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| name                = Slovene Ethnographic Museum
 
| name                = Slovene Ethnographic Museum
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| localname          = Slovenski etnografski muzej (SEM)
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| localname          = Slovenski etnografski muzej
 
| street              = Metelkova 2
 
| street              = Metelkova 2
 
| town                = SI-1000 Ljubljana
 
| town                = SI-1000 Ljubljana
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| telephone          = 386 (0) 1 300 8700
 
| telephone          = 386 (0) 1 300 8700
 
| fax                = 386 (0) 1 300 8736
 
| fax                = 386 (0) 1 300 8736
 
| email              = etnomuz@etno-muzej.si
 
| email              = etnomuz@etno-muzej.si
 
| website            = http://www.etno-muzej.si
 
| website            = http://www.etno-muzej.si
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| managed by = Ministry of Culture
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| founded by         = Government of the Republic of Slovenia
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| opening hours = 10am–6pm Tue–Sun. Closed Mon and holidays.
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| opening hours       = 10am–6pm Tue–Sun. Closed Mon and holidays.
 
| contacts = {{Contact
 
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| name                = Bojana Rogelj Škafar
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| name                = Natalija Polenec
 
| role                = Director
 
| role                = Director
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| telephone          = 386 (0) 1 300 8714
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| email              = bojana.rogelj@etno-muzej.si
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| email              = natalija.polenec@etno-muzej.si
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| name                = Nina Zdravič Polič
 
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| role                = Director Assistant
 
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| telephone          = 386 (0) 1 300 8717
 
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| email              = nina.zdravic@etno-muzej.si
 
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| name                = Mojca Račič
 
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| role                = Librarian
 
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| telephone          = 386 (0) 1 300 8766
 
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| email              = mojca.racic@etno-muzej.si  
 
 
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http://www.youtube.com/user/etnomuzej
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https://www.instagram.com/etnografski_muzej/
 
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The origins of the [[Slovene Ethnographic Museum]] (SEM) may be traced back to the ethnographic collections of the Provincial Museum of Carniola, established in 1821, although its immediate precursor was the Royal Ethnographic Museum, founded in [[established::1923]]. It is situated in the new cultural centre in former barracks complex at Metelkova in Ljubljana, with the [[INDOK Cultural Heritage Centre, Ministry of Culture]], the [[Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia]] and the [[National Museum of Slovenia ]] as its neighbours. Its rich ethnological collections are partly presented to the public also online.
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Today, the [[Slovene Ethnographic Museum]] (SEM) – a museum "about people, for people"  – presents traditional and urban, mass and pop culture in Slovenia as well as from diaspora. The museum's origins can be traced back to the ethnographic collections of the Provincial Museum of Carniola, established in 1821, although its immediate precursor was the Royal Ethnographic Museum, founded in [[established::1923]]. Its rich exhibition programme is dedicated also to non-European cultures. Parts of its rich ethnological collections and specially curated projects are also presented online.  
  
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== History ==
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The museum has three departments and several curatorships: the documentation department with a photo studio, the conservation and restoration department and the [[Slovene Ethnographic Museum Library|library]] are important information resources. SEM also features as [[:Category:Intangible heritage|the national coordinator of intangible culture]]. Since 2007, SEM has also organised the international [[Days of Ethnographic Film|Days of Ethnographic Film (DEF)]] together with the [[Slovene Ethnological Society]] and the [[Scientific Research Centre (ZRC SAZU), Slovene Academy of Science and Arts]].
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The first collections incorporated in the Kranjska Provincial Museum were only partly relating to Slovene culture and were mainly non-European with items donated by Slovene seamen and missioners (Friderik Baraga, Ignacij Knoblehar, Franc Pirc, Janez Čebulj).  
 
  
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The ethnological collections were managed by the Institute of Ethnography since its establishment in 1921 at the then-called National Museum within the Rudolfinum building in Ljubljana. Two years later the Institute got independent as Royal Ethnographic Museum with Niko Županič as the head. In 1941 it was renamed into Ethnographic Museum and in 1964 into Slovene Ethnographic Museum. The collections were presented at some castles in Ljubljana surrounding, like Goričane Castle, which housed the non-European collections.
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SEM is situated in the new cultural centre in the former barracks complex on Metelkova ulica in Ljubljana, with the [[National Museum of Slovenia]] and the [[Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova (MSUM)]] as its neighbours. The SEM Café is one of the most popular meeting points in Ljubljana.
  
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In 1997 the Museum moved to its current location, an ex-barracks at Metelkova, to which an additional modern museum building was built in 2004.
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== Programme ==
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The SEM’s mission is to give present and future generations an insight into the traditional and contemporary (material, social and spiritual) culture of Slovenes living on the territory of Slovenia and in nearby countries (Italy, Austria and Hungary) and of Slovene immigrants and ethnic groups living in Slovenia. It also aims to foster knowledge about non-European cultures (American, African, Asian, and Australia & Oceania Collections).
 
  
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The museum manages 2000 m2 depot, 2700 m2 for permanent exhibitions and three temporary exhibition halls. The ground floor houses multi-functional entrance hall, information part, cloak-room, museum shop and coffee room and ethno workshop. The museum courtyard is used as an extended living room for various events.  
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== History ==
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The first collections incorporated in the Kranjska Provincial Museum only partly related to Slovene culture and were mainly non-European with items donated by Slovene seamen and catholic missionaries ([[Baraga Homestead|Friderik Baraga]], [[Ignacij Knoblehar]], [[Franc Pirc]], [[Janez Čebulj]]).  
  
