The exhibition will be held from 9 April to 21 June 2026.
Where: the lobby of the Knights’ Hall
Authors of the exhibition: Manca G. Renko, Brina Kotar, Jovana Mihajlović Trbovc, Tanja Petrović, Urška Strle, Marta Verginella, Andreja Zupanec Bajželj
Participating institutions: Muzej novejše in sodobne zgodovine Slovenije, Filozofska fakulteta Univerze v Ljubljani, Znanstvenoraziskovalni center Slovenske akademije znanosti in umetnosti
Through this exhibition, we shed light on women’s experiences of work during the socialist period and the subsequent social transformations, with particular emphasis on the differences between urban and rural environments, as well as on the interconnection of work, migration and everyday life.
Special attention is given to relations of solidarity, forms of sociability, and the dynamics between working time and leisure time. The exhibition foregrounds a reflection on work through the prism of gender, ideology and everyday life, and explores how political and social changes shaped women’s experiences in this period.
This exhibition, which focuses on the period in Slovenia up to the end of the 1960s, reveals the significance and understanding of women’s work in the face of simultaneous continuities and ruptures, in the coexistence of tradition and modernisation, and in the tension between ideological promises and everyday reality.
The exhibition has been made possible by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia and Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency.