Tolmin Museum
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23 Apr 2018
21 May 2018
The exhibition Hear the Horses of Celts by Tolmin Museum, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Sarajevo,
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21 Jan 2018
The exhibition The stamp of Keltic horses' hoofs curated by Miha Mlinar (Tolmin Museum) and Teja Gerbec (Goriška Museum), where the findings from the Bizjak's Homestead in Kobarid and from the Kamenjača in Breza next to Sarajevo are featured together,
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17 Jan 2018
9 Mar 2018
An exhibition about the Javorca Memorial Church of the Holy Spirit curated by Damjana Fortunat Černilogar (Tolmin Museum),
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1 Dec 2016
31 Jan 2017
An exhibition about the Javorca Memorial Church of the Holy Spirit by Damjana Fortunat Černilogar (Tolmin Museum),
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3 Nov 2016
27 Nov 2016
An exhibition about the Javorca Memorial Church of the Holy Spirit by Damjana Fortunat Černilogar (Tolmin Museum), supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA), Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna,
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25 Nov 2015
24 Dec 2015
The exhibition Memories of the Isonzo Front, co-organised by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Prague in cooperation with the Tolmin Museum, Milko Kos Historical Institute and the Foundation "Walk of Peace in the Soča Region"
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1 Jul 2011
15 Sep 2011
With a Fibula into Fable exhibition organised by Koper Regional Museum, Sergej Mašera Maritime Museum, Goriška Museum, Tolmin Museum, Ptuj – Ormož Regional Museum, and Notranjska Museum, Postojna
History
The Mansion was built in 17th century by wealthy and influential family of Coronini from Gorizia. They owned the mansion until Austro - Hungarian land reform in 1848, when Alois Silverius Kremer, knight of Auenrode, bought it together with the castle and buildings. In the following year he sold most of the property to local peasants and in 1871 the remains of the estate were bought by Johann von Permerstein and the knight Filippo Persoglia. Three years later they divided the mansion. The Permersteins owned the part of the building which is today the Krn Hotel, and the Persoglias owned the part which was confiscated in the 19th century by the court and is now occupied by the museum. Each change of owner was usually accompanied by rebuilding. The 1976 earthquake caused serious damage to the building and renovation began in 1993.
Collections
The museum covers the areas of archaeology, ethnology, general history and history of arts. Collections in the main building include: an archaeological exhibition of objects from the Hallstatt and Roman eras, including clay and stone urns, a tombstone and a fire-place; an art history exhibition which presents keystones from the 15th and 16th centuries, sculptures made by unknown woodcarvers and sculptors from the 16th to the 19th century, and oil paintings on canvas from the 18th and 19th centuries; and an ethnological exhibition comprising peasant home furnishings, utensils for making cheese and butter and other farming implements, and a variety of folk artefacts including painted chests, cradles, beehive panels, ornaments on butter models, frescoes on façades and Shrovetide masks, including typical masks from Drežnica.
Dislocated museum units
In addition to the collections and exhibitions in the main building, Tolmin Museum also maintains several external collections and buildings, including the Archaeological Museum with the foundations of a Roman house at Most na Soči, the Birthplace of Simon Gregorčič, Vrsno, Homestead of Ciril Kosmač in Slap ob Idrijci and Homestead of Simon Rutar at Krn, the ethnological collections at Trenta Lodge TNP Information Centre and Museum, the Wooden Granary in Pečine the German Charnel House in Tolmin at the confluence of the Soča and Tolminka rivers made as memorial to German soldiers fallen in 12th offensive in First world War, the Church of St. Mary's Call in Ponikve, renovated by famous Slovene architect Jožef Plečnik in 1956, and Jakovka's House at Podbrdo.
Temporary exhibitions
Approximately seven exhibitions are organised per year on contemporary art, archaeology, history, ethnology and various collections. Tolmin historically is very much connected with Isonzo front and First World War so many projects are in collaboration with Kobarid Museum, and Goriška Museum which together with Italian partners cover this important historical issue.