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New contemporary art museum to open near Slovenia’s Lake Bled New contemporary art museum to open near Slovenia’s Lake Bled
Few places are as postcard-perfect as Lake Bled, and you hardly need another reason to visit the tourist town in Slovenia. But in case you do, a brand new museum for contemporary art is set to open there next summer: Muzej Lah.
Founded by Slovenian philanthropists Igor and Mojca Lah, the new art centre will have more than 800 works by more than 100 international artists, including Anne Imhof, Theaster Gates, and Hito Steyerl, and Slovenian artists, such as William Kentridge, Zoran Mušič and Neue Slowenische Kunst. Works presented will cover the post-1945 era until the modern day.
Spanning some 5,000 sq m, Muzej Lah will be found beneath Bled’s medieval castle in a clearing surrounded by trees.
Designed by David Chipperfield Architects, the architecture practice founded by the eponymous Pritzker Prize winning British architect, the roof is meant to ‘echo the topography of the land’.
Internally, the museum will have a library, research centre, restaurant and retail space, and the galleries will be able to host both exhibitions and performances, concerts and film screenings.
The garden at the rear of the building will also be filled with sculptures so that visitors can ‘experience art in a natural setting’.
Founders Igor and Mojca Lah said in a statement, “In building the Fundacija Lah art collection over three decades, we also dreamt that one day we’d be able to create a space where these artworks could be shared and discovered.
“We wanted to create an institution in Slovenia where visitors from near and far could come together to think and be inspired, a place for the local community and international visitors that celebrates art and brings together some of the greatest artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. It has been a labour of love to see our dream come to life in Bled, a home and deeply reflective place for us.”
Muzej Lah will open in summer 2026.
More information: muzejlah.com
