Exhibition "Musica Aeterna Est"

The musical collection is exhibited in two exhibition rooms. In the first room we become acquainted with the musical life in the present-day coastal towns of Slovenia from the Middle Ages to the end of the 20th century. Until the 19th century, music was mostly confined to churches and the salons of aristocratic and wealthier bourgeois families. It was predominantly tied to religious ceremonies, holidays and important events. In the 19th century, music began to conquer squares and streets with musical groups, and halls and theatres with choirs, orchestras and mandolin groups. It became a common social phenomenon and encompassed all the social classes, which was also enabled by music education that was being introduced into schools.