An Important Cultural Monument with One of the Largest Galleries.

The Božidar Jakac Gallery was founded in 1974 as an addition to cultural activities (especially art) taking place in the city of Kostanjevica na Krki. It is one of the largest galleries in Slovenia in terms of exhibition area, exhibition material and art collection. The gallery is located in a former Cistercian monastery that at a certain point in time housed 86 monks and laymen.

The rooms on the ground floor that are generally accessible to the physically challenged include: Janez Boljka’s permanent sculpture collection including 92 sculptures, paintings and graphics, and a former monastery Church of Mary’s Annunciation with a beautiful and nicely-preserved Gothic interior, and several temporary exhibitions and the central courtyard. Nevertheless, friendly staff can help carry people in manual wheelchairs to upper floor, which is generally inaccessible due to stairs.

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Extensive occasional programme.

Occasional exhibitions are held on all floors of the gallery, as well as in and around the church. Those on the ground floor are accessible to the physically challenged.

In front of the gallery, there are also more than 100 Forma viva sculptures, which are on display in the immediate surroundings of the gallery and in Kostanjevica na Krki.