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== History == | == History == | ||
− | [[National Museum of Slovenia]] is originating from the [[Provincial Museum of Carniola]], which was established in [[Established::1821]] The current building, was built between 1881 and 1885 and was designed in a Neo-Renaissance style by the Slovene architect Viljem Treo. The interior decorations were made by the painters Janez and Jurij Šubic. A monument to the Carniolan polyhistor Janez Vajkard Valvasor, designed by the sculptor Alojz Gangl, was placed in front of the Museum in 1904. [[Provincial Museum of Carniola]] became the [[National Museum]] in the time of Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in [[Reformed::1921]]. In 1923 its ethnographic collections were removed from the National Museum in order to establish the [[Slovene Ethnographic Museum]] as an independent institution, and in 1933 a major part of its fine arts collections were likewise transferred to the newly-established [[National Gallery of Slovenia]]. In 1944 the Museum of Natural Sciences (now the [[Museum of Natural History of Slovenia]]) became an independent institution, but remained in the same building until present times. In year 1946 the museum transferred a major part of its archive material to the Archives of the Republic of Slovenia (ARS). On Bled Castle the premises for permanent cultural history exhibition are opened in 1957. Inner yard of the buildingis covered for temporary exhibitions and public events at the same time in 1991 storage is set up in the basement of the building. The National Museum was renamed into [[National Museum of Slovenia]] in 1997. Year 2006 brings opening of lapidary collection in new glass pavilion next to museum. In 2008 new building National Museum of Slovenia - Metelkova is opened to the public with modern storage, conservation and restoration workshops, and new exhibition spaces for [[Department of History and Applied Arts]]. | + | [[National Museum of Slovenia]] is originating from the [[Provincial Museum of Carniola]], which was established in [[Established::1821]] The current building, was built between 1881 and 1885 and was designed in a Neo-Renaissance style by the Slovene architect Viljem Treo. The interior decorations were made by the painters Janez and Jurij Šubic. A monument to the Carniolan polyhistor Janez Vajkard Valvasor, designed by the sculptor Alojz Gangl, was placed in front of the Museum in 1904. [[Provincial Museum of Carniola]] became the [[National Museum]] in the time of Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in [[Reformed::1921]]. In 1923 its ethnographic collections were removed from the National Museum in order to establish the [[Slovene Ethnographic Museum]] as an independent institution, and in 1933 a major part of its fine arts collections were likewise transferred to the newly-established [[National Gallery of Slovenia]]. In 1944 the Museum of Natural Sciences (now the [[Museum of Natural History of Slovenia]]) became an independent institution, but remained in the same building until present times. In year 1946 the museum transferred a major part of its archive material to the Archives of the Republic of Slovenia (ARS). On Bled Castle the premises for permanent cultural history exhibition are opened in 1957. Inner yard of the buildingis covered for temporary exhibitions and public events at the same time in 1991 storage is set up in the basement of the building. The National Museum was renamed into [[National Museum of Slovenia]] in 1997. Year 2006 brings opening of lapidary collection in new glass pavilion next to museum. In 2008 new building National Museum of Slovenia - Metelkova is opened to the public, with modern storage, conservation and restoration workshops, and new exhibition spaces for [[Department of History and Applied Arts]]. Administration offices for curators, restoration experts and other members of stuff remained in main building at Prešernova 20 street. |
+ | In year 2008 renovated exhibition spaces and new permanent exhibition was set at [[Bled Castle]]. Also [[Museum Castle Snežnik]], the only castle in Slovenia with original interiors was put under administration of [[National Museum of Slovenia]] and permanent display was made there that same year. | ||
==Departments and collections== | ==Departments and collections== | ||
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====Numismatic Department==== | ====Numismatic Department==== | ||
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The Museum's [[Numismatic Department]] is the only one of its kind in Slovenia and thus also functions as a national reference institution. Its principal tasks, besides collecting, include documentation, professional preservation and scientific study of coins, bank notes and other financial instruments, setting up corpora of classical, medieval and modern age finds from Slovene territory and studying the development of banking and insurance in Slovenia. | The Museum's [[Numismatic Department]] is the only one of its kind in Slovenia and thus also functions as a national reference institution. Its principal tasks, besides collecting, include documentation, professional preservation and scientific study of coins, bank notes and other financial instruments, setting up corpora of classical, medieval and modern age finds from Slovene territory and studying the development of banking and insurance in Slovenia. | ||