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== Departments ==
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The ethnological collections had been managed by the Institute of Ethnography since its establishment in 1921 at the then National Museum within the Rudolfinum building in Ljubljana. Two years later, the institute became independent as the Royal Ethnographic Museum with [[Niko Županič]] (1876–1961) as the head. In 1941, it was renamed the Ethnographic Museum, and finally, in 1964, the Slovene Ethnographic Museum. The collections were presented also at some of the castles surrounding Ljubljana such as the Goričane Castle, which housed the non-European collections until 2001.
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Museum has three departments and several curatorships. The Documentation with a photo studio, the Conservation Restoration Department, dealing with metal, wood and textiles, and the [[Slovene Ethnographic Museum Library|Library]] are important information centres.  
 
  
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== Collections ==
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In 1997, the Slovene Ethnographic Museum moved to its current location at Metelkova ulica. Three national museums are housed in the former Austro-Hungarian barracks from the late-19th century. A modern museum building was added on in 2004.
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The museum houses more than 40,000 objects in several collections at eleven curatorships:
 
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dwelling culture collection of Slovene ethnical territory consists of furniture, illuminants, building parts and wall decorations, cooking, heating, eating, storing, cleaning and personal care accessories;
 
  
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social culture collection of play toys, Easter eggs and bundles, pastry and inn inventory, tallies and measures, associations;
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== Mission and facilities ==
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The Slovene Ethnographic Museum offers insight into the traditional and contemporary culture of Slovenes living on the territory of Slovenia and in nearby countries (Italy, Austria and Hungary) and of immigrants to Slovenia and ethnic groups living here. It also aims to foster knowledge about non-European cultures.
  
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spiritual culture collection of amulets, masks, folk instruments;
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The museum manages a 2000m² depot, 2700m² for permanent exhibitions and three temporary exhibition halls. The ground floor houses a multi-functional entrance hall, an information desk, a cloak-room, a museum shop, a crafts workshop and a popular café. The museum's spacious courtyard is used for various events.
  
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ethnographic film collection, presenting the lifestyle of Slovenes and peoples of the world, is available [http://www.etno-muzej.si/sl/filmski-izseki online];
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== Exhibitions ==
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The museum exhibits two major permanent exhibitions. The first one ''Between Nature and Culture'', opened in 2006, received a [[Valvasor Award|Valvasor recognition]] in 2007. The selection out of museum collections presents over 3000 items of every day and holiday life. The second permanent exhibition ''I, Us and Others – Images of my World'', staged in 2009, is an exhibition about the human being and its relation to the world. Apart from these permanent exhibitions, there is also an exhibition on gingerbread and candle-making, with a reconstruction of an actual shop, and a reconstruction of the Photo Studio Holinsky, both once operating in Ljubljana.  
  
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rural economy, traffic and transport collection of items used at hunting, fishing, gathering, farming; stockbreeding, beekeeping, forestry, transport and travel;
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SEM temporary exhibition ''Sudan Mission 1848–1858'' (2009) presented the oldest collection of African objects of the Nilotic people in Europe, which were collected by missionary and researcher of the White Nile [[Ignacij Knoblehar]]. In 2013, the museum's 90th anniversary was celebrated by an attractive temporary exhibition ''Doors. Spatial and Symbolic Passageways of Life''. The innovative exhibition ''My Feet. My Shoes. My Way'' from 2019 presented different cultures and life stages through personal stories linked to shoes. An experimental prototype production was made together with the [[Department of Textiles, Graphic Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana|Department of Textiles, Graphic Arts and Design]].
  
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folk art and art sources collection of painted beehive front boards, signs, votive images and figurines, tombstones, crucifixes, boxes and plates, household altars, paintings on glass, wood and canvas, distaffs and bars, legacy of Šantel family, art sources by Oton Grebenc pupil, Maksim Gaspari, Peter Žmitek and others;
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===Online collections===
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The section ''SEM from Home'' on the museum's website offers rich online collections of objects, photography and filmography. The gallery of storytellers is linked to the permanent exhibition ''I, Us and Others – Images of my World''. Even during the COVID-19 epidemic in Slovenia, the museum collected jokes and tales about the new coronavirus and life during this time.
  
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costumes and textiles collection of clothes and accessories, underwear, lacework and embroideries;
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== Collections ==
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The museum houses more than 40,000 objects in several collections at eleven curatorships:
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* the Dwelling Culture Collection of Slovene ethnic territory consists of furniture, illuminants, building parts and wall decorations, cooking, heating, eating, storing, cleaning and personal care accessories;
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* the Social Culture Collection of toys, Easter eggs and bundles, pastry and inn inventory, tallies and measures;
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* the Spiritual Culture Collection of amulets, masks, folk instruments;
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* the Ethnographic Film Collection presents the lifestyle of Slovenes and peoples of the world and is available online;
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* the Rural Economy, Traffic and Transport Collection of items used in hunting, fishing, gathering, farming;
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* the Stockbreeding, Beekeeping, Forestry, Transport and Travel Collection;
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* the Folk Art and Art Sources Collection of painted beehive front boards, signs, votive images and figurines, tombstones, crucifixes, boxes and plates, household altars, paintings on glass, wood and canvas, distaffs and bars, legacy of Šantel family, art sources by [[Maksim Gaspari]], [[Peter Žmitek]] and others;
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* the Costumes and Textiles Collection of clothes and accessories, underwear, lacework and embroideries;  
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* the Handicraft and Trade Collection of pottery, forge, wickerwork, timber industry, textile and footwear trade, dyeing, ropery, clockmaker's trade, ''lectar'' and candle making, painting crafts;
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* the Ethnic Minorities Collection of Slovene migrants and of minorities and other ethnic communities in Slovenia;
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* the African and American Collections from Old Egypt, Sudan, Eastern and Western Africa, Togo, South Africa, North and South America, Mexico, Bolivia;
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* the Asian, Oceania and Australian Collections from China, Tibet, India, Japan, Indonesia, Nepal and Oceania.
  
