ICOMAM CONFERENCE 2018: War and Peace, Fear and Happiness

30th September – 3rd October 2018 Ljubljana, Pivka, Maribor / Slovenia

Organizers: - ICOMAM - Forum of Slavic Cultures Co-organizers in Slovenia: - ICOM Slovenia, - National Museum Slovenia, - Slovenian Armed forces Military Museum, - The Park of Military History in Pivka

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DRAFT PROGRAMME

Sunday, 30 September 2018 During the day Arrival of the participants and accommodation Venue: National Museum of Slovenia – Muzejska ulica 1, Ljubljana 12.00 – 14.00 Guided Tour in National Museum of Slovenia including hands-on presentation of selected objects by Mr. Tomaž Nabergoj* Venue: Tromostovje – Prešeren monument 14.15 – 16.30 Guided tour in old city center and Ljubljana Castle by Mr. Tomaž Nabergoj* Venue: National Museum of Slovenia – Museum Quarter Metelkova, Maistrova 1, Ljubljana 15.00 – 17.00 ICOMAM Board Meeting 17.00 – 20.00 Registration 17.00 – 18.00 Opening of the ICOMAM Conference 2018 Inaugural Addresses - Mrs. Barbara Ravnik, PhD, Director of the National Museum Slovenia - Mrs. Andreja Rihter, PhD, Director of the Forum of Slavic Cultures - Mrs. Eva Sofi Ernstel, President of ICOMAM - Minister of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia (tbc) 18.00 – 19.00 Guided Tour in National Museum of Slovenia 19.00 Reception & Networking *optional

Monday, 1 October 2018 Venue: Parking Place Tivoli I 08.00 Departure to Park of Military History Pivka Venue: Park of Military History Pivka 09.00 – 09.45 Inaugural Addresses - Mr. Janko Boštjančič, Director of the Park of Military History Pivka - Mrs. Kaja Širok, PhD, President of ICOM Slovenia - Mrs. Eva – Sofi Ernstell, President of ICOMAM - Mr. Robert Smrdelj, Mayor of the Municipality of Pivka - Mrs. Andreja Rihter, PhD, Director of the Forum of Slavic Cultures 09.45 – 10.20 War and Peace, Fear and Happiness – Working in Panels (Part I) Moderator: Mrs. Andreja Rihter (Slovenia) Special guest: - Mr. Aleksandr Nikonov, Central Armed Forces Museum (Russian Federation): Museums in the Epoch of Wars and Social Upheavals: Loss and Gain (Theses) 10.20 – 10.40 Coffee Break http://www.fsk.si 2 http://network.icom.museum

10.40 – 12.00 - Mr. Janko Boštjančič, Park of Military History Pivka (Slovenia): Park of Military History. A witness of rich military history - Mrs. Vyara Tzvetanova Petkova (Bulgaria): The fate of Soviet and Russian monuments in the 21 century Bulgaria - Mrs. Negar Sagharichi, Malek National Library and Museum (Iran): From War to a Shelter for Peace and Identity Recovery. An Identity Recovery Program - Mr. Martin Šolar, Kobarid Museum of the 1st World (Slovenia): 12.00 – 13.00 Break for Lunch 13.00 – 14.30 Visit Open Depo Museum of Modern History Slovenia 14.30 – 17.00 War and Peace, Fear and Happiness – Working in Panels (Part II) Moderator: Mr. Janko Boštjančič (Slovenia) - Mr. Adel Al-Faqih, Military Museum of Yemen (Yemen): The historical memory of wars in the Middle East, renewed conflict and the absence of peace in Yemen is a model - Mr. Peter Johnston, National Army Museum (England): (Cold) War and Peace: Marking the British Army's service in Germany sinec 1945 - Mrs. Katarzyna Maniak, National Museum in Krakow (Poland): The Reverse. Artistic practices in view of heritage conflict - Mr. Kay Smith and Mrs. Ruth Rhynas Brown, Independent scholars (England): The Rocket in War and Peace 17.00 – 18.30 Guided Tour of the Park of Military History 18.30 – 20.00 Dinner at the Museum 20.00 Departure from Pivka towards Ljubljana 21.00 Arrival in Ljubljana

Tuesday, 2 October 2018 Venue: National Museum of Slovenia - Museum Quarter Metelkova, Maistrova 1, Ljubljana 09.00 – 11.00 Presentations of Museums: New Exhibitions – New visions (Part 3) Moderator: Barbara Ravnik (Slovenia) - Mr. Tomaž Nabergoj, PhD, National Museum of Slovenia (Slovenia) - Dr. Nicole Hartwell, National Museums of Scotland (UK): British military collecting of objecst from Africa and India during the period 1750 to 1900 - Mr. Li Rui, Museum of the War of the Chinese People’s Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (China): Telling History, Cherishing Peace - Mrs. Ivana Leskovec, Idrija Municipal Museum (Slovenia): Franja Partisan Hospital – European heritage label - Mr. Lauri Haavisto, Military Museum of Finland (Finland): Finish Defence Forces 100 years at War and Peace exhibition

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- Mr. Michail Dziewulski, National Museum in Krakow (Poland): Game of Heritage. Attribution of arms and armour in the lands of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 11.00 – 11.30 Coffee Break 11.30 – 12.30 Presentations of Museums: New Exhibitions – New visions (Part 3) Moderator. Tomaž Nabergoj (Slovenia) - Mr. Robert Cassar, Palace Armoury (Malta): Remembering the Great Siege of Malta through paintings, arms and armour - Mr. Radoslav Simeonov Kolev, Department of Military Monuments and Military-Patriotic Education of the Social Policy Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of the republic of Bulgaria (Bulgaria): The Military Cemetery in Dobrich or how Bulgarians and Romanians overcame the Balkan Nationalism during the first World war - Mr. Jesus Anson, Museo del Ejercito, Toledo, Spain; The encrypted of the King Ferdinand and el Gran Capitan (the Great Captain) 12.30 – 14.30 Break for Lunch 14.30 – 15.30 Presentations of Museums: Projects in preparation – New Partnerships Moderator: Tomaž Nabergoj (Slovenia) - Dr. Natasja Peeters, War Heritage Institute Brussels (Belgium): The old and the beautiful. Succession planning in military museums - Mrs. Monika Mazur, National Museum in Krakow (Poland): The Heritage of the distant neighbour. Research and conservation of foreign arms based on yataghans from the collection of the Museum of the Jagiellonian University and national Museum in Krakow 16.00 – 17.00 Assembly of ICOMAM – Announcement of our President ICOMAM: ICOMAM 2019 in Japan 18.00 – 19.30 Dinner and socializing evening

Wednesday, 3 October 2018 Venue: Parking Place Tivoli I 08