====Prints and Drawings==== | ====Prints and Drawings==== | ||
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The Department of [[Prints and Drawings]] operates as part of the library and possesses over 30,000 exhibits. Its holdings are divided into two basic groups - graphic and drawings - and, by contents, into art material and documentary material. The collections include works by domestic and foreign masters, different schools and stylistic trends, different graphic and drawing techniques and thematic units. The museum's collection of religious graphic art, devotional prints and documentary representations is particularly extensive and is of major importance in the reconstruction of national history. | The Department of [[Prints and Drawings]] operates as part of the library and possesses over 30,000 exhibits. Its holdings are divided into two basic groups - graphic and drawings - and, by contents, into art material and documentary material. The collections include works by domestic and foreign masters, different schools and stylistic trends, different graphic and drawing techniques and thematic units. The museum's collection of religious graphic art, devotional prints and documentary representations is particularly extensive and is of major importance in the reconstruction of national history. | ||
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The Department keep records, collects, documents, preserved, studies, investigates, and displays through material culture stories of historical events, economic trends, everyday life, and artistic achievements. Collections contain more than 48,000 objects; photos, glass negatives, furniture, historical pictures and sculptures, middle and new age arms and armour, personal and devotional objects, textiles and clothes, children toys, coat of arms, Freemason collection, kitchenware, pottery, ceramics, old glass, tapestry, flags, etc. | The Department keep records, collects, documents, preserved, studies, investigates, and displays through material culture stories of historical events, economic trends, everyday life, and artistic achievements. Collections contain more than 48,000 objects; photos, glass negatives, furniture, historical pictures and sculptures, middle and new age arms and armour, personal and devotional objects, textiles and clothes, children toys, coat of arms, Freemason collection, kitchenware, pottery, ceramics, old glass, tapestry, flags, etc. | ||
− | In 2008 Department of History and Applied Arts moved to the new premises at Metelkova 25, which offers storerooms in the basement, professional and modern storage space for museum items of various materials and storage demands. Renovated building now [[National Museum of Slovenia - Metelkova]] that used to be before military compound called ''4th of July'' until 1991, was reshaped, adopted and has from year 2008 exhibition rooms to house research collections on the history of applied arts. Occasional exhibitions happen at the attic spaces, where main exhibition topics are those of contemporary design. Ground floor offers spaces for block buster exhibition events. Opening of new building started with ''Primož Trubar 1508 - 1586'' exhibition for the occasion of his 500 year anniversary of birth. Primož Trubar published first Slovenian book Abecedarium und der klein Catechi∫mus in der Windi∫chen Sprach in year 1550. In 2009 the exhibition ''Under the Napoleon's Eagle - 200th Anniversary of the Illyrian Provinces'' was organized in cooperation with the [[Archives of the Republic of Slovenia]] and | + | In 2008 Department of History and Applied Arts moved to the new premises at Metelkova 25, which offers storerooms in the basement, professional and modern storage space for museum items of various materials and storage demands. Renovated building now [[National Museum of Slovenia - Metelkova]] that used to be before military compound called ''4th of July'' until 1991, was reshaped, adopted and has from year 2008 exhibition rooms to house research collections on the history of applied arts. Occasional exhibitions happen at the attic spaces, where main exhibition topics are those of contemporary design. Ground floor offers spaces for block buster exhibition events. Opening of new building started with ''Primož Trubar 1508 - 1586'' exhibition for the occasion of his 500 year anniversary of birth. Primož Trubar published first Slovenian book Abecedarium und der klein Catechi∫mus in der Windi∫chen Sprach in year 1550. In 2009 the exhibition ''Under the Napoleon's Eagle - 200th Anniversary of the Illyrian Provinces'' was organized in cooperation with the [[Archives of the Republic of Slovenia (ARS)]] and Musée National de l'Armée in Paris. |
====[[Conservation and Restoration Department]]==== | ====[[Conservation and Restoration Department]]==== | ||
+ | Their basic task is conservation and restoration, the production of museum replicas, and the professional packaging of museum exponents, as well as research, publication in professional and popular scientific publications, and offering professional advice and education. Department offers mentorship for professional examinations and theses and workshops for conservators-restorers. It has also responsibility for the preventive conservation of all of the museum collections. In accordance with professional requirements, the department specializes in work according to material and period. The archaeological part of the department conserves and restores archaeological metal, waterlogged wood, numismatic items, textile, glass, and pottery. The applied art section of the department conserves and restores historical weapons and military equipment, furniture, paintings, and crafted objects of metal, glass, pottery, and organic material. Workshops have modern equipment and procedures for examination of material and museum artefacts such as: electronic microscopes, X-ray and neutron radiography, computer tomography, XRF EDS, PIXE, IR, and UV photography, and other analytical methods. | ||
