Difference between revisions of "Slovene School Museum"

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Founded in 1898 the Slovene School Museum is the oldest specialised museum in Slovenia. It contains a permanent display relating to the development of educational systems and training processes in Slovenia up to 1991. Visitors can attend class lessons in calligraphy, good behaviour or arithmetic from around 1900.

History

The museum was opened largely due to teachers' increasing awareness of their profession and national background by the initiative of Jacob Dimnik. On the 50th anniversary of Emperor Franz Joseph's reign, 2 August 1898, the Slovene Teachers' Association held its annual general meeting at which the Slovene School Museum was established. It changed its location several times and was dissolved in 1912 due to irregular funding.

In 1938 it was re-established as a Museum of Slovenian Education in order to collect materials on the history of primary and secondary schools operating within Slovene territory. This basic concept was revised in 1951, dividing the museum into three separate units, the collection of exhibits, library, and archives and documentation. At that time the museum also began to undertake research into those institutions dealing with education. In 1960 the museum was renamed in the Documentation Centre for the History of Schooling. At the same time, the documentation unit was separated from the archives.

Mission

Slovene School Museum collects, documents and conserves material on the history of schools and pedagogy in Slovenian territory as well as among the Slovene emigrants. Its highly-qualified staff no longer only collects and conserves museum exhibits, but also studies and exhibits such items and undertakes research on the history of education. Educational activities such as lectures and workshops have become significant to the museum’s development.

Collections

The museum library manages a library collection of 55000 units, with some precious antiquarian educational books from the 18th and 19th centuries, and even a few incunabula, such as Rudimenta grammatices.

The archives and documentation department manages a collection of old documents, photographs, slides, audio and video material.

Especially interesting among the museum's exhibits and materials are the collections of ‘black and golden books’, including notebooks, certificates, teaching aids, annual school reports, stereoscopic pictures, photographs of school buildings and classrooms, school equipment (desks, chairs, blackboards) and stationery.

Exhibitions

The museum houses a permanent exhibition on the Education in Slovenia over the Centuries until 1991. Literature, models, maps, tables and different teaching items are on display, as well as a slide show presenting different school buildings, video projection of school motives and a live presentation of a school lesson from the times of our grandparents.

Several special exhibitions on school and history of education are prepared every year, i.e. Protestant Education in Slovene Territory, School Radio through the Time, and School Fashion on Photos.

Publications

The Slovene School Museum publishes School Chronicle [Šolska kronika], the only Slovene periodical dealing with the history and traditions of Slovene teachers, teacher associations and the Slovene school system (in Slovene and English). The temporary exhibitions are accompanied by rich and informative catalogues.

