Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova | +MSUM
Contemporary art museum in a converted army barracks, showing Eastern European avant-garde art.
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This guide to the Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova in Ljubljana looks at the building itself: a protected barracks from the days of the Austro-Hungarian army, later home to Yugoslav troops, and the problem of turning it into a home for new art without tearing it down. You'll meet the local studio handed that job and hear how its architects talked about their white concrete. Best heard standing in front of the main facade.
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