OCCASIONAL EXHIBITIONS

20. 03. 2026

Admiral and the Japanese Screen Grand Admiral Anton Haus and the Japanese Screen


At the Maritime Museum “Sergej Mašera” in Piran, a new temporary exhibition titled Admiral and the Japanese Screen opened on March 20, 2026, and will be on display until mid-July 2026.



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21. 06. 2025

BUCINTORO and Piran‘s pearls of Venetian heritage The opportunity to borrow the exceptional model of the last Bucintoro ...


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01. 08. 2023

Slovenian Ships Exhibition of the Maritime Museum of Piran about 6 ships of Splošna plovba & 11 ships of Splošna plovba built at the Uljanik shipyard in Pula

Kaštel, Historical and Maritime Museum of Istria, Pula

July 14, 2023 - December 31, 2023

Author: curator Duška Žitko, museum councillor
Expert advisor: Jože Utenkar, long voyage captain


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23. 06. 2023

Fragments of the Far East: East Asian objects in the mariners' collections Maritime museum "Sergej Mašera" Piran

17. 6. 2023 - 31. 3. 2024

The exhibition concludes with the founding of the first Slovenian shipping company Splošna plovba Piran in 1954 within the framework of the Socialist Yugoslavia and its first links with East Asia. 
The exhibition was set up by the Maritime Museum Piran in cooperation with the Department of Asian Studies at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, and the Science Research Centre Koper within the framework of the project “Orphaned Objects: Treatment of East Asian Objects outside Organized Collecting Practices in the Slovenian Context” (J6-3133). Apart from Bogdana Marinac, the exhibition author, the texts were contributed by Tina Berdajs, Klara Hrvatin, Chikako Shigemori Bučar, Nataša Vampelj Suhadolnik, Maja Veselič and Nataša Visočnik Gerželj from the Department of Asian Studies of the Faculty of Arts Ljubljana and Helena Motoh from the Science Research Centre Koper.

The exhibition presents the life stories of the items and their two-layered narratives: the origin, use and meaning of the items in their original environment, and their use and meaning in the new environment in the homes of mariners and their relatives.

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06. 12. 2022

From the Adriatic to the Mediterranean The exhibition From the Adriatic to the Mediterranean was created within the framework of the 27th AMMM International Forum.



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13. 06. 2022

Božo Štajer: The World of Saltpan The exhibition is part of the stunning legacy of the master photographer Božo Štajer.



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17. 12. 2021

The Secrets of Fizine At the Maritime Museum of Piran, a temporary exhibition titled "The Secrets of Fizine" was on display from December 17, 2021, to October 1, 2022. The exhibition was prepared by the Maritime Museum of Piran and its partners united in the Underwater Archaeological Consortium - Institute for Underwater Archaeology, STIK Group, Department of Archaeology FF UL, Center for Preventive Archaeology, Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia, and companies Avgusta and Cpa-Potapljanje Servis.

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05. 03. 2020

Slovenian ships, 6 Ships of the Splošna Plovba in Kočevje From June 5 to September 30, 2020, the exhibition SLOVENIAN SHIPS, 6 Ships of the Splošna Plovba was on display at the Regional Museum of Kocevje.

15. 06. 2019

Slovenian ships, 6 ships of Splošna plovba Portorož in Piran The exhibition presents, in a modern as well as multimedia manner, part of our highly significant maritime history and heritage of our sole shipping company Splošna plovba Portorož, ...

07. 09. 2018

Captain Baldomir Podgornik and the first Slovenian (Yugoslav) ocean-going merchant ship in Kotor Solemn inauguration of the exhibition Captain Baldomir Podgornik and the first Slovenian (Yugoslav) ocean-going merchant ship, held on September 7, 2018 in the Grgurina Palace in Kotor that houses the Maritime Museum of Montenegro. A record-breaking 8,460 people visited the exhibition until September 30.