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handicraft and trade collection of pottery, forge, wickerwork, timber industry, textile and footwear trade, dyeing, ropery, clockmaker's trade, lectar and candle making, painting crafts;
 
  
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ethnic minorities collection of Slovene migrants and of minorities and other ethnical communities in Slovenia
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Special collections deserving further mention are:
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* the Egyptian Collection, donated in 1843 by [[Anton Laurin]];
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* the Easter Sudan Collection, donated in 1850 by [[Ignacij Knoblehar]];
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* the [[Anton Codelli]] Collection from Togo, Nigeria and Cameroon brought in 1912–1914;
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* the Pygmy Collection donated by Paul Schebesta;
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* the Chinese Collection collected by [[Peter Turk]] in 1912–1913;
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* the Indonesian Collection donated by [[Vera Bebler|Vera]] and [[Aleš Bebler]] in 1970; and  
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* the Mexican Collection donated by [[Vera Golob|Vera]] and [[Ignac Golob]] in 1978.
  
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African and American collections from Old Egypt, Sudan, Eastern and Western Africa, Togo, South Africa, North and South America, Mexico, Bolivia;
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== Education ==
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The museum's premises with a reading room are open to the public for educational purposes. The education department organises guided tours, thematic workshops for children and adults and a range of other educational events such as video screenings, lectures and regular museum workshops. SEM's educational programme includes intangible cultural heritage workshops in its own well-equipped premises: a pottery workshop and a weaving workshop.
  
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Asian, Oceania and Australian collections from China, Tibet, India, Japan, Indonesia, Nepal, Oceania.
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== Publications ==
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The museum publishes the ''[[Etnolog (Ethnologist) Journal]]'' since 1926 and a variety of other publications, including at least one study work each year dealing with museum collections.
  
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A special collections to mention are: the Egyptian collection, donated in 1843 by Laurin, the Easter Sudan collection, donated in 1850 by Ignacij Knoblehar, the Codelli collection from Togo, Nigeria and Camerun brought in 1912–1914, the Pygmy collection donated by Paul Schebest, the Chinese collection collected by Peter Turk in 1912–1913, the Indonesian collection donated by Vera and Aleš Bebler in 1970 and the Mexican collection donated by Vera and Ignac Golob in 1978.
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Since 1991, the museum publishes the Slovene Ethnographic Museum Library Collection, where its collections from the depots are presented to the public. From its fourth volume on, the contents are bilingual (in Slovenian and English).
  
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== Exhibitions ==
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Another serial publication ''Art Trails'' (Likovne sledi) presents artworks stored in the museum. The youngest serial publication ''Collections from This or That Side?'' presents the ethnographic collections outside the museum, basically referring to the Slovene ethnic territory. The volumes are bilingual (in Slovenian and in the language of the state where the collection is presented).
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The museum exhibits two permanent exhibitions. The first one Between Nature and Culture, presented to the public in 2006, has won a [[Valvasor Award|Valvasor recognition]] in 2007. The selection out of museum collections presents over 3000 items of every day and holiday life.
 
  
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The second permanent exhibition I, Us and Others - Images of my World, staged in 2009, is an exhibition about the human being and its relation to the world.
 
  
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A special educational expedient is Ethno ABCZ [Etno AbecedaŽ], a labyrinth room for discovering and play with and about the terms and items.
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== Documentation and restoration department ==
  
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The SEM staged between three and eight guest exhibitions each year, from Belgium, Poland, Macedonia, the Czech Republic, China, Japan, Italy and Bulgaria, and since 1995 the museum has toured its exhibitions (for example, You See Me, I See You: Cultural Diversity through the Roma Eyes toured in 2009 to Palais de l'Europe in Strasbourg, 'Love is in the air: Love gifts in Slovene traditional culture' toured to Finland and Hungary). Some staged temporary exhibitions are: Sublime Taiwan – Its Natural and Cultural Sightseeing (2010), Beauty of Chinese Painting: Reprodictions from National Museum Tajpej Collections (2010). The SEM temporary exhibition Sudan Mission 1848–1858 in 2009 presented the oldest collection of African objects Nilotic people in Europe, which were collected by missionar and researcher of White Nil Ignacij Knoblehar.  
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The Documentation and Restoration Department preserves numerous data and records, including 5,000 field drawings and sketches, 35,000 photographic negatives, 2,100 slides, field notebooks, posters and Hemerotec since 1923. It cooperates with the Museum Documentation Association (UK) and uses ICOM-CIDOC and SPECTRUM standards for archival activities and digitisation processes.  
  
