated from the very beginning (indirectly connected to its creation through the challenge Academy for Life \u2022 BIO 26<\/em>), also presented its activities. The workshops offer a unique context for discussing various topics related to our living environment. Through co-creative and intergenerational workshops, we explore alternative ways of connecting and opening discussions about architecture and design.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Presentation of Museum in the Community<\/a>, 17 April 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n Participants: Maja \u0160u\u0161tar\u0161i\u010d, CONA Fu\u017eine, DSO, S\u0160GT, CAF, MSUM<\/p>\n With the exhibition Representation of the City at MSUM, which presented community practices in the city, we connected not only institutions from Fu\u017eine but also those in the city centre. The presentation was designed as a conversational walk from one institution to another, where we introduced our collaboration model. In this way, we created an extended presentation of all the institutions involved in our network.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Events of Museum in the Community 3<\/strong><\/p>\n Clay workshop with Nevenka Angelski<\/strong><\/a>, 8 May 2025 <\/p>\n Opening of the Community Space<\/strong><\/p>\n With the summer event of Museum in the Community 3<\/em>, we opened the new community space created in collaboration with the community. Architects Manca Ko\u0161ir<\/strong> and Jan Kozinc<\/strong> renovated the space in the still-unrestored part of the castle based on workshops with community stakeholders. Together, we explored how to inhabit the castle\u2019s unrenovated and degraded spaces, using materials already available from the museum\u2019s storage. We were interested in whether such spaces could become new community places.<\/p>\n The space supports various types of use\u2014from professional meetings and research installations to community activities and workshops. The renovated space is no longer only a physical unit but serves as a laboratory of ideas, exchanges, research, and community practices that connect museum content with everyday use.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Summer Museum Night 2025<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Autumn Programme of Museum in the Community 3<\/strong><\/p>\n In September, we began a two-month pilot testing period of the community space, enabling institutions and the community to exchange knowledge and experiences. A series of open and closed events took place. Among the most successful were community discussions and events run by the Center for Activities Fu\u017eine<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Events were organised in groups: discussions, open Tuesdays, and CAF workshops. Community meetings created a space for dialogue between Fu\u017eine residents and experts from various fields. Open Tuesdays offered an open space for informal community connection. With the community space, we opened the museum\u2019s doors to different users and linked various museum communities in the shared use of the space.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Community Meetings<\/strong><\/p>\n At community meetings, together with guests from different fields, we focused on local topics and opened space for reflection on broader questions related to urban life today. We talked about Fu\u017eine, but also considered other cities\u2014how we live together, what connects or divides us in neighbourhoods, what role common spaces, nature, culture, participation, or politics play in everyday life. The discussions were designed as open encounters, connecting personal experience, professional insight, and shared curiosity.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Film screening \u010cefurji raus!