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[[Celje Museum of Recent History]] was established in [[established::1951]] as a department for the ''History of the National Liberation War'' at [[Celje Municipal Museum]]. In year 1963 it became an independent cultural institution and moved into premises of former town hall of Celje (1830–1963) where is still situated today. Program of the museum presents also temporary, art and historical exhibitions.   
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The [[Celje Museum of Recent History]] was established in [[established::1951]] as a department for the "History of the National Liberation War" at the [[Celje Municipal Museum]]. In 1963 it became an independent cultural institution and moved into the premises of the former town hall of Celje (1830–1963) where it is still situated today. The museum also presents temporary exhibitions dealing with art and historical themes.   
 
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As public museum it focuses on research, protection, documentation and presentation of movable cultural heritage of town Celje and Lower Savinjska region from the beginning of the 20th century until present times. Museums permanent exhibition called ''Living in Celje'' opened in a year 2000. It features the ''Diary of three generations'' on the first floor, how each generation lived in Celje in the course of the 20th century. On a second floor there is a reconstruction of ''Celjska Street'' as it looked in a period between World Wars. Visitors can walk through various trade shops, the market and a middle-class apartment.  
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As a public museum the Celje Museum of Recent History focuses on the research, protection, documentation and presentation of the movable cultural heritage of the town of Celje and the Lower Savinjska region from the beginning of the 20th century until the present. The museum's permanent exhibition, ''Living in Celje'', first opened in 2000, and was renovated and reopened in December 2009. It features the ''Diary of Three Generations'' on the first floor, showing how each generation lived in Celje in the course of the 20th century. On the second floor is a reconstruction of ''Celjska Street'' as it looked in the period between the two World Wars. Visitors can walk through various trade shops, the market and a middle-class apartment.  
  
This exhibition was renovated and reopened in December 2009. Museum has also permanent exhibition of Dentistry Collection that was donated to the museum by private collector Dr. Franc Štolf (1993). It started first Slovenian children's museum called ''[[Herman's Den]]'' (1995) with playroom, gallery and theatre. On invitation of Japanese ''Hamada Children's Museum of Art'', ''[[Herman's Den]]'' was presented in Japan in year 2009. [[Celje Museum of Recent History]] administers also two museum branches. [[Josip Pelikan Photographic Studio, Celje]], with a beautiful glass parlour and all original equipment, from the end of the 19th and early 20th century. The other is Anti-Nazi memorial site [[Stari Pisker Prison]]. Name given by the locals is ''Old Pot''. This used to be Minorite monastery, where during II. World War Nazis tortured and executed several hundred people.  
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among other permanent exhibitions include the museum's Dentistry Collection, donated to the museum by the private collector Dr. Franc Štolf (1993). ''[[Herman's Den]]'' (1995) represents the first Slovenian children's museum with a playroom, gallery and theatre. On the invitation of the Hamada Children's Museum of Art in Japan, ''[[Herman's Den]]'' was presented in Japan in 2009.  
 
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The [[Celje Museum of Recent History]] administers also two museum branches. The [[Josip Pelikan Photographic Studio, Celje]], with a beautiful glass parlour and all original equipment, from the end of the 19th and early 20th century. The other is the Anti-Nazi memorial site [[Stari Pisker Prison]], known by locals as "The Old Pot". This former Minorite monastery was the site of Nazi violence during World War II, today it is a memorial for the several hundred people who were tortured and executed there.
  
  
 
== Collections ==  
 
== Collections ==  
  
[[Celje Museum of Recent History]] has 17. main collections. Starting with most general historical collection of items from 18th, 19th and 20th century, it has also very specialised ones as: trade, goldsmith trade, collection of postcards, money, EMO kitchenware, arms, decorations and medals, collection of scales, posters, farewell letters, children toys and crafts. Museum also has photo and video archive, that can be viewed and studied by appointment.
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The [[Celje Museum of Recent History]] has 17 main collections. Starting with the most general historical collection of items from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, it has also very specialised collections of such items and topics as: trade, goldsmith trade, postcards, money, EMO kitchenware, arms, decorations and medals, scales, posters, farewell letters, children's toys and crafts. The museum also has a photo and video archive that can be viewed and studied by appointment.
Especially worth to mention is [[Fund of Alma Karlin]]. It consists of 850 objects, books, drawings, sketches, photographic material and testimonies about amazing woman, world traveller, writer and anthropologist from Celje, [[Alma Maksimiljana Karlin]] (1889-1950) and her close companion Theja Schreiber Gamelin. In memory of Alma's 120 year birth anniversary [[Celje Museum of Recent History]] published anthology ''Alma's Boundaries and Margins'' (2009).
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Especially worth mentioning is the [[Fund of Alma Karlin]]. It consists of 850 objects, books, drawings, sketches, photographic material and testimonies about an amazing woman, world traveller, writer and anthropologist from Celje, [[Alma Maksimiljana Karlin]] (1889–1950) and her close companion Theja Schreiber Gamelin. In memory of the 120-year-anniversary of Alma's birth, the [[Celje Museum of Recent History]] published the anthology ''Alma's Boundaries and Margins'' (2009).
  