+ | Computer program and database called PATINA has been developed to record the conservation and restoration documentation, as a part of the museum documentation system. | ||
+ | [[National Museum of Slovenia]] has moved conservation and restoration workshops in new building of [[National Museum of Slovenia - Metelkova]]. | ||
− | + | ====[[National Museum of Slovenia Library]]==== | |
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+ | ==Branches, Venues== | ||
+ | The dislocated branches administered by [[National Museum of Slovenia]] are: [[Bled Castle]], [[Hrušica - Museum Collection and Archaeological Park]], and [[Museum Castle Snežnik]]. | ||
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Regular public guided tours of the exhibition Treasures of the National Museum of Slovenia are organised every third Sunday of the month at 11am and feature the most important and valuable objects from the collections of the museum. | Regular public guided tours of the exhibition Treasures of the National Museum of Slovenia are organised every third Sunday of the month at 11am and feature the most important and valuable objects from the collections of the museum. | ||
When not in use, some halls of National Museum can be also hired for presentations, press conferences, receptions and concerts. | When not in use, some halls of National Museum can be also hired for presentations, press conferences, receptions and concerts. | ||
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== Documentation and access == | == Documentation and access == | ||
− | With the digitalization of material and the construction of an electronic database about the cultural heritage that its preserves, the National Museum of Slovenia has joined similar European institutions that are attempting to enable the broadest possible access to items of the cultural heritage through the use of modern information technology. '''Fundus''' | + | With the digitalization of material and the construction of an electronic database about the cultural heritage that its preserves, the National Museum of Slovenia has joined similar European institutions that are attempting to enable the broadest possible access to items of the cultural heritage through the use of modern information technology. '''Fundus''', '''Situla''' and '''Patina''' are programs that were developed in [[National Museum of Slovenia]] for digital documentation, archiving of museum items and insight into their state of preservation. It provides public access to collections in museum through digital media. Database is constantly updated and it can be used for various multi layered informations on museum items. Some 60% of all items are inserted in database, the rest can be found documented in access books. |
== Publications == | == Publications == |
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13 Oct 2023
17 Mar 2024
Exhibition "Tweets from the Past - Slovenian Archeology Through Sounds, Symbols and First Written Words". Curated by dr. Daša Pavlovič in the scope of Slovenia – Guest of Honour Country at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2023. Supported by Archaeologisches Museum Frankfurt, National Museum of Slovenia and others.
18 Jan 2020
15 Apr 2020
30 Apr 2019
30 Nov 2019
11 Apr 2019
14 Jul 2019
Sharing a Common Future: Exhibition of Treasures from National Museums along the Silk Road with some artefacts from the National Museum of Slovenia
6 Dec 2018
3 Feb 2020
7 May 2018
19 May 2018
The travelling exhibition Janez Puhar, the first photographer in Slovenia, curated by Petra Kuhar, featuring artefacts from the National Museum of Slovenia and Museum of Architecture and Design,
9 Feb 2018
25 Feb 2018
A presentation of the National Museum of Slovenia at Slovenia House, designed by GregorcVrhovec Architects and ArnoldVuga Agency, at the Winter Olympic Games in South Korea,
30 Jan 2016
28 Mar 2016
Biwak#15 – Triglav: Slowenien und sein Nationalberg, an exhibition dedicated to Triglav and Aljaž Tower in cooperation with National Museum of Slovenia, Slovenian Alpine Museum, RTV Slovenia and the Alpine Association of Slovenia , supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Bern,
20 Nov 2015
22 Nov 2015
This Metal has Soul, an exhibition and documentary by the National Museum of Slovenia, Mangart Production Group Ltd and Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia), at the International Mountaineering Festival, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Prague,
28 Nov 2013
27 Apr 2014
A number of national museums and institutions, including the National Museum of Slovenia, participating in the exhibition Imagining the Balkans. Identities and Memory in the Long 19th Century
28 Sep 2013
Concert by Ljuben Dimkaroski on the Neanderthal flute (a replica from the National Museum of Slovenia) with Şefika Kutluer on flute, in cooperation with the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Ankara
