Oskar Habjanič

Oskar Habjanič earned his degree in history and philosophy from the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana (Slovenia), in 2003. He went on to complete a master’s degree in metaphysics at the same university in 2010.
He works as curator at the Maribor Regional Museum. He co-founded and leads several museum programs, including Date with Heritage, Neighbours under the World’s Oldest Vine, and Museoeurope. He has curated multiple international exhibitions and collaborated with esteemed institutions such as the Bavarian National Museum (Munich, Germany), Universalmuseum Joanneum (Graz, Austria), the Pontifical Swiss Guard (Vatican), Alimentarium Food Museum (Vevey, Switzerland), the Peasant Museum (Bucharest, Romania), the Franz Liszt Museum and Research Centre (Budapest, Hungary), Burgenland Regional Museum (Eisenstadt, Austria), Museum of the Benedictine Monastery in St. Paul in Lavanthal (Austria) among others.

He is the co-author of the concept for the Museum of the Oldest Vine in the World. His work focuses on integrating inclusive heritage into museum programming, with a special emphasis on connecting heritage with small enterprises and gastronomy. He is the author of more than 150 scientific and professional articles in the field of cultural history, and co-organised six international symposia.
In 2016, he received a residency scholarship from the Universalmuseum in Graz (Austria), and in 2025, the Inclusive European Heritage Residency at Hardwick Hall was organised by Europa Nostra and the National Trust.

Before joining the museum, he worked with underprivileged youth and served as a freelance journalist, reporting from Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sudan, Turkey and Xinjiang (China).