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The school is organised with the help of museology experts from Museumsakademie Joanneum Graz, Reinwardt Academie Amsterdam and the Slovenian Comitee at ICOM. The school constits of lecuters, workshops, film projections and excurions to the nearby museum sights. In May 2010 the school was organised with the help of The British Council, the topic of the three day educational event was ''Museums and Social Harmony''. The aim of the recent edition was to question the role of the museum in the modern society. In the context of cultural heritage the exclusion of social function of the museum is at stake. Function of a museum is not only a place where memories and "official" history meet. The role of the museum as a socially aware institution was debated in a broader context and a more active approach. | The school is organised with the help of museology experts from Museumsakademie Joanneum Graz, Reinwardt Academie Amsterdam and the Slovenian Comitee at ICOM. The school constits of lecuters, workshops, film projections and excurions to the nearby museum sights. In May 2010 the school was organised with the help of The British Council, the topic of the three day educational event was ''Museums and Social Harmony''. The aim of the recent edition was to question the role of the museum in the modern society. In the context of cultural heritage the exclusion of social function of the museum is at stake. Function of a museum is not only a place where memories and "official" history meet. The role of the museum as a socially aware institution was debated in a broader context and a more active approach. | ||
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+ | In the past editions several Slovenian and international museology experts made a contribution to the school. Verena Vidrih Perko, Head of Archeology Department at the Gorenjski muzej and Xerxes Mazda, Head of the Learning and Audiences Department of The British Museum collaborated with the lectures on museum topics. In the short period of time, the Celje School of Museology built up a reputation as a meeting place for Slovenian and international experts in the field of museology. |
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The Celje School of Museology was founded in 2007 as an educational project run by Celje Museum of Recent History. School takes place in a historical coastal town Piran, usually end of May. With the selection of Slovenian and international lecturers it is intendend for museum experts, students from humanistic disciplines, young experts and future museuology experts.
The school is organised with the help of museology experts from Museumsakademie Joanneum Graz, Reinwardt Academie Amsterdam and the Slovenian Comitee at ICOM. The school constits of lecuters, workshops, film projections and excurions to the nearby museum sights. In May 2010 the school was organised with the help of The British Council, the topic of the three day educational event was Museums and Social Harmony. The aim of the recent edition was to question the role of the museum in the modern society. In the context of cultural heritage the exclusion of social function of the museum is at stake. Function of a museum is not only a place where memories and "official" history meet. The role of the museum as a socially aware institution was debated in a broader context and a more active approach.
In the past editions several Slovenian and international museology experts made a contribution to the school. Verena Vidrih Perko, Head of Archeology Department at the Gorenjski muzej and Xerxes Mazda, Head of the Learning and Audiences Department of The British Museum collaborated with the lectures on museum topics. In the short period of time, the Celje School of Museology built up a reputation as a meeting place for Slovenian and international experts in the field of museology.