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Municipal museum Idrija
| Municipal museum Idrija The Municipal museum Idrija was established in 1953. Its mission is preservation of the cultural heritage in the fields of history, recent history, ethnology, history of arts and technical heritage in the area of Idrija and Cerkno. Since 1954 it has had its headquarters in the castle Gewerkenegg in Idrija, where visitors can see the permanent exhibition on the 500-years-long history of the mercury mine and the town, a rich geological collection with over 2.600 pieces of aggregates, fossils, ores and minerals, as well as a collection of bobbin Idrija lace. For the exhibition and for its efforts the museum was awarded the prestigious prize of the Luigi Micheletti foundation as the best European museum of technical and industrial heritage in 1997. The permanent exhibition 500 years of the mercury mine and the town Idrija Through this exhibition the 500-years-long history of the underground development of the mine as well as the growth of the town on the ‘outside’. The exhibitiona is a historical and technological presentation of mining and a sociological presentation of the development of the area and the people connected with the mine. It consists of 11 topics: * Milestones of five centuries * Collection of aggregates, fossils, mercury ore and minerals * Documents explain * Views of the town and monuments of the ancestors * Mercury tower * Famous personalities from the history of the mine and the town * Winning of mercury and cinnabar * Forestry and wood transport * Witnesses of the daily life * Historic paintings * Closing of the mine and new economic development in the late 20th century As such it was opened in 1995 and expanded in 2003. It covers over 1000 m sq. The exhibition comprises the technological processes, the historic events, life stories and destinies. It is all supported with original artifacts, replicas or copies, mine maps, schemes, drawings, models and numerous photographs. The exhibition is well explained in a guide brochure. One of the most valuable legacies of the previous decades and centuries of Idrija is the Idrija Lace, handmade bobbin lace, known in Slovenia and abroad. They have deserved their place in the Gewerkenegg Castle, too. The versatile applicability of the Idrija lace is shown through the historic presentation of the different techniques’ development. The most adored of all laces at the exhibition is the so-called Jovanka’s tablecloth, measuring 300 x 180 cm. It is made of Idrija lace only and was meant to be the present to the spouse of the ex-Yugoslavian president Josip Broz – Tito. more>>>www.muzej-idrija-cerkno.si |
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