at the East Meets West music festiva
9 Sep 2013
6 Nov 2013
A number of national museums and institutions, including the National Museum of Slovenia, participating in the exhibition Imagining the Balkans Identities and Memory in the Long 19th Century
26 Mar 2013
13 Jul 2013
Napoleon and Europe, an exhibition also featuring exhibits from the National Museum of Slovenia and the Archives of the Republic of Slovenia
25 May 2011
8 Jan 2012
The Ljubljanica: a River and its Past, archeological exhibition by National Museum of Slovenia, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Stockholm
National Museum of Slovenia is originating from the Provincial Museum of Carniola, which was established in 1821 The current building, was built between 1881 and 1885 and was designed in a Neo-Renaissance style by the Slovene architect Viljem Treo. The interior decorations were made by the painters Janez and Jurij Šubic. A monument to the Carniolan polyhistor Janez Vajkard Valvasor, designed by the sculptor Alojz Gangl, was placed in front of the Museum in 1904. Provincial Museum of Carniola became the National Museum in the time of Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in 1921. In 1923 its ethnographic collections were removed from the National Museum in order to establish the Slovene Ethnographic Museum as an independent institution, and in 1933 a major part of its fine arts collections were likewise transferred to the newly-established National Gallery of Slovenia. In 1944 the Museum of Natural Sciences (now the Museum of Natural History of Slovenia) became an independent institution, but remained in the same building until present times. In year 1946 the museum transferred a major part of its archive material to the Archives of the Republic of Slovenia (ARS). On Bled Castle the premises for permanent cultural history exhibition are opened in 1957. Inner yard of the buildingis covered for temporary exhibitions and public events at the same time in 1991 storage is set up in the basement of the building. The National Museum was renamed into National Museum of Slovenia in 1997. Year 2006 brings opening of lapidary collection in new glass pavilion next to museum. In 2008 new building National Museum of Slovenia - Metelkova is opened to the public, with modern storage, conservation and restoration workshops, and new exhibition spaces for Department of History and Applied Arts. Administration offices for curators, restoration experts and other members of stuff remained in main building at Prešernova 20 street.
In year 2008 renovated exhibition spaces and new permanent exhibition was set at Bled Castle. Also Museum Castle Snežnik, the only castle in Slovenia with original interiors was put under administration of National Museum of Slovenia and permanent display was made there that same year.
The Archaeological Department is the oldest of the specialized museum departments in Slovenia. It acquires, stores, and studies material from all archaeological periods found throughout Slovenia. It also has a small collection of artifacts from Egypt, including a mummy. The earliest finds were acquired more than 170 years ago. The collection today consists of around 63,000 objects from all archaeological periods. The individual objects and groups of material include some whose importance extends beyond the region of Slovenia, nearly all those mentioned as highlights of museum. The museum acquires material from field work - from topographic surveys and excavations (such recent finds from the Ljubljanica River, Godič near Kamnik, Gradišče above Bašelj, Dragomelj, Pržanj) - and also from donations and purchases. The computer program SITULA has been developed to aid in recording information about the artifacts. The research of the Archaeological Department is focused on problems related to the material stored in the National Museum of Slovenia, other Slovenian museums, and several museums in other European countries. The main themes of this research are the composition and technology of prehistoric metal objects, the local production of Roman pottery, Roman military equipment and fortifications, early medieval metal and glass objects, and weapons and military equipment in the late Middle Ages. The Department also organizes thematic exhibitions using material from throughout the entire country. Recent major exhibitions were Pismo brez pisave/Carta sine litteris/A Letter without Writing (1991, the Valvasor Award), Neanderthal Man and His Flute (1997), From the Romans to the Slavs (2000, award from the Slovenian Archaeological Society), Ljubljanica - A River and its Past (2009).
The renovation of the museum building has provided the opportunity to create a new archaeological and cultural history depository and a lapidary collection. Material displayed on the upper floor can be removed when major temporary exhibitions are installed. Adjacent to the main museum building in glass pavilion there is an exhibition of Roman stone monuments, many of which were discovered in Emona, Ljubljana's earliest incarnation. The collection includes mosaics, altars as well as a sculpture of monumental stone lion. The number of tombstones, stone cemetary urns and sarcophagi illustrate the importance of funerary rites during the Roman period. About 80 Roman milestones from the period 2nd-4th century CE have been discovered in Slovenia, and while many of them remain in their original location, a few are on display in the museum.