 
== Education and international cooperation ==
 
== Education and international cooperation ==
  
Museum puts a great effort on international educational program called [[Celje School of Museology]] in collaboration with Museumsakademie Joanneum Graz, and Reinwardt Academie Amsterdam. In October 2009 museum hosted international museum workshop with the topic ''New Trends in Museology'' with dr. Peter van Mensch and Léontine Meijer van Mensch from Reinwardt Academie Amsterdam.
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The museum puts a great effort on its international educational programme called the [[Celje School of Museology]] in collaboration with Museumsakademie Joanneum Graz and Reinwardt Academie Amsterdam. In October 2009 the museum hosted the international museum workshop with the topic ''New Trends in Museology'' with Dr Peter van Mensch and Léontine Meijer van Mensch from Reinwardt Academie Amsterdam.
Every year they organise also Summer School of Museology intended for students of humanistic studies and those that want to become museum curators. It takes place on the Slovenian coast in historical town of Piran at the [[Institute of Mediterranean Heritage]]. This year's topic was ''Museums and Tourism''. In year 2008 lecturer was Xerxes Mazda Head of Learning and Audiences at British Museum, London.   
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Every year the museum also organises the Summer School of Museology intended for students of humanistic studies and those who want to become museum curators. It takes place on the Slovene coast in the historic town of Piran at the [[Institute of Mediterranean Heritage]]. The topic for 2009 was "Museums and Tourism". In 2008 the lecturer was Xerxes Mazda, the Head of Learning and Audiences at the British Museum, London.   
  
[[Celje Museum of Recent History]] is member of ICOM. With ''Museum of Europe'' in Brussels they collaborated in exhibition ''The European: His Story''. Celje Museum is also partner in a european project ''Museum Sign Language Guide'', education and museum guidance for people with hearing disabilities.
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The [[Celje Museum of Recent History]] is a member of the [[International Council of Museums (ICOM), Slovenia|International Council of Museums (ICOM)]]. With the Museum of Europe in Brussels they collaborated on the exhibition ''The European: His Story''. Celje Museum is also a partner in the European project ''Museum Sign Language Guide'', an education and museum guidance for people with hearing disabilities.
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
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* [[School of Museology]]
 
* [[School of Museology]]
 
* [[Alma Maksimiljana Karlin]]
 
* [[Alma Maksimiljana Karlin]]
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* [[International Council of Museums (ICOM), Slovenia]]
  
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
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=== Museum related ===
 
* [http://www.muzej-nz-ce.si/en/collections/collection-of-museum-items/ Collection of museum items]
 
* [http://www.muzej-nz-ce.si/en/collections/collection-of-museum-items/ Collection of museum items]
* [http://www.muzej-nz-ce.si/sola-muzeologije/ School of Museology]
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* [http://www.muzej-nz-ce.si/sola-muzeologije/ School of Museology] (in Slovenian)
* [http://www.burger.si/MuzejiInGalerije/MuzejNovejseZgodovineCelje/ZivetiVCelju/360ZivetiVCelju_Stopnisce.html Panorama wiew of ''Living in Celje'' exhibition]
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* [http://www.burger.si/MuzejiInGalerije/MuzejNovejseZgodovineCelje/ZivetiVCelju/360ZivetiVCelju_Stopnisce.html Panoramic view of ''Living in Celje'' exhibition]
* [http://www.almakarlin.si/index.php?lang=en&cat=2 Fund of Alma Karlin]
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* [http://www.almakarlin.si/index.php?lang=en&cat=2 Alma Karlin timeline]
* [http://www.almakarlin.si/?&lang=en Alma Karlin]
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* [http://www.almakarlin.si/?&lang=en Alma Karlin short biography]  
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=== International cooperation partners and projects ===
 
