Projects
Technical Museum of Slovenia regular cooperates in EU projects.
This year, the Technical Museum of Slovenia participates in several European projects. Those that are intended for the participation of the general public are presented on this website in more details, and you can follow them on the registers that are listed for each individual set.
Carbon Stories is a development project dedicated to exploring the history of climate change through education in cultural and industrial heritage. Its aim is to develop new approaches to storytelling about the past and to enable museums to adopt more environmentally aware and sustainability oriented interpretations of industrial history.
The project is based on the understanding that climate change has a long and complex history that museums have so far struggled to communicate effectively to the public. Human induced global warming began with the Industrial Revolution, marked by the use of coal in industry and steam engines, extensive deforestation, and the later use of oil in internal combustion engines. Carbon Stories seeks to place the industrial era within a broader context of the origins and development of climate change and to offer new interpretations of these processes.
Led by the Finnish Työväenmuseo Werstas, the project brings together the Centre Historique Minier from northern France, the Technical Museum of Slovenia, and the environmental education organisation Neo Sapiens from Spain. The project is co funded by the European Union’s Erasmus+ programme.
The project began in November 2025 and will run for two years. During this period, partner institutions will develop and introduce new types of guided tours, exhibitions, events, and workshops, based on research into existing practices and offering a more environmentally conscious approach to presenting historical content. Partners will create their own materials to test different interpretive methods and share experiences. The project will conclude in spring 2027 with an exhibition presenting the history of the participating countries Finland, France, Slovenia, and Spain from the perspective of global warming.
The Carbon Stories project is funded by the European Union. The European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) are not responsible for the content of this publication.
Discover the shared stories of Portuguese and Slovenian post and telecommunications
Europe has many museums dedicated to the history of human communications. These museums also have the mission of safeguarding, sharing and disseminating post and telecommunications heritage.
These museums are a space for dialogue and debate about how we communicate and project our future, often based on educational principles and looking forward to what lies ahead.
In 2021, after a meeting between the Portuguese Communications Museum (Fundação Portuguesa das Comunicações) team and the Slovenian Post and Telecommunications Museum team, the idea to create a partnership between the two entities was born. It was called “Connecting Stories” – a project that aims to analyse and communicate the similarities and differences between their exhibition discourses and the heritage they have in their care.
This project, now in its initial stages, aims to broaden the knowledge between both countries, including their history and traditions, through their post and telecommunications activities over time. For this to happen, throughout the year, we’ll be sharing some pieces we have in common and are exhibited in both our museums, as well as celebrate dates that unite us.
In the permanent exhibition “Conquering Distance – Five centuries of telecommunications in Portugal”, next to the piece showcased every three months, we’ll have a photograph of its Slovenian “twin”, as well as an explanation of the interpretative and historical discourse it belongs to.
Connecting Stories is an initiative aimed at being long-lasting by opening a window of knowledge and experience sharing between two museums that are geographically apart but share the same purpose of thinking about the history of communications in the past, present and future.
1. object: POST HORN (click on the flag)
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2. TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE OPERATORS (click on the flag)
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Where is the post horn?
Where is the post horn? is an European project intended for upgrading the overall image of Museum of Post and Telecommunications and specially making it more appealing for young children. The project was co-financed by the Republic of Slovenia and European Social fund. It was carried out by students from University of Ljubljana. The game takes you on a journey through time, introducing different eras of postal service along the way. Imagine travelling to Ancient Greece, visiting the Middle Ages, fighting for your life underwater, going inside the telephone and much more. Different characters that you meet along the way help you to find the missing pieces of the post horn. In order to finish the game, the child must find answers to different riddles by exploring the museum and searching for hidden clues. We managed to make the museum visit more interesting for children and increase their focus when looking at the exhibition.
