Research and other programmes and projects

The primary goal of the research programme is the in-depth study of objects of movable cultural heritage as exceptionally multi-faceted information carriers and primary sources no less relevant to historiographical research than written sources.

The aim of the project is to revive interest in this field, drawing as much as possible on the rich cultural and historical material in the collections of the National Museum of Slovenia.

Research programme covers fundamental research of archaeological finds from Slovenia and in the sphere of numismatics also Croatia, from the Early Stone Age until and including the Early Middle Ages.

The main objective of the project is to improve the knowledge of the structure and functioning of the Roman state in the period of integration of the Karst and Notranjska regions (2nd - 1st centuries BC - Augustan period) and to try to understand the reaction of the indigenous peoples to the incoming conquerors.

The goals of this project are to recognize the damaging potential of the organic fraction of atmospheric aerosols, to understand the modes of action with which PM damages material surfaces, in order to assess the risk and recognize necessary actions for better protection of cultural heritage in Slovenia, and worldwide.

The project aims to investigate preventative conservation of museum collections, focusing on smart materials for the transportation and storage of objects that include sensors and/or absorption agents that regulate the microclimate around the object. In addition to the development of transport and storage materials, the project will include the development of so-called smart display cases.