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Two web exhibitions are available online. The Shareholding in Slovenia was prepared in cooperation with Telekom Slovenia. [http://www.telekom.si/uploads/delnicarstvo/popup.html Shareholding in Slovenia]
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==Safeguarding the intangible culture==
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In 2011, the Slovene Ethnographic Museum took over [[:Category:Intangible heritage|the national coordination of intangible culture]] in Slovenia, which was previously entrusted to the [[Institute of Slovene Ethnology]]. While the methodological issues and criteria for the inclusion of particular intangible culture items in the register have been set in the initial phase, the basic task of the new coordinator's working group of experts is to maintain and develop the national database and make suggestions for the inclusion in the UNESCO representative list of the world's intangible heritage.
  
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The second web exhibition Ročnadela.org is Slovene migrants’ handcrafts archives, prepared in cooperation with the Institute for Slovenian Studies of Victoria (Austria). [http://www.rocnadela.org/Onlinegallery Ročnadela.org]
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== International cooperation ==
  
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== Education ==
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===Exhibitions===
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Its premises with a reading room are open to the public for educational purposes. The Museum’s Education Department organises guided tours, thematic workshops for children and adults and a range of other educational events such as video screenings, lectures and monthly museum workshops.
 
  
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== Projects ==
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The museum stages between three and eight guest exhibitions each year. Among the most notable have also been the ''Sublime Taiwan – Its Natural and Cultural Sightseeing'', the ''Beauty of Chinese Painting: Reproductions from National Museum Taipei Collections'' (both 2010). In 2019, the ''Shamanism of the Peoples of Siberia'' exhibition was prepared in collaboration with the Russian Museum of Ethnography, Saint Petersburg. In exchange, the Russian museum hosted the ''Beehive Panels: Images of the Sacred and the Secular'' curated by SEM.
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The museum collaborates in the project Carnival king of Europe II in order to research the carnival tradition in Europe. The project is a continuation of the project Carnival king of Europe I and is carried by Museo degli Usi e Costumi della Gente Trentina (Italia) with project participators from Spain, Bulgaria, Croatia, Polland, Romania, Macedonia and Slovenia. It is co-financed by the Culture Department of European Union since 2010.
 
  
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Slovene Ethnographic Museum is a partner in a project European Route of Roma Culture and Heritage since 2009, which is a project of networking and communications. Among partners are the Council of Europe, the Office for National Minorities and Romano Pejtaušago Kamenci (Slovenia) and others from Luxembourg, Greece, Germany, Great Britain, Spain, France and Romania.
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Since 1995, the museum has toured its exhibitions (for example, ''You See Me, I See You: Cultural Diversity through Roma Eyes'' toured in 2009 to Palais de l'Europe in Strasbourg, ''Love is in the air: Love gifts in Slovene traditional culture'' toured to Finland and Hungary).  
  
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It also takes part in the project Virtual Collection of Masterpieces to collect around 1000 masterpieces from European and Asian museums to present presented it [http://masterpieces.asemus.museum/ online].
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===EU projects===
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The Slovene Ethnographic Museum has also successfully cooperated in a number of EU research projects. Among the most notable was the SWICH (Sharing a World of Inclusion, Creativity and Heritage) project, a collaboration of 10 museums around Europe, led by the Weltmuseum Wien (2014–2018). The project resulted in the notable ''Africa and Slovenia. A Web of People and Objects'' experimental exhibition and received the [[International Council of Museums (ICOM), Slovenia|ICOM Slovenia]] Award. The collaboration evolved into the project ''TAKING CARE Ethnographic and World Cultures Museums as Spaces of Care'' (2019–2023).  
  
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== Publications ==
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Other collaborations include the Raphael project ''Linen on Net: The Common Roots of European Linen Patterns'' (1998); the ''Carnival King of Europe'' (since 2010) by Museo degli Usi e Costumi della Gente Trentina (Italia) with project partners from Spain, Bulgaria, Croatia, Polland, Romania, Macedonia and Slovenia.  
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The museum publishes the [[Etnolog (Ethnologist) Journal]] since 1926, the SEMnovice newsletter, and a variety of other works, including at least one study work each year dealing with museum collections.
 
  
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Since 1991 the museum publishes the Slovene Ethnographic Museum Library collection, where its collections from the depots are presented to the public. From the 4th volume on the contents are bilingual (Slovene and English).
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The museum was also a partner in the project ''The European Route of Roma Culture and Heritage'' (2009–2010). Among the partners were the Office for National Minorities and Romano Pejtaušago Kamenci (Slovenia) and others from Luxembourg, Greece, Germany, Great Britain, Spain, France and Romania.
  
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Another serial publication Art Trails [Likovne sledi] presents art works stored in the museum. The youngest serial publication Collections from This or That Side? presents the ethnographical collections outside the museum, basically referring to Slovene ethnical territory. The volumes are bilingual (in Slovene and in the language of the state, where the collection is presented).
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== International cooperation ==
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Another collaborative project supported by EU funding in that period was ''Carnival King of Europe'', initiated by Museum of the habits and customs of the people of Trentino in San Michele all’Adige (IT) with partners from Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Macedonia, Poland, Romania and Spain.
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Some foreign museums also borrow objects (toys, old skis) from the SEM. The museum also cooperates in a number of research projects, including in 1998 in the Raphael project 'Linen on Net: The Common Roots of European Linen Patterns', and in 1999-2001 the Virtual European Textile Heritage Site Itineraries, a three-year Raphael project with partners in the UK, Finland, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Austria and Russia.
 