The Museum's Numismatic Department is the only one of its kind in Slovenia and thus also functions as a national reference institution. Its principal tasks, besides collecting, include documentation, professional preservation and scientific study of coins, bank notes and other financial instruments, setting up corpora of classical, medieval and modern age finds from Slovene territory and studying the development of banking and insurance in Slovenia.
The Department of Prints and Drawings operates as part of the library and possesses over 30,000 exhibits. Its holdings are divided into two basic groups - graphic and drawings - and, by contents, into art material and documentary material. The collections include works by domestic and foreign masters, different schools and stylistic trends, different graphic and drawing techniques and thematic units. The museum's collection of religious graphic art, devotional prints and documentary representations is particularly extensive and is of major importance in the reconstruction of national history.
The Department keep records, collects, documents, preserved, studies, investigates, and displays through material culture stories of historical events, economic trends, everyday life, and artistic achievements. Collections contain more than 48,000 objects; photos, glass negatives, furniture, historical pictures and sculptures, middle and new age arms and armour, personal and devotional objects, textiles and clothes, children toys, coat of arms, Freemason collection, kitchenware, pottery, ceramics, old glass, tapestry, flags, etc. In 2008 Department of History and Applied Arts moved to the new premises at Metelkova 25, which offers storerooms in the basement, professional and modern storage space for museum items of various materials and storage demands. Renovated building now National Museum of Slovenia - Metelkova that used to be before military compound called 4th of July until 1991, was reshaped, adopted and has from year 2008 exhibition rooms to house research collections on the history of applied arts. Occasional exhibitions happen at the attic spaces, where main exhibition topics are those of contemporary design. Ground floor offers spaces for block buster exhibition events. Opening of new building started with Primož Trubar 1508 - 1586 exhibition for the occasion of his 500 year anniversary of birth. Primož Trubar published first Slovenian book Abecedarium und der klein Catechi∫mus in der Windi∫chen Sprach in year 1550. In 2009 the exhibition Under the Napoleon's Eagle - 200th Anniversary of the Illyrian Provinces was organized in cooperation with the Archives of the Republic of Slovenia (ARS) and Musée National de l'Armée in Paris.
Their basic task is conservation and restoration, the production of museum replicas, and the professional packaging of museum exponents, as well as research, publication in professional and popular scientific publications, and offering professional advice and education. Department offers mentorship for professional examinations and theses and workshops for conservators-restorers. It has also responsibility for the preventive conservation of all of the museum collections. In accordance with professional requirements, the department specializes in work according to material and period. The archaeological part of the department conserves and restores archaeological metal, waterlogged wood, numismatic items, textile, glass, and pottery. The applied art section of the department conserves and restores historical weapons and military equipment, furniture, paintings, and crafted objects of metal, glass, pottery, and organic material. Workshops have modern equipment and procedures for examination of material and museum artefacts such as: electronic microscopes, X-ray and neutron radiography, computer tomography, XRF EDS, PIXE, IR, and UV photography, and other analytical methods. Computer program and database called PATINA has been developed to record the conservation and restoration documentation, as a part of the museum documentation system. National Museum of Slovenia has moved conservation and restoration workshops in new building of National Museum of Slovenia - Metelkova.
The dislocated branches administered by National Museum of Slovenia are: Bled Castle, Hrušica - Museum Collection and Archaeological Park, and Museum Castle Snežnik.
Regular public guided tours of the exhibition Treasures of the National Museum of Slovenia are organised every third Sunday of the month at 11am and feature the most important and valuable objects from the collections of the museum.
When not in use, some halls of National Museum can be also hired for presentations, press conferences, receptions and concerts.
With the digitalization of material and the construction of an electronic database about the cultural heritage that its preserves, the National Museum of Slovenia has joined similar European institutions that are attempting to enable the broadest possible access to items of the cultural heritage through the use of modern information technology. Fundus, Situla and Patina are programs that were developed in National Museum of Slovenia for digital documentation, archiving of museum items and insight into their state of preservation. It provides public access to collections in museum through digital media. Database is constantly updated and it can be used for various multi layered informations on museum items. Some 60% of all items are inserted in database, the rest can be found documented in access books.
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