Celje Museum of Recent History

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Muzej novejše zgodovine Celje

Prešernova 17, SI-3000 Celje

http://www.muzej-nz-ce.si/

mnzc@guest.arnes.si

Phone386 (0) 3 428 6410

ProprietorCelje Urban Municipality

Events abroad

Past Events

• 15 Sep 2023

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  23 Nov 2023

  Germany Frankfurt am Main Haus am Dom – Katholische Akademie Rabanus Maurus

  
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  Exhibition "Alma Maksimilijana Karlin - Authoress", showcasing the writer's life and work. In the scope of Slovenia – Guest of Honour Country at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2023 and made possible by Municipality of Celje, Slovenian Book Agency, Celje Regional Museum, Celje Museum of Recent History and Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

  at the Frankfurt Book Fair

  
  

  
  

• 7 Aug 2015

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  30 Sep 2015

  Czech Republic Český Krumlov Museum Fotoateliér Seidel

  
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  An exhibition of the works of photographer Josip Pelikan from the collection of the Celje Museum of Recent History

  
  

  
  

  
  

• 1 Mar 2011

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  30 Apr 2011

  Serbia Novi Sad Museum of Vojvodina

  
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  Photographs by Josip Pelikan from Celje Museum of Recent History

  
  

  
  

  
  

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Introduction

Celje Museum of Recent History was established in 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 townhall of Celje (1830–1963) where is still situated today. 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 Life in Celjeopened in a year 2000 features the diary of three generations living in Celje in the course of the 20th century. Highlight of display is reconstruction of the Celjska street as it looked in a period between World Wars. Also important permanent exhibitions are, Dentistry Collection donated to the museum by private collector Dr. Franc Štolf (1993) and first Slovenian children museum called ''Herman's Den'' (1995) with collection, playroom, gallery and theatre. administers two museum branches Museum is a member of ICOM.

Collections

and numerous collections of general history, children toys and creativity, trading, numizmatics, Celje goldsmith history, dentistry, arms and decorations, video and photo library consisting of photo plates and negatives some dating as far as the end of 19th century.

• 1993 the museum opened its dentistry collection, donated to the museum by private collector Dr. Franc Štolf.
• 1995 opened in the premises of the Celje Museum of Recent History.
• 2000 the permanent exhibition Life in Celje opened.

Museum administers Fund of Alma Karlin(1889-1950) world traveller, writer and anthropologist from Celje that consists of drawings, sketches, photographic material, corespondence and testimonies about her.

Celje Museum of Recent History runs two separate museum collections outside of the museum premises. One is Josip Pelikan Photographic Studio, Celje, and the other is Stari Pisker Prison, Celje.

Education

Museum puts a great effort on international educational program called School of Museology Celje 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.

Every year they organise also Summer School of Museology on the Slovenian coast in historical town of Piran. This year's topic was Museums and Turism.

See also

• Josip Pelikan Photographic Studio, Celje
• Stari Pisker Prison, Celje

External links

• Collection of museum items
• School of Museology
• Fund of Alma Karlin
• Museumsakademie Joanneum Graz
• Reinwardt Academie Amsterdam