Ljudski muzej Nanija Poljanca Rogaška Slatina
Celjska 20, SI-3250 Rogaška Slatina
Folk Museum Rogaška Slatina
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Collection
It consists of more than 40 different subcollections, from hair samples, autographs and photos of famous people he met, political documents, money, old Tonka and Pelikan photos, oil paintings, sketches, sculptures, family pictures, poem collections, old books, old watches etc. The Folk Museum of Nani Poljanec Rogaška Slatina has the biggest private collection (documents, oil paintings, photos,...) of Serbian and later old Yugoslav royal family of Karađorđevići (1903–1941). To note some of the items there is also group photo of all first Russian Cosmonauts with original signatures and Nikola Tesla's letter.
Personality
Nani Poljanec organised the first concert of Laibach group in Rogaška Slatina in 1993 with set of public performances called Blacksmiths of Future. He is a manager of Teofil Milenković, a wonder child musician that had solo violin concerts when was 6 years old. Nani impersonates Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) from Godfather I in the Hri-bar Show satiric evening program on Slovenian National Television. As Don Corleone he participated at the 2007 Slovenian contest for Eurovision with song Bella mia and almost won.
Museum's public exhibitions
Folk Museum of Nani Poljanec Rogaška Slatina had the first public presentation in Rogaška Slatina in the Old Post Office building in 2005. Outside of Rogaška Slatina he presented the collections in Ljubljana in the Cabinet of the Domestic Research Society (2006) and in Celje Museum of Recent History (2009).
Nani Poljanec's active and diverse way of life also mirrors in his museum that is currently in his private house in Rogaška Slatina. His cabinet study is small, but cosy, filled with so many precious objects which are only small part of his big collection, that he has to store everywhere in his private home. His mission is to donate his private collections to the people of Rogaška Slatina. To establish a public museum that would properly store and present all what his museum has to offer, since Rogaška Slatina doesn't have any public museum that would present town's culture, history and people living in it.
Events and activities
As performer he had performance marathon of 48 hours in Kulturni Dom Rogaška Slatina with concerts, talks, plays, and presentations. He published first Slovenian book on philography (collecting of autographs).
Folk Faculty
Nani Poljanec established his own educational system and Folk Faculty, where he is only student, professor and rector. After every project he publicly gives himself a grade. Nani Poljanec is set to get a MA degree (Majgisterij) for Folk Art and Creation on 10 different subjects which derive from all of his interests. He plans to conclude his studies and end his life project 2069, when he will be 101 years old and will become Phd on Folk Art and Creation.
KunstHaus Top Sekret Gallery
In 2011 Nani Poljanec with a group of friends and collaborators on a secret location established the exhibition space and salon for local intellectuals from the fields of "low" and "high" culture. KunstHaus publishes its own fanzine with contributions in various languages.
International contacts
Nani Poljanec is Rogaška Slatina's cultural attaché and has close relations with descendants of Serbian royal family of Karađorđevići. For the occasion of 75th anniversary of kings Alexander Karađorđević murder (1934) he has exhibited his collection as guest of honour in their mansion in Oplenac, Serbia in 2009.
See Also
External links
- Nani Poljanec and his Folk Museum on YouTube (in Slovenian)
- Philographic Collection of Nani Poljanec on YouTube
- Ljudski muzej Nanija Poljanca in the Cabinet of the Domestic Research Society (in Slovenian)
- Hri-bar Show web pages (in Slovenian)
- Bella Mia on EMA contest for Eurovision Song (2007)
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Folk Museum of Nani Poljanec is a private collection of Nani Poljanec from town Rogaška Slatina that established museum on cult of his personality and interests. +
Folk Museum of Nani Poljanec is a private collection of Nani Poljanec from town Rogaška Slatina that established museum on cult of his personality and interests. +
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