<\/strong><\/a>, 4 September 2025 <\/p>\n Open Tuesdays<\/strong><\/p>\n The renovated community space at MAO was designed as an open place for meeting, creating, and collaborating. It was intended for anyone who wished to develop their projects, connect with others, share ideas, or simply contribute to the vibrant pulse of the neighbourhood. Individuals, creators, and community members met there\u2014each with their own perspective and energy, co-creating the diverse rhythm of Fu\u017eine.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Workshops of the Center for Activities Fu\u017eine<\/strong><\/p>\n Laughter yoga with Nevenka Angelski<\/strong><\/a>, 8 October 2025 <\/p>\n COLOPHON<\/strong><\/p>\n Maja \u0160u\u0161tar\u0161i\u010d, curator of Museum in the Community <\/p>\n Project Partners<\/strong><\/p>\n Center for Activities Fu\u017eine, Community Programmes for Youth, CONA Korak, CONA Fu\u017eine, Fu\u017eine Retirement Home, Bird Watching and Bird Study Society of Slovenia, School of Health, Secondary School for Gastronomy and Tourism Ljubljana, Spomin\u010dica \u2013 Alzheimer Slovenia, Face, Kindergarten Zelena jama \u2013 Vrba Unit, Moste District Community.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Contributors<\/strong><\/p>\n Nevenka Angelski, Vojko Birk, Ajda Bra\u010di\u010d, Dejan Crnek, Marjetka \u010cermelj, Toma\u017e Dobravc, Darko Fekonja, Tadej Golob, Angelca Gor\u0161ek, Jo\u017ei Gregori\u010d, Neli Grafenauer, Rok Gerbec, \u017dan Hod\u017ei\u010d, Admira Hod\u017ei\u0107, Kristina Kai\u0161i\u0107, Bla\u017eka Kirm, Jelka Klun, Nana Kolmani\u010d, Milo\u0161 Kosec, Meta Kutin, Damjan Kuzma, Jelena Kutla\u010da, Ursula Lavren\u010di\u010d, Nives Li\u010den, Ma\u0161a Lozin\u0161ek, Ljubi\u0161a Maksimovi\u0107, Martina Male\u0161i\u010d, Sara Martin\u0161ek, Ga\u0161per Medve\u0161\u010dek, Katarina Metelko, Darja Mikli\u010d, Sanela Mila\u0161inovi\u0107, Inka Nose, Alina Poberezhna, Tja\u0161a Prah, Nejc Pulko, Matija Pu\u0161kari\u010d, Irena Regovec, Nina Renko, Kristina Ribi\u0107, Bor Rolih, Matja\u017e Rozina, Vitomir Simuni\u0161ek, Marija Strnad, Monika \u0160parl, Tanja Vergles, Nadja Vejnovi\u0107, Goran Vojnovi\u0107, Katarina Zajec, Jasmina Zubovi\u0107, \u017dan Zorko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Museum in the Community is a programme of the Museum of Architecture and Design, created in collaboration with residents and institutions from the Novi Fu\u017eine neighbourhood. 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\nSoap-making workshop with Irena Regovec (Mi smo face!)<\/strong><\/a>, 22 May 2025
\nAquarell workshop with Marija Strnad (Mi smo face!)<\/strong><\/a>, 29 May 2025
\nTheatre performance \u201cI fear neither the devil nor the bailiff!\u201d | The Persecution of the Smuggler Melhiorca<\/em><\/a>, 30 May 2025
\nSound bath with gongs by Jelka Klun<\/strong><\/a>, 5 June 2025
\nMorning exercise with the School of Health<\/strong><\/a>, 6 June 2025
\nOutdoor Pilates (Mi smo face!<\/strong>), 19 June 2025<\/p>\n
\nCreators from Fu\u017eine<\/strong>: conversation with Goran Vojnovi\u0107<\/strong><\/a>, 23 September 2025
\nGoran Vojnovi\u0107, Ajda Bra\u010di\u010d (moderator)
\nThe Future of Nove Fu\u017eine<\/strong><\/a>, 9 October 2025
\nMilo\u0161 Kosec, Ga\u0161per Medve\u0161\u010dek, Nejc Pulko, Maja \u0160u\u0161tar\u0161i\u010d (moderator)
\nSpatial themes bring people together<\/strong><\/a>, 23 October 2025
\nMeta Kutin (architect and educator), Nives Li\u010den (Faculty of Arts), Bla\u017eka Kirm (MAO), Martina Male\u0161i\u010d (MAO), Bo\u0161tjan Kenda (ALUO), Maja \u0160u\u0161tar\u0161i\u010d (moderator)<\/p>\n
\nSound bath with gongs with Jelka Klun<\/strong><\/a>, 15 October 2025
\nPaper flower-making workshop with Marija Strnad<\/strong><\/a>, 22 October 2025<\/p>\n
\nManca Ko\u0161ir and Jan Kozinc, authors and programme leads of the project space Museum in the Community 3<\/em>
\nManca Ko\u0161ir, design and public relations
\nSara Martin\u0161ek, collaborator of Museum in the Community<\/p>\n