Category: Actual
The 27th international competition for artworks made by children
Museum of Recent History Celje invites you to participate in the 27th International Competition for Artworks Made by Children.
Children, aged 6 to 12, are invited to create artworks to help shape the Herman’s Gallery functioning in the framework of the Children’s Museum “Herman’s Den”.
The theme of this year’s competition is “ MIRROR ME”.
A happy 2023!
The 26th international competition for artworks made by children
Museum of Recent History Celje invites you to participate in the 26th International Competition for Artworks Made by Children. Children, aged 6 to 12, are invited to create artworks to help shape the Herman’s Gallery functioning in the framework of the Children’s Museum “Herman’s Den”.
The theme of this year’s competition is “ THE ANIMAL KINGDOM”.
The 25th international competition for artworks made by children
We sucesfully finished the 25th international competition for artworks made by children, entitled “ FROM THE WORLD OF TOYS”.
The international competition for children aged 6 to 12 was open from September 2020 until January 2022. We recieved 534 artworks from 14 different countries all over the world.
Children were placed in two age groups: I. (6 -9 years) and II. (10 -12 years). We awarded 10 artworks and granted 50 special recognition awards in each category, all children received an electronic certificate attesting that they participated in the international competition.
International Museum Day 2021
Since 1977 International Council of Museums ICOM 18 May is marked as the International Museum Day, with the aim of raising the awareness of museums in the society and its development. Each year many museums, including the ones in Slovenia, participate.
These year’s IMD 2021 theme is The Future of Museums: Recover and Recreate.
On the occasion of the International Museum Day, on 18 May 2021, we invite you to our museum, where you can see all permanent and occasional exhibitions free of charge from 9am to 5pm.
Summer museum night
18.00-24.00 SUMMER MUSEUM NIGHT / free entrance:
19.00 Stari pisker (Old pot), guided tour
18.00-23.00 Revival of Street of craftsmen and museum pharmacy with museum volunteers and masters of trade
Special offer in the museum shop (50% discount on publications MnZC)
18.00-21.00 Opening hours of Skylight photographic studio of Josip Pelikan in Razlagova ulica 5
18.00-20.00 Photoshooting at the Skylight photographic studio of Josip Pelikan/ summer-night discount
Temporary exhibition Herman’s gallery: Earth, a colourful planet
In January 2020 we opened a new temporary exhibition entitled Herman’s gallery: Earth, a colourful planet in Children’s museum Herman’s den.
The Herman’s gallery was created with the acceptance of the International competition for artworks made by children, which was carried out by the Institute for creative development of young people of Mihailo Lišanin for 21 years.
On the occasion of this year’s competition for children aged 6 to 12 we received 632 artworks from 18 different countries. Children participated in two age categories, in each we awarded 10 artworks and granted 50 special recognition awards.
The exhibition features 20 original award-winning artworks, in addition 100 works that received special recognition are on display at the projection. All awarded artworks are also part of museum collection Herman’s gallery.
Exhibition will be opened until 1 March 2020.
Herman the Fox also invites you to participate in the 23rd International competition for artworks made by children, this year entitled “Love”.
Happy holiday season
Happy holiday season and an optimistic year 2020 from the entire crew at the Museum of Recent History Celje!
Temporary exhibition Culture to the People!
In Decembre 2019 we opened a new temporary exhibition entitled Culture to the people!.
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Cultural society Svoboda Celje, we present a century-long history of one of the most numerous and active societies in Celje.
The founding member and initiator of the Social democratic cultural society Vzajemnost (Reciprocity), which was soon renamed to Svoboda (Freedom), was Ivan Cankar. The purpose of the society, established in Ljubljana in 1909, was to developed cultural and educational work among Slovenian working-class people through various cultural and sports activities. Svoboda established branches in the industrial centres of Slovenia, including a branch, which was established in Celje in 1919. Svoboda Celje was one of the most active in Slovenia; that is why in 1935 Celje hosted the famous working-class cultural manifestation Zlet Svobod (gathering of different sections of Svoboda) with around 10.000 participants.
After WWII, Svoboda established itself on new foundations and expanded its activities in the field of mass culture. Still, her mission remained the same – to convey culture to the workers and to integrate them into cultural events. In the second half of the 20th century, various sections were active within Celje society, presenting the results of their work at the annual parade Svoboda poje in igra (Svoboda sings and plays). It was the massiveness that was the hallmark of this cultural society; this way of spending leisure time is unimaginable these days, in times of shopping malls, mass media and social networks. The restructuring of Celje industry gradually transformed the traditional working-class, its identity and culture. As a result, at the turn of the century, activity of the society changed dramatically, and Svoboda gradually lost its former role. Today, the functioning of Svoboda Celje is beyond compare with the golden years of the past decades. In the last quarter of the 20th century, the Association of Svoboda Society, of which Celje was also a part, gradually transformed into todays Union of the Cultural Societies of Slovenia.
The phrase “Culture to the people!” was used as a motto on the official letters and publications of the society during the times of socialism.
