Gornjesavski muzej Jesenice
Cesta Franceta Prešerna 45, SI-4270 Jesenice
Phone386 (0) 4 583 3500
Managed byJesenice Municipality
Upper Sava Valley Museum, Jesenice
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Collections
Since 2004 the museum has been managing various heritage collections from the region, some are located in Jesenice and some are dislocated. In Jesenice one can visit the Iron-making, Mining and Palaeontologic Collection in Bucellini-Ruard Mansion (here the museum's offices are located), the Ethnological Collection in Kasarna and the Kos Manor House. The Kajžnik Manor Houseis located in Rateče and the Liznjek House in Kranjska Gora. The warehouse for charcoal in the ironworks complex of Stara Sava in Kolpern was renovated in ; and the Slovenian Alpine Museum in Mojstrana.
Highlights of its collections are the art history collection of ecclesiastic and ironworks motives by Nicola Grassi, Janez Potočnik, Anton Karinger, Heinrich Wettach; the collection of the history of iron-making and of mountaineering; a geological and paleontological collection; and the archives of the Kranjska Industrial Society (KID).
In addition to its permanent exhibitions, the museum organises temporary exhibitions out of its collections and cooperates with institutions from Slovenia and abroad.
International cooperation
In 2002 the museum collaborated as a co-organiser in the project Lepa Pušča – Schöne Öde – Bella Brulla / Beautiful Wasteland led by the Universitätskulturzentrum UNIKUM in Klagenfurt (AT), with co-organisers Unione dei Circoli Culturali Sloveni (Zveza slovenskih kulturnih društev), Trieste (IT), Kultur und Kommunikationszentrum St. Johann im Rosental (Kulturni in komunikacijski center Šentjanž v Rožu) (AT) and other partners. Funded by the Culture 2000 programme of the European Commission, the aim of the project was to encourage regional identity and respect of the "unattractive". Artistic happenings and events opened new perspectives for visitors and above all local inhabitants. The authors focused attention on the themes that are characteristic of all three towns in the border triangle of Austria, Slovenia and Italy: water, abandoned industrial objects, railways, museums, everyday and industrial culture and multilingualism.
Three towns of former industrial significance, the steel-making town of Jesenice, Slovenia, the mining settlement of Cave del Predil, Friuli-Julia-Venezia/Italy, and the market town and community of Feistritz im Rosental, Carinthia/Austria, all located close to each others' borders at the junction of the three countries, are the setting for this inter-disciplinary art project. With six examples of art in action in public spaces – installations, exhibitions and media projects – the hidden
Museum library and publishing activities
The museum runs a specialised library and publishes monographies on different local topics concerning the history of places, people habits, and industrial heritage. For example, in 2009 a monography on the history of Kranjska Industrial Society. The museum's exhibitions are usually accompanied by a catalogue.
See also
- Iron-making, Mining and Palaeontologic Collection in Bucellini-Ruard Mansion, Jesenice
- Ethnological Collection in Kasarna, Jesenice
- Kos Manor House, Jesenice
- Kajžnik Manor House in Rateče
- Liznjek House, Kranjska Gora
- Slovenian Alpine Museum
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The Upper Sava Valley Museum, Jesenice originated in 1951 with the foundation of the Jesenice Iron Works Museum at Bucelleni-Ruard Manor House. +
The Upper Sava Valley Museum, Jesenice originated in 1951 with the foundation of the Jesenice Iron Works Museum at Bucelleni-Ruard Manor House. +
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