  
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Since 1999 the SEM has been a 'client' in the MUSEUMS programme Energy Efficiency and Sustainability in Retrofitted and New Museum Buildings (Framework 5). It has also cooperated in the MATRA programme and hosted an intern from Russia.
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Since 1999 SEM has been a "client" in the MUSEUMS programme Energy Efficiency and Sustainability in Retrofitted and New Museum Buildings (Framework 5). It has also cooperated in the MATRA programme and hosted an intern from Russia.
  
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Exchange of international experts and studies abroad is common. Since 1997 the museum has organised and hosted several conferences: in 1998 a symposium on 'Ethnological and Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Death', and in 2000 a conference on 'Food and Celebration, from Fasting to Feasting', the first meeting of Music and Minorities group and a conference of three ICOM committees: CIMUSET, ICTOP, MPT.
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The exchange of international experts and studies abroad is common. Since 1997 the museum has organised and hosted several conferences: in 1998, a symposium on "Ethnological and Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Death"; and in 2000, a conference on "Food and Celebration, from Fasting to Feasting", the first meeting of the Music and Minorities group and a conference of three [[International Council of Museums (ICOM), Slovenia|ICOM]] committees: CIMUSET, ICTOP, MPT.
  
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The Slovene Ethnographic Museum is a member of the Network of European Ethnographic Museums (NET) and since 2002 it has also been a member of the Association of European Migration Institutions (AEMI), itself also a member of ICOM and ICOM-CIDOC.
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The Slovene Ethnographic Museum is a member of the Network of European Ethnographic Museums (NET) and since 2002, it has also been a member of the Association of European Migration Institutions (AEMI), itself also a member of ICOM and ICOM-CIDOC.
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
 
* [[Slovene Ethnographic Museum Library]]  
 
* [[Slovene Ethnographic Museum Library]]  
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* [[Audiovisual Laboratory, Institute of Slovene Ethnology]]
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* [[Institute of Slovene Ethnology]]
 
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* [[Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthopology, University of Ljubljana]]
 
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* [[Slovene Ethnological Society]]
 
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=== Awards ===
 
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* [[Štrekelj Award]]
 
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* [[Murko Award]]
 
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=== Publications ===
 
 
* [[Etnolog (Ethnologist) Journal]]
 
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* [[Slovene Ethnological Society Bulletin]]
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* [[Days of Ethnographic Film]]
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=== Ethnographic collections ===
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* [[Marija Sušnik Ethnographic Collection, Bizeljsko]]
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* [[:Category:Intangible heritage|National coordinator for Intangible heritage]]
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* [[Mining and Ethnographic Collection, Črna na Koroškem]]
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* [[:Category:Ethnographic museums and collections|Other ethnographic museums and collections in Slovenia]]
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* [[Mikl House Museum]]
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* [[The Hidden Gems of Slovenian Museums]]
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* [[Stražna Krajina Ethnological and Historical Collection]]
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* [[Velika Nedelja Castle]]
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* [[Metelkova mesto Autonomous Cultural Zone]]
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* [[Miner's House - Ethnological Collection]]
 
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* [[Ethnological Collection of Agricultural Implements]]
 
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* [[Ethnological Collection in Kasarna, Jesenice]]
 
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* [[Ethnological Collection of Koper Regional Museum]]
 
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* [[Tona’s House - St Peter's Ethnological Collection]]
 
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* [[Kajžnik Manor House]]
 
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* [[Liznjek House, Kranjska Gora]]
 
  
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
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* [http://www.etno-muzej.si/ Slovene Ethnographic Museum website]
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* [http://www.etno-muzej.si/en Slovene Ethnographic Museum website]
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* [http://www.euromuse.net/en/museums/museum/view-m/slovenski-etnografski-muzej/?sprache=18&ZURID=8 Slovene Ethnographic Museum – euromuse.net]
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* [https://www.etno-muzej.si/en/digitalne-zbirke Online digital collections on the SEM website] (in Slovenian)
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http://www.burger.si/MuzejiInGalerije/SlovenskiEtnografskiMuzej/sem_seznam.html Slovene Ethnographic Museum] on [[Virtual Guide to Slovene Museums and Galleries]]
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* [http://www.etno-muzej.si/files/article/knjigazbiralci.pdf SEM e-book on collectors whose collections are featured in the museum] (pdf)
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* [http://www.burger.si/MuzejiInGalerije/SlovenskiEtnografskiMuzej/sem_seznam.html Slovene Ethnographic Museum] on [[Virtual Guide to Slovene Museums and Galleries]]
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* [http://www.burger.si/Ljubljana/Muzeji_Etnoloski.htm Slovene Ethnographic Museum panoramas] on [[Virtual Guide to Slovene Museums and Galleries]]
  
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* [http://www.burger.si/Ljubljana/Muzeji_Etnoloski.htm Slovene Ethnographic Museum panoramas] on [[Virtual Guide to Slovene Museums and Galleries]]
 
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* [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ljubljana-Slovenia/Slovenski-etnografski-muzej/175231497182 Slovene Ethnographic Museum on Facebook]
 
  
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Slovene Ethnographic Museum 2021 exterior Photo Kaja Brezocnik.jpgThe Slovene Ethnographic Museum is a sizable musuem with creative exhibits exploring Slovenian history, along with other cultures.

Today, the Slovene Ethnographic Museum (SEM) – a museum "about people, for people" – presents traditional and urban, mass and pop culture in Slovenia as well as from diaspora. The museum's origins can be traced back to the ethnographic collections of the Provincial Museum of Carniola, established in 1821, although its immediate precursor was the Royal Ethnographic Museum, founded in 1923. Its rich exhibition programme is dedicated also to non-European cultures. Parts of its rich ethnological collections and specially curated projects are also presented online.

