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| status       = TOPROOFREAD NIFERTIK!
| maintainer   = Alenka Pirman
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{{Infobox
| name                = Mengeš Museum
| localname           = Muzej Mengeš
| street              = Trdinov trg 10
| town                = SI-1234 Mengeš
| telephone           = 386 (0) 1 729 1003
| fax                 = 386 (0) 1 729 1004
| email               = info@muzej-menges.si
| website             = http://www.muzej-menges.si
| managed by          = Franc Jelovšek Cultural Association
| managed by 2        = Municipality of Mengeš 
| contacts = {{Contact
| name                = Janez Škerlep
| role                = Director
| telephone           = 386 (0) 31 395 719
| email               = direktor@muzej-menges.si
}}
}}

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The [[Mengeš Museum]], founded in [[established::1995]] with an aim to collect, document, conserve, restore, and exhibit local cultural heritage, has its predecessor in the abolished Local Museum Mengeš from 1958. It resides in the former curacy in Mengeš and also engages in research work and publishing. 
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== Collections and exhibitions==
The museum comprises numerous collections on geology, palaeontology, ethnography, natural sciences, and biographical legacies. It manages two temporary exhibition venues, Galerija mežnarija and Galerija klet. Some previous exhibitions include: ''The Oldest Slovenian Beer and its Story'' about Julij Stare Brewery from the 19th century in Mengeš and other old breweries in Slovenia; the historical exhibition ''Settlement Images of Mengeš and Surroundings''. Exhibitions of art works created at Jelovšek Art Meeting are regularly on display as well as of different artists such as [[Lojze Perko]], [[Nataša Prestor]], and [[Miki Muster]].

== Archaeological excavations ==
In 2001 the [[Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia, Kranj Regional Office|Kranj Regional Office]] of the [[Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia]] authorised the Mengeš Museum to supervise machine excavation in town. A total of 16 graves were excavated. They are dated into the period after 600 AD, the stag tine characterising one of them as the grave of an Avar soldier. 

== See also ==
* [[Kamnik Intermunicipal Museum]]
* [[Špas Theatre]]

== External link ==
* [http://www.muzej-menges.si/ Mengeš Museum website]

[[Category:Museums]]
[[Category:Municipal museums]]