External links

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-Founded in 1898 the [[Slovene School Museum]] is the oldest specialised museum in Slovenia. It contains a permanent display relating to the development of educational systems and training processes in Slovenia up to 1945.
+Founded in [[established::1898]] the [[Slovene School Museum]] is the oldest specialised museum in Slovenia. It contains a permanent display relating to the development of educational systems and training processes in Slovenia up to 1991. Visitors can attend class lessons in calligraphy, good behaviour or arithmetic from around 1900.
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-The museum was opened due largely to teachers' increasing awareness of their profession and national background. The idea originally came from Jacob Dimnik, a primary school teacher from Ljubljana who endeavoured to establish an institution presenting the history of schools and the work of teachers in Slovenia. On the 50th anniversary of Emperor Franz Joseph's reign, 2 August 1898, the Slovene Teachers' Association held its annual general meeting at which it was agreed to open a teaching aids exhibition and establish a Museum of Slovene Education. Because the museum was dependent on teachers' organisations for financial support and there was no regular funding for its maintenance, its core activities were hindered, and the museum had to move across Ljubljana several times. Finally in 1938 a Museum of Slovene Education was established. The museum's primary role, defined in 1938, is that of collecting materials on the history of primary and secondary schools operating within Slovene territory. This basic concept was revised in 1951, dividing the museum into three separate units, the collection of exhibits, library, and archives and documentation. At that time the museum also began to undertake research into those institutions dealing with education. In 1960 the museum was renamed the Documentation Centre for the History of Schooling. At the same time, the documentation unit was separated from the archives.
+== History ==
+The museum was opened largely due to teachers' increasing awareness of their profession and national background by the initiative of Jacob Dimnik. On the 50th anniversary of Emperor Franz Joseph's reign, 2 August 1898, the Slovene Teachers' Association held its annual general meeting at which the Slovene School Museum was established. It changed its location several times and was dissolved in 1912 due to irregular funding.
-Today's Slovene School Museum still adheres to the work programme conceived more than 10 years ago, but its activities have become much more diverse and varied. Educational activities such as lectures and workshops intended for youth have become significant to the museum’s development. In the more than 100 years of its existence the Slovene School Museum has acquired a large collection of exhibits and materials on the history of schools and pedagogy in Slovenia. Its highly-qualified staff no longer only collect and conserve museum exhibits, but also study and exhibit such items and undertake research on the history of education. Especially interesting among the museum's exhibits and materials are the collections of ‘black and golden books’, including notebooks, certificates, teaching aids, annual school reports, stereoscopic pictures, photographs of school buildings and classrooms, school equipment (desks, chairs, blackboards) and stationery.
+In 1938 it was re-established as a Museum of Slovenian Education in order to collect materials on the history of primary and secondary schools operating within Slovene territory. This basic concept was revised in 1951, dividing the museum into three separate units, the collection of exhibits, library, and archives and documentation. At that time the museum also began to undertake research into those institutions dealing with education. In 1960 the museum was renamed in the Documentation Centre for the History of Schooling. At the same time, the documentation unit was separated from the archives.
-Several special exhibitions on school and history of education, accompanied by rich and informative catalogues (69 produced to date), are prepared every year. In addition to the exhibitions, a classroom dating back to the late 19th century is permanently on display.
+== Mission ==
+Slovene School Museum collects, documents and conserves material on the history of schools and pedagogy in Slovenian territory as well as among the Slovene emigrants. Its highly-qualified staff no longer only collects and conserves museum exhibits, but also studies and exhibits such items and undertakes research on the history of education. Educational activities such as lectures and workshops have become significant to the museum’s development.
+== Collections ==
+The [[Slovene School Museum Library|museum library]] manages a library collection of 55000 units, with some precious antiquarian educational books from the 18th and 19th centuries, and even a few incunabula, such as Rudimenta grammatices.
+The archives and documentation department manages a collection of old documents, photographs, slides, audio and video material.
+Especially interesting among the museum's exhibits and materials are the collections of ‘black and golden books’, including notebooks, certificates, teaching aids, annual school reports, stereoscopic pictures, photographs of school buildings and classrooms, school equipment (desks, chairs, blackboards) and stationery.
+== Exhibitions ==
+The museum houses a permanent exhibition on the E''ducation in Slovenia over the Centuries until 1991''. Literature, models, maps, tables and different teaching items are on display, as well as a slide show presenting different school buildings, video projection of school motives and a live presentation of a school lesson from the times of our grandparents.
+Several special exhibitions on school and history of education are prepared every year, i.e. ''Protestant Education in Slovene Territory'', ''School Radio through the Time'', and ''School Fashion on Photos''.
+== Publications ==
+The Slovene School Museum publishes ''School Chronicle'' [Šolska kronika], the only Slovene periodical dealing with the history and traditions of Slovene teachers, teacher associations and the Slovene school system (in Slovene and English). The temporary exhibitions are accompanied by rich and informative catalogues.
+== See also ==
+* [[Slovene School Museum Library]]
+== External links ==
+* [[http://www.ssolski-muzej.si/eng/aboutmuseum.php Slovene School Museum website]
+* [http://www.burger.si/MuzejiInGalerije/SlovenskiSolskiMuzej/UvodSlovenskiSolskiMuzej.htm Slovene School Museum] on [[Virtual Guide to Slovene Museums and Galleries]]
-The Slovene School Museum publishes Šolska kronika - School Chronicle, the only Slovene periodical dealing with the history and traditions of Slovene teachers, teacher associations and the Slovene school system.
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Difference between revisions of "Slovene School Museum"

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History

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