* [http://museumsakademie-joanneum.at/MuseumsakademieJoanneum/zielsetzungen-und-aufgaben/willk_ Museumsakademie Joanneum Graz]
 
* [http://museumsakademie-joanneum.at/MuseumsakademieJoanneum/zielsetzungen-und-aufgaben/willk_ Museumsakademie Joanneum Graz]
 
* [http://www.english.reinwardtacademie.nl/en/ Reinwardt Academie Amsterdam]
 
* [http://www.english.reinwardtacademie.nl/en/ Reinwardt Academie Amsterdam]
* [http://www.muzej-nz-ce.si/en/evropski-pilotni-projekt-za-gluhe-in-naglusne/ European Pilot Project For People With Hearing Disabilities ]
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* [http://www.muzej-nz-ce.si/en/evropski-pilotni-projekt-za-gluhe-in-naglusne/ European Pilot Project For People With Hearing Disabilities] (in Slovenian)
  
 
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The Celje Museum of Recent History was established in 1951 as a department for the "History of the National Liberation War" at the Celje Municipal Museum. In 1963 it became an independent cultural institution and moved into the premises of the former town hall of Celje (1830–1963) where it is still situated today. The museum also presents temporary exhibitions dealing with art and historical themes.


As a public museum the Celje Museum of Recent History focuses on the research, protection, documentation and presentation of the movable cultural heritage of the town of Celje and the Lower Savinjska region from the beginning of the 20th century until the present. The museum's permanent exhibition, Living in Celje, first opened in 2000, and was renovated and reopened in December 2009. It features the Diary of Three Generations on the first floor, showing how each generation lived in Celje in the course of the 20th century. On the second floor is a reconstruction of Celjska Street as it looked in the period between the two World Wars. Visitors can walk through various trade shops, the market and a middle-class apartment.

among other permanent exhibitions include the museum's Dentistry Collection, donated to the museum by the private collector Dr. Franc Štolf (1993). Herman's Den (1995) represents the first Slovenian children's museum with a playroom, gallery and theatre. On the invitation of the Hamada Children's Museum of Art in Japan, Herman's Den was presented in Japan in 2009.

The Celje Museum of Recent History administers also two museum branches. The Josip Pelikan Photographic Studio, Celje, with a beautiful glass parlour and all original equipment, from the end of the 19th and early 20th century. The other is the Anti-Nazi memorial site Stari Pisker Prison, known by locals as "The Old Pot". This former Minorite monastery was the site of Nazi violence during World War II, today it is a memorial for the several hundred people who were tortured and executed there.


Collections

The Celje Museum of Recent History has 17 main collections. Starting with the most general historical collection of items from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, it has also very specialised collections of such items and topics as: trade, goldsmith trade, postcards, money, EMO kitchenware, arms, decorations and medals, scales, posters, farewell letters, children's toys and crafts. The museum also has a photo and video archive that can be viewed and studied by appointment.

Especially worth mentioning is the Fund of Alma Karlin. It consists of 850 objects, books, drawings, sketches, photographic material and testimonies about an amazing woman, world traveller, writer and anthropologist from Celje, Alma Maksimiljana Karlin (1889–1950) and her close companion Theja Schreiber Gamelin. In memory of the 120-year-anniversary of Alma's birth, the Celje Museum of Recent History published the anthology Alma's Boundaries and Margins (2009).

Education and international cooperation

The museum puts a great effort on its international educational programme called the Celje School of Museology in collaboration with Museumsakademie Joanneum Graz and Reinwardt Academie Amsterdam. In October 2009 the museum hosted the international museum workshop with the topic New Trends in Museology with Dr Peter van Mensch and Léontine Meijer van Mensch from Reinwardt Academie Amsterdam.

Every year the museum also organises the Summer School of Museology intended for students of humanistic studies and those who want to become museum curators. It takes place on the Slovene coast in the historic town of Piran at the Institute of Mediterranean Heritage. The topic for 2009 was "Museums and Tourism". In 2008 the lecturer was Xerxes Mazda, the Head of Learning and Audiences at the British Museum, London.

The Celje Museum of Recent History is a member of the International Council of Museums (ICOM). With the Museum of Europe in Brussels they collaborated on the exhibition The European: His Story. Celje Museum is also a partner in the European project Museum Sign Language Guide, an education and museum guidance for people with hearing disabilities.

See also

External links

Museum related

International cooperation partners and projects

Gallery