The museum has three departments and several curatorships: the documentation department with a photo studio, the conservation and restoration department and the library are important information resources. SEM also features as the national coordinator of intangible culture. Since 2007, SEM has also organised the international Days of Ethnographic Film (DEF) together with the Slovene Ethnological Society and the Scientific Research Centre (ZRC SAZU), Slovene Academy of Science and Arts.

SEM is situated in the new cultural centre in the former barracks complex on Metelkova ulica in Ljubljana, with the National Museum of Slovenia and the Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova (MSUM) as its neighbours. The SEM Café is one of the most popular meeting points in Ljubljana. 



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History

The first collections incorporated in the Kranjska Provincial Museum only partly related to Slovene culture and were mainly non-European with items donated by Slovene seamen and catholic missionaries (Friderik Baraga, Ignacij Knoblehar, Franc Pirc, Janez Čebulj).

The ethnological collections had been managed by the Institute of Ethnography since its establishment in 1921 at the then National Museum within the Rudolfinum building in Ljubljana. Two years later, the institute became independent as the Royal Ethnographic Museum with Niko Županič (1876–1961) as the head. In 1941, it was renamed the Ethnographic Museum, and finally, in 1964, the Slovene Ethnographic Museum. The collections were presented also at some of the castles surrounding Ljubljana such as the Goričane Castle, which housed the non-European collections until 2001.

In 1997, the Slovene Ethnographic Museum moved to its current location at Metelkova ulica. Three national museums are housed in the former Austro-Hungarian barracks from the late-19th century. A modern museum building was added on in 2004.

Mission and facilities

The Slovene Ethnographic Museum offers insight into the traditional and contemporary culture of Slovenes living on the territory of Slovenia and in nearby countries (Italy, Austria and Hungary) and of immigrants to Slovenia and ethnic groups living here. It also aims to foster knowledge about non-European cultures.

The museum manages a 2000m² depot, 2700m² for permanent exhibitions and three temporary exhibition halls. The ground floor houses a multi-functional entrance hall, an information desk, a cloak-room, a museum shop, a crafts workshop and a popular café. The museum's spacious courtyard is used for various events.

Exhibitions

The museum exhibits two major permanent exhibitions. The first one Between Nature and Culture, opened in 2006, received a Valvasor recognition in 2007. The selection out of museum collections presents over 3000 items of every day and holiday life. The second permanent exhibition I, Us and Others – Images of my World, staged in 2009, is an exhibition about the human being and its relation to the world. Apart from these permanent exhibitions, there is also an exhibition on gingerbread and candle-making, with a reconstruction of an actual shop, and a reconstruction of the Photo Studio Holinsky, both once operating in Ljubljana.

SEM temporary exhibition Sudan Mission 1848–1858 (2009) presented the oldest collection of African objects of the Nilotic people in Europe, which were collected by missionary and researcher of the White Nile Ignacij Knoblehar. In 2013, the museum's 90th anniversary was celebrated by an attractive temporary exhibition Doors. Spatial and Symbolic Passageways of Life. The innovative exhibition My Feet. My Shoes. My Way from 2019 presented different cultures and life stages through personal stories linked to shoes. An experimental prototype production was made together with the Department of Textiles, Graphic Arts and Design.

Online collections

The section SEM from Home on the museum's website offers rich online collections of objects, photography and filmography. The gallery of storytellers is linked to the permanent exhibition I, Us and Others – Images of my World. Even during the COVID-19 epidemic in Slovenia, the museum collected jokes and tales about the new coronavirus and life during this time.

Collections

The museum houses more than 40,000 objects in several collections at eleven curatorships:

  • the Dwelling Culture Collection of Slovene ethnic territory consists of furniture, illuminants, building parts and wall decorations, cooking, heating, eating, storing, cleaning and personal care accessories;
  • the Social Culture Collection of toys, Easter eggs and bundles, pastry and inn inventory, tallies and measures;
  • the Spiritual Culture Collection of amulets, masks, folk instruments;
  • the Ethnographic Film Collection presents the lifestyle of Slovenes and peoples of the world and is available online;
  • the Rural Economy, Traffic and Transport Collection of items used in hunting, fishing, gathering, farming;
  • the Stockbreeding, Beekeeping, Forestry, Transport and Travel Collection;
  • the Folk Art and Art Sources Collection of painted beehive front boards, signs, votive images and figurines, tombstones, crucifixes, boxes and plates, household altars, paintings on glass, wood and canvas, distaffs and bars, legacy of Šantel family, art sources by Maksim Gaspari, Peter Žmitek and others;
  • the Costumes and Textiles Collection of clothes and accessories, underwear, lacework and embroideries;
  • the Handicraft and Trade Collection of pottery, forge, wickerwork, timber industry, textile and footwear trade, dyeing, ropery, clockmaker's trade, lectar and candle making, painting crafts;
  • the Ethnic Minorities Collection of Slovene migrants and of minorities and other ethnic communities in Slovenia;
  • the African and American Collections from Old Egypt, Sudan, Eastern and Western Africa, Togo, South Africa, North and South America, Mexico, Bolivia;
  • the Asian, Oceania and Australian Collections from China, Tibet, India, Japan, Indonesia, Nepal and Oceania.


