Pomurski muzej Murska Sobota

About the museum

On 21 January 1955 the District People’s Committee in Murska Sobota established the Pokrajinski muzej za Pomurje (Regional Museum for Pomurje) by decision. Its foundation was the material collected from 1935 onwards by the Prekmursko muzejsko društvo (Prekmurje Museum Society). The museum began operating in 1956, when it was first assigned three rooms with a Baroque salon in the castle in Murska Sobota, and gradually more and more rooms.

The Renaissance castle in the town park gradually became the centre of the cultural and historical memory of the region, and the museum its guardian and narrator. With the growth of the collections, the permanent exhibition, storerooms, workshops and administrative rooms expanded. From the 1990s numerous thematic exhibitions appeared, along with the Zbornik soboškega muzeja (Journal of the Murska Sobota Museum), new archaeological research and the largest specialist library in the region.

Today the Pomurski muzej is the central regional institution for the protection of movable and intangible cultural heritage in Pomurje. The permanent exhibition People on the Mura shows the life of the inhabitants along the River Mura from prehistory to the present day; its renovated part was opened in 2023. In addition, the Kološev kabinet umetniške fotografije (Kološ Cabinet of Art Photography) can be visited by prior arrangement.

Highlights

• Permanent exhibition People on the Mura from prehistory to the present day
• Archaeological finds from prehistory, Roman times and the Slavic settlement
• Baroque salon with an illusionistically painted ceiling
• Kološev kabinet umetniške fotografije (by prior arrangement)
• Renaissance castle in the town park

Permanent exhibitions

• Ljudje ob Muri – The permanent exhibition shows the life of the inhabitants along the River Mura from prehistory to the present day: archaeological finds, the Roman period, the Slavic settlement, religious communities, church art and everyday life.
• Baročni salon – The representative salon of the castle has a late Baroque ceiling with an illusionistic painting, three paintings of Italian origin, an inlaid floor clock and a salon table in the style of Louis XVI.
• Kološev kabinet umetniške fotografije – The cabinet holds the artistic legacy of the photographer Jože Kološa-Kološ (1920–1998), with more than 1,600 original photographs, dozens of glass plates and about 20,000 negatives; visits are possible by arrangement.

Founded

1955

Operated by

Javni zavod Pomurski muzej Murska Sobota (ustanovitelja Mestna občina Murska Sobota in Občina Moravske Toplice)

Director

dr. Branko Kerman

Admission & discounts

Pre-school children enter free, as do holders of membership cards of ICOM, SMD, SAD, SED, SUZD, ZZDS, ICOMOS and PRESS.

Accessibility

• Partially wheelchair accessible
• Elevator: not available
• Accessible restroom
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

The castle has no lift. Visitors with reduced mobility can reach the reception, the educational rooms, the cloakroom and the toilets independently; according to the museum, the exhibition rooms on the upper floor are suitable for persons with reduced mobility. Questions: tajnistvo@pomurski-muzej.si.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops

The museum runs family workshops during school holidays, public holidays and international days; children must be accompanied by an adult. A family ticket is available.

Getting there & parking

Motor vehicles can reach the museum from Grajska ulica. The museum is in the Renaissance castle in the town park.

Amenities & dining

• Museum shop
• Coat check

The museum shop offers items and publications.

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent

The Baroque salon of the castle in Murska Sobota is hired out as an event venue only exceptionally, with prior approval from the director; the price list is published on the museum’s website.

Plan your visit