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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  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.

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• 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 is a public museum that 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. Museum has five permanent exhibitions 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. Museum is a member of ICOM. Museum's Head of Department of communication and public relations is Andreja Rihter which used to be Minister of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia from year 2000 until 2004.

History of the museum

• 1951 a department for the History of the National Liberation War was established at Celje Municipal Museum.
• 1963 this became an independent cultural institution. Museum moved into premises of former townhall of Celje (1830–1963) where is situated today.
• 1979 the museum obtained additional premises
• 1987-89 a permanent exhibition on the development of the town of Celje after the Second World War was set up.
• 1991 the institution was renamed the Celje Museum of Recent History.
• 1993 the museum opened its dentistry collection, donated to the museum by private collector Dr. Franc Štolf.
• 1995 first Slovenian Children's Museum Herman's Den 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

Alma Karlin

School of Museology