Museum of the Posavje Region, Brežice

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Posavski muzej Brežice

Grad Brežice, Cesta prvih borcev 1, SI-8250 Brežice, Slovenia,

http://www.posavski-muzej.si

ivan.kastelic@guest.arnes.si

Phone386 (0) 7 466 0511, 386 (0) 7 496 1271

Founded byBrežice Municipality

Tomaž Teropšič, Director

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  The exhibition The World of Art of Alenka Gerlovič (1919-2010) / Between Zagreb and Dalmatia, with acrylics and watercolours from the Museum of the Posavje Region, Brežice,

  
  

  
  

  
  

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The Museum of the Posavje Region, Brežice originated before World War II from the private collection of archaeology enthusiast Otto Aumann of Krško where it was stored in Church of Holy Spirit. In 1949 artist Franjo Stiplovšek, assisted by curator and archaeologist Dr. Rudolf Bratanič, moved the collection from Krško to the Brežice Castle which is one of the most representative castles in Slovenia. It was fortified as part of military frontier against invasion of Turks (16th Century) in Renaissance style and has rich baroque architectural elements and decoration. Knight Hall from 18th century is the largest fresco painted hall with secular narrative in Slovenia. It is believed to be painted by Frančišek Karl Remb, courtly painter of Attems family which were the wealthiest nobles in 18th century and possessed almost all mayor castles and palaces in Styria and lower Savinjska Region (Podčetrtek, Štatenberg, Slovenska Bistrica, Dornava pri Ptuju....) In 1951 the exhibition of National Liberation Struggle (NOB) was added to previous archaeological collection an exhibited in Knights Hall. At the time, after Second World War, Brežice Castle was pretty neglected, because since 1848 Attems family abandoned it and it was used for Austro-Hungarian army post, social housing, offices. In 1917 earthquake badly damaged some parts and Second World War and post war period added to the miserable state. With the care for museum collection since 1949 also conservation and restoration works on the castle complex had to be carried out and space was eventually adapted to museum conditions. Now is one of the biggest and picturesque museum spaces in Slovenia, it has approx. 2000 square meters of exhibition space in 25 halls. With the collaboration of National Museum of Slovenia they organised and complemented the permanent exhibitions. Every summer SEVIQC Brežice Festival international music festival is organised, Knight Hall being the main location for the concerts of music composed between the Middle Ages and the beginning of 20th century.

Collections

Museum collection is divided into several exhibition sections:

• the archaeological exhibition presents the cultural heritage of Posavje from the end of the Stone Age to the settlement of ancestors and the shaping of feudal society in the Early Middle Ages;
• the ethnological exhibition presents the life and creative activities of the domestic population in the 19th and 20th centuries (agriculture, stock-breeding, furnishing homes, forging, wickerwork, honey pastry, pottery, spinning, weaving and viticulture);
• Puntarji, the medieval and new age history exhibition presents the peasants' revolts and the Reformation, using displays which include also a precious Dalmatin Bible (the first complete Bible translation from German into Slovene) dating from 1584;
• the musical instrument collection features a square piano made in Ulm around 1770;
• the contemporary history collection presents the events of the late 19th-mid 20th centuries in Posavje, including an Exile Memorial Room dedicate to Slovene deportees during World War II;
• the art history collection features Baroque paintings, sculptures and arts and crafts products; and the Stiplovšek Memorial Room honours the memory of painter and graphic artist Franjo Stiplovšek (1898-1963), presenting a collection of his expressionist woodcuts from the 1920s, genre paintings, portraits, landscapes and still-life paintings.

Temporary Exhibitions

The Museum of the Posavje Region, Brežice also organises temporary exhibitions in collaboration with four other museums in the neighbouring regions, Bela krajina Museum, Metlika, Dolenjska Museum Novo mesto, Božidar Jakac Gallery, Kostanjevica na Krki, Kočevje Museum that are exchanged among the institutions, recent exhibition is Landscapes From The Museums Depos, Independence War for Slovenia is about to be next.

See Also

• SEVIQC Brežice Festival
• Bela krajina Museum, Metlika
• Dolenjska Museum Novo mesto
• Božidar Jakac Gallery, Kostanjevica na Krki
• Kočevje Regional Museum

External Links

• The Museum of the Posavje Region, Brežice website