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| name                = Slovene Fire Fighters Museum, Metlika
 
| name                = Slovene Fire Fighters Museum, Metlika
| localname          = Slovenski gasilski muzej Metlika
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| localname          = Slovenski gasilski muzej dr. Branka Božiča
 
| street              = Trg svobode 5
 
| street              = Trg svobode 5
 
| town                = SI-8330 Metlika
 
| town                = SI-8330 Metlika
| telephone          = 386 (0) 7 305 8679, 386 (0) 41 384 072 (mobile)
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| telephone          = 386 (0) 7 305 8679, 386 (0) 41 384 072 (mobile), 386 (0) 31 230 717 (mobile)
 
| fax                = 386 (0) 7 305 8177
 
| fax                = 386 (0) 7 305 8177
 
| email              = muzej@gasilec.net
 
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The Slovene Fire Fighters Museum in Metlika was opened in 1969 in conjunction with the celebration of the 100th anniversary of fire-fighting in Slovenia. At that time one hundred years had passed since the first fire department in Slovenia was established in Metlika. The Slovene Fire Fighters' Museum acquired exhibition space on the ground floor of Metlika Castle. The Fire Fighters Exhibition Pavilion was built in the grounds of Metlika Castle and opened in 1984, providing exhibition space for old fire engines collected from various parts of Slovenia. In addition to the Slovene Fire Fighters Museum in Metlika, smaller fire fighters collections are presented in Muta, Sevnica, Tržič and Žalec. On display are various fire fighters' documents, awards, photographs, helmets, medals, fire-fighters' horns, axes, officers' swords, fire fighters' flags, and other items. Models of the oldest fire engines can also be seen, including the kind used in the 15th and 16th centuries. Visitors' attention is also drawn to the 1795 fire regulations for towns and markets in Carniola, which outlined town and market organisation for the prevention of fires and measures to be taken when fires did happen to break out. The Fire Fighters' Pavilion houses the oldest fire engine, from Grahovo near Cerknica, bearing the date 1836. Among the other items on display, the Celjska or Žalska steam fire engine, manufactured in Vienna in 1908, is also of particular interest.
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The [[Slovene Fire Fighters Museum]] in Metlika was opened in [[established::1969]] in conjunction with the celebration of the 100th anniversary of fire fighting in Slovenia. At that time one hundred years had passed since the first fire department in Slovenia was established in Metlika. The museum is named after Dr Branko Božič, a long-time president of the Fire Fighters Association of Slovenia and the promoter and co-founder of the museum, and houses a collection of items from 140 years of fire fighting activity in Slovenia.
 
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== Collection ==
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The Slovene Fire Fighters Museum acquires exhibition space of Exhibition Pavilion at [[Bela krajina Museum, Metlika|Metlika castle]] and in the building (former cinema) nearby the castle.
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The Fire Fighters Exhibition Pavilion was built in the grounds of Metlika Castle and opened in 1984, providing exhibition space for old fire engines collected from various parts of Slovenia, including fire engine from Grahovo by Cerknica dating in 1836 and from Celje, constructed in 1908 in Vienna factory Kernereuter.
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After the renovation work in 2008–2009 the exhibition space nearby the castle displays various fire fighters documents, awards, photographs, helmets, medals, fire fighters horns, axes, officers' swords, fire fighters flags, and other items. On the gallery the history of fire fighting until the First World War is on display, including the oldest fire fighter publications (first issue of ''Gasilec'' [Fire Fighter] published in 1897) and the 1795 fire regulations for towns and markets in Carniola: ''Postava sa vola ogna v mejstih inu tergih na Kranjskem'', which outlined town and market organisation for the prevention of fires and measures to be taken when fires did happen to break out. Models of the oldest fire engines can also be seen, including the kind used in the 15th and 16th centuries.
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In a hall the grounders of Slovene Fire Fighters are presented: Ignacij Merhar, Fran Barle and Josip Turk, as well as the history of fire fighting after the Second World War until the present day. Special attention is drawn to Slovene fire fighters highest order, the Matevž Hace Statuette. In the basement old fire engines are on display, donated by the [[Technical Museum of Slovenia]] in Bistra.
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In addition to the Slovene Fire Fighters Museum in Metlika, the Fire Fighters Museum Vransko, Fire Fighters Museum Pečarovci as well as smaller fire fighters collections in Muta, Sevnica, Tržič and Žalec are presented.
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== See also ==
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* [[Bela krajina Museum, Metlika]]
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* [[Murska Sobota Regional Museum]]
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== External links ==
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* [http://www.metlika.si/Si/kultura_gasilskimuzej.asp Slovene Fire Fighters Museum web page]
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* [http://www.burger.si/MuzejiInGalerije/GasilskiMuzej/Uvod_ENG.html Virtual guide to Slovene Fire Fighters Museum]
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* [http://www.gasilec.net/ Fire Fighters Association of Slovenia website]
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* [http://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matevž_Hace Matevž Hace on Wikipedia]
  
 
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Slovenski gasilski muzej dr. Branka Božiča
Trg svobode 5, SI-8330 Metlika
Phone386 (0) 7 305 8679, 386 (0) 41 384 072 (mobile), 386 (0) 31 230 717 (mobile)





The Slovene Fire Fighters Museum in Metlika was opened in 1969 in conjunction with the celebration of the 100th anniversary of fire fighting in Slovenia. At that time one hundred years had passed since the first fire department in Slovenia was established in Metlika. The museum is named after Dr Branko Božič, a long-time president of the Fire Fighters Association of Slovenia and the promoter and co-founder of the museum, and houses a collection of items from 140 years of fire fighting activity in Slovenia.


Collection

The Slovene Fire Fighters Museum acquires exhibition space of Exhibition Pavilion at Metlika castle and in the building (former cinema) nearby the castle.

The Fire Fighters Exhibition Pavilion was built in the grounds of Metlika Castle and opened in 1984, providing exhibition space for old fire engines collected from various parts of Slovenia, including fire engine from Grahovo by Cerknica dating in 1836 and from Celje, constructed in 1908 in Vienna factory Kernereuter.

After the renovation work in 2008–2009 the exhibition space nearby the castle displays various fire fighters documents, awards, photographs, helmets, medals, fire fighters horns, axes, officers' swords, fire fighters flags, and other items. On the gallery the history of fire fighting until the First World War is on display, including the oldest fire fighter publications (first issue of Gasilec [Fire Fighter] published in 1897) and the 1795 fire regulations for towns and markets in Carniola: Postava sa vola ogna v mejstih inu tergih na Kranjskem, which outlined town and market organisation for the prevention of fires and measures to be taken when fires did happen to break out. Models of the oldest fire engines can also be seen, including the kind used in the 15th and 16th centuries.

In a hall the grounders of Slovene Fire Fighters are presented: Ignacij Merhar, Fran Barle and Josip Turk, as well as the history of fire fighting after the Second World War until the present day. Special attention is drawn to Slovene fire fighters highest order, the Matevž Hace Statuette. In the basement old fire engines are on display, donated by the Technical Museum of Slovenia in Bistra.

In addition to the Slovene Fire Fighters Museum in Metlika, the Fire Fighters Museum Vransko, Fire Fighters Museum Pečarovci as well as smaller fire fighters collections in Muta, Sevnica, Tržič and Žalec are presented.

See also

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