Special collections deserving further mention are:

  • the Egyptian Collection, donated in 1843 by Anton Laurin;
  • the Easter Sudan Collection, donated in 1850 by Ignacij Knoblehar;
  • the Anton Codelli Collection from Togo, Nigeria and Cameroon brought in 1912–1914;
  • the Pygmy Collection donated by Paul Schebesta;
  • the Chinese Collection collected by Peter Turk in 1912–1913;
  • the Indonesian Collection donated by Vera and Aleš Bebler in 1970; and
  • the Mexican Collection donated by Vera and Ignac Golob in 1978.

Education

The museum's premises with a reading room are open to the public for educational purposes. The education department organises guided tours, thematic workshops for children and adults and a range of other educational events such as video screenings, lectures and regular museum workshops. SEM's educational programme includes intangible cultural heritage workshops in its own well-equipped premises: a pottery workshop and a weaving workshop.

Publications

The museum publishes the Etnolog (Ethnologist) Journal since 1926 and a variety of other publications, including at least one study work each year dealing with museum collections.

Since 1991, the museum publishes the Slovene Ethnographic Museum Library Collection, where its collections from the depots are presented to the public. From its fourth volume on, the contents are bilingual (in Slovenian and English).

Another serial publication Art Trails (Likovne sledi) presents artworks stored in the museum. The youngest serial publication Collections from This or That Side? presents the ethnographic collections outside the museum, basically referring to the Slovene ethnic territory. The volumes are bilingual (in Slovenian and in the language of the state where the collection is presented).


Documentation and restoration department

The Documentation and Restoration Department preserves numerous data and records, including 5,000 field drawings and sketches, 35,000 photographic negatives, 2,100 slides, field notebooks, posters and Hemerotec since 1923. It cooperates with the Museum Documentation Association (UK) and uses ICOM-CIDOC and SPECTRUM standards for archival activities and digitisation processes.

Safeguarding the intangible culture

In 2011, the Slovene Ethnographic Museum took over the national coordination of intangible culture in Slovenia, which was previously entrusted to the Institute of Slovene Ethnology. While the methodological issues and criteria for the inclusion of particular intangible culture items in the register have been set in the initial phase, the basic task of the new coordinator's working group of experts is to maintain and develop the national database and make suggestions for the inclusion in the UNESCO representative list of the world's intangible heritage.

International cooperation

Exhibitions

The museum stages between three and eight guest exhibitions each year. Among the most notable have also been the Sublime Taiwan – Its Natural and Cultural Sightseeing, the Beauty of Chinese Painting: Reproductions from National Museum Taipei Collections (both 2010). In 2019, the Shamanism of the Peoples of Siberia exhibition was prepared in collaboration with the Russian Museum of Ethnography, Saint Petersburg. In exchange, the Russian museum hosted the Beehive Panels: Images of the Sacred and the Secular curated by SEM.

Since 1995, the museum has toured its exhibitions (for example, You See Me, I See You: Cultural Diversity through Roma Eyes toured in 2009 to Palais de l'Europe in Strasbourg, Love is in the air: Love gifts in Slovene traditional culture toured to Finland and Hungary).

EU projects

The Slovene Ethnographic Museum has also successfully cooperated in a number of EU research projects. Among the most notable was the SWICH (Sharing a World of Inclusion, Creativity and Heritage) project, a collaboration of 10 museums around Europe, led by the Weltmuseum Wien (2014–2018). The project resulted in the notable Africa and Slovenia. A Web of People and Objects experimental exhibition and received the ICOM Slovenia Award. The collaboration evolved into the project TAKING CARE Ethnographic and World Cultures Museums as Spaces of Care (2019–2023).

Other collaborations include the Raphael project Linen on Net: The Common Roots of European Linen Patterns (1998); the Carnival King of Europe (since 2010) by Museo degli Usi e Costumi della Gente Trentina (Italia) with project partners from Spain, Bulgaria, Croatia, Polland, Romania, Macedonia and Slovenia.

The museum was also a partner in the project The European Route of Roma Culture and Heritage (2009–2010). Among the partners were the Office for National Minorities and Romano Pejtaušago Kamenci (Slovenia) and others from Luxembourg, Greece, Germany, Great Britain, Spain, France and Romania. 

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Another collaborative project supported by EU funding in that period was Carnival King of Europe, initiated by Museum of the habits and customs of the people of Trentino in San Michele all’Adige (IT) with partners from Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Macedonia, Poland, Romania and Spain.

Since 1999 SEM has been a "client" in the MUSEUMS programme Energy Efficiency and Sustainability in Retrofitted and New Museum Buildings (Framework 5). It has also cooperated in the MATRA programme and hosted an intern from Russia.

The exchange of international experts and studies abroad is common. Since 1997 the museum has organised and hosted several conferences: in 1998, a symposium on "Ethnological and Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Death"; and in 2000, a conference on "Food and Celebration, from Fasting to Feasting", the first meeting of the Music and Minorities group and a conference of three ICOM committees: CIMUSET, ICTOP, MPT.

The Slovene Ethnographic Museum is a member of the Network of European Ethnographic Museums (NET) and since 2002, it has also been a member of the Association of European Migration Institutions (AEMI), itself also a member of ICOM and ICOM-CIDOC.

See also

External links


Gallery

Travelling exhibition from Finland, Marimekko: Fabric, Fashion, Architecture, at Slovene Ethnographic Museum, 2009

Travelling exhibition from Finland, Marimekko: Fabric, Fashion, Architecture, at Slovene Ethnographic Museum, 2009

An artifact featured in the permanent exhibition Between Nature and Culture, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

An artifact featured in the permanent exhibition Between Nature and Culture, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

An exquisitely-carved Chinese wooden chair in the Skušek Collection, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

An exquisitely-carved Chinese wooden chair in the Skušek Collection, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

A Chinese wooden mirror in the Skušek Collection, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

A Chinese wooden mirror in the Skušek Collection, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

An exquisite Chinese wooden cabinet, one of the artifacts exhibited at the Slovene Ethnographic Museum in the Skušek Collection, the largest collection of Chinese objects in Slovenia.

An exquisite Chinese wooden cabinet, one of the artifacts exhibited at the Slovene Ethnographic Museum in the Skušek Collection, the largest collection of Chinese objects in Slovenia.

Artifacts featured in the permanent exhibition Between Nature and Culture, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

Artifacts featured in the permanent exhibition Between Nature and Culture, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

Artifacts featured in the permanent exhibition Between Nature and Culture, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

Artifacts featured in the permanent exhibition Between Nature and Culture, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

Artifacts featured in the permanent exhibition Between Nature and Culture, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

Artifacts featured in the permanent exhibition Between Nature and Culture, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

A shadow puppet featured in the permanent exhibition Between Nature and Culture, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

A shadow puppet featured in the permanent exhibition Between Nature and Culture, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

An artifact featured in the permanent exhibition Between Nature and Culture, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

An artifact featured in the permanent exhibition Between Nature and Culture, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

Artifacts featured in the permanent exhibition Between Nature and Culture, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

Artifacts featured in the permanent exhibition Between Nature and Culture, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

Artifacts featured in the permanent exhibition Between Nature and Culture, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

Artifacts featured in the permanent exhibition Between Nature and Culture, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

Artifacts in the permanent exhibition of the Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

Artifacts in the permanent exhibition of the Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

An artifact featured in the permanent exhibition Between Nature and Culture, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

An artifact featured in the permanent exhibition Between Nature and Culture, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

Shadow puppets featured in the permanent exhibition Between Nature and Culture, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

Shadow puppets featured in the permanent exhibition Between Nature and Culture, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

Artifacts featured in the permanent exhibition Between Nature and Culture, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

Artifacts featured in the permanent exhibition Between Nature and Culture, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

Artifacts featured in the permanent exhibition Between Nature and Culture, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

Artifacts featured in the permanent exhibition Between Nature and Culture, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

Artifacts featured in the permanent exhibition Between Nature and Culture, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

Artifacts featured in the permanent exhibition Between Nature and Culture, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

Artifacts featured in the permanent exhibition Between Nature and Culture, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

Artifacts featured in the permanent exhibition Between Nature and Culture, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

Stunning Chinese wooden furniture exhibited in the Skušek Collection at the Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

Stunning Chinese wooden furniture exhibited in the Skušek Collection at the Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

19th-century Chinese artifacts from the Skušek Collection featured in the permanent exhibition Between Nature and Culture, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

19th-century Chinese artifacts from the Skušek Collection featured in the permanent exhibition Between Nature and Culture, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

Artifacts featured in the permanent exhibition Between Nature and Culture, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

Artifacts featured in the permanent exhibition Between Nature and Culture, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

Shadow puppets in the permanent exhibition Between Nature and Culture, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

Shadow puppets in the permanent exhibition Between Nature and Culture, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

Part of the permanent exhibition at the Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

Part of the permanent exhibition at the Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

Artifacts featured in the permanent exhibition Between Nature and Culture, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

Artifacts featured in the permanent exhibition Between Nature and Culture, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

The Slovene Ethnographic Museum is a sizable musuem with creative exhibits exploring Slovenian history, along with other cultures.

The Slovene Ethnographic Museum is a sizable musuem with creative exhibits exploring Slovenian history, along with other cultures.

Detail of the Emperor's Dragon Robe, 19th century, Qing dynasty, from the Skušek Collection, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

Detail of the Emperor's Dragon Robe, 19th century, Qing dynasty, from the Skušek Collection, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

Detail of the Emperor's Dragon Robe, 19th century, Qing dynasty, from the Skušek Collection, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

Detail of the Emperor's Dragon Robe, 19th century, Qing dynasty, from the Skušek Collection, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

Sleeve detail of the Emperor's Dragon Robe, 19th century, Qing dynasty, from the Skušek Collection, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

Sleeve detail of the Emperor's Dragon Robe, 19th century, Qing dynasty, from the Skušek Collection, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

Sleeve details of the Emperor's Dragon Robe, 19th century, Qing dynasty, from the Skušek Collection, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

Sleeve details of the Emperor's Dragon Robe, 19th century, Qing dynasty, from the Skušek Collection, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

Embroidery detail on the cuff of the Emperor's Dragon Robe, 19th century, Qing dynasty, from the Skušek Collection, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

Embroidery detail on the cuff of the Emperor's Dragon Robe, 19th century, Qing dynasty, from the Skušek Collection, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

Detail of a piece of carved wooden furniture from China, Skušek Collection, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

Detail of a piece of carved wooden furniture from China, Skušek Collection, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

Detail of a 19th-century, Qing Dynasty wooden chair in the Skušek Collection, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

Detail of a 19th-century, Qing Dynasty wooden chair in the Skušek Collection, Slovene Ethnographic Museum.
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