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Pokrajinski muzej Koper
Kidričeva 19, SI-6000 Koper-Capodistria
Phone386 (0) 5 663 3570, 386 (0) 5 663 3577
Luka Juri, Director



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Koper Regional Museum palace Belgramoni Tacco.jpgAfter WWI collections of Koper Regional Museum were housed in the palace Belgramoni Tacco

Originating in 1911 as the Municipal Museum of History and Art (Museo Civico di Storia e d'Arte), the Koper Regional Museum has been since 1954 housed in the spacious early 17th-century Belgramoni Tacco Palace, and is responsible for the movable cultural heritage in the Primorska region.


History

The first initiatives to establish a museum in Koper-Capodistria took place as early as the late 18th century, but the main push for its foundation was provided by the first exhibition of the Istrian Region in Koper (Prima Esposizione Provinciale Istriana) in 1910. One year later the then Municipality of Koper-Capodistria established the Municipal Museum of History and Art (Museo Civico di Storia e d'Arte), and after the First World War the spacious early 17th century Belgramoni Tacco Palace building was set aside for use as a museum.

During the Second World War the permanent collection was seriously impaired when many precious works of art were evacuated to Friuli (Villa Manin in Passariano). When "Zone B" was incorporated into Slovenia in 1954, the museum was renamed the District Museum, and in 1967 its name was changed to The Regional Museum of Koper (Museo Regionale di Capodistria). From 1981–1985 the museum's central building was completely renovated and this made it possible to expand the museum's activities and to rearrange its collections. The museum was thoroughly renovated once again in 2015.

Mission

In addition to art and cultural history of the Primorska region, the museum covers the archaeological, historical, ethnological, and cultural heritage of the coastal and karst areas. A lot of attention is being paid to the various involvements in cultural, scientific, and educational establishments and projects.

Today, the parent museum building presents an archaeological collection and collections covering the history of culture, art and history of Istra from its very beginning to the end of the 19th century. The conservation restoration workshop preserves the museum material and organises the technical days and workshops at the temporary exhibitions in the context of educational activities.

Venues

The museum manages two satellites; in 1983 the Ethnological Collection of Koper Regional Museum was established as an independent branch and a permanent collection was opened in Prem Castle in 2008, presenting castles and building sites in the Reka river basin. There is also the Museum gallery, set just besides the Palace Belgramoni Tacco and used to present temporary exhibitions.

Koper Regional Museum - 08.jpgPrem Castle, built before 1213 with with exterior Renaissance walls and towers, Koper Regional Museum

Collections

The permanent exhibition Between the Serenissima, Napoleon and the Habsburgs covers the period from 16h to 19th century. It holds numerous artefacts from the daily life of the nobility and presents some of the most prominent residents of the area. There is also an exhibition of weapons from the same era, where for example one can trace the fast development of rifles in the 19th century.

Very important are also the 'Art History Collections', which display and reflect on the great wealth of Istrian artistic heritage, from the second half of the 15th century onward. It is complemented by collections of arts and crafts works from the time of Renaissance and the Gothic. Among other permanent collections there is also one on musical life in the present-day coastal towns of Slovenia from the Middle Ages to the end of the 20th century.

The Archaeological collection covers all archaeological periods from prehistory (from palaeolithic to iron age) throughout Roman times to the middle ages in the Primorska region. One of the many significant archaeological finds is also the late Roman coin hoard, which derives from the late Roman army camp on the site Čentur.

In the pavilion along the Museum's lapidary, a collection of the recent history of the Southern Primorska region is presented, the fight for survival in Brkini, Slovenska Bistrica and Istra, portrayed also on the famous Rapallo painting by Tone Kralj.

The lapidary collection and the open air collection in the palace garden present the oldest material culture of the coastal and karst areas. The culture and art history collection consists of sculptures, paintings and arts and crafts products, arranged in chronological order and by theme, from early medieval sculptures with guilloche ornamentation (9th–11th centuries) to a fresco copy of The Dance of Death from Hrastovlje and inscriptions in the Glagolitic alphabet.

Exhibitions

The museum regularly sets both its own as well as travelling exhibitions throughout the year. In 2010 a joint exhibition With a Fibula into Fable of Koper Museum and several other Slovenian museums (Sergej Mašera Maritime Museum, Goriška Museum, Tolmin Museum, Ptuj – Ormož Regional Museum, Notranjska Museum, Postojna) was prepared in collaboration with the Archaeological Museum of Istria and Civici Musei di Storia ed Arte di Trieste. The exhibition presented brooches which were found in Western Slovene area, adjacent to the Friuli region. It follows the development of fibulae in that area from prehistoric to Roman times and the early Middle Ages. The project was awarded by the Archaeological Society of Slovenia.

In recent years, there were exhibitions on the history of carriages, about the WWI battles in the Krn mountain range (the Isonzo front), about the local railway and so on.

Virtual museum tour

As of 2016, the museum itself (at least its main premises, the Belgramoni Tacco palace) has been thoroughly digitalised, as one can now embark on a virtual 3D tour of the museum. One can not only take a walk around the palace and the museum artefacts, specific information on particular pieces is also available, along a specially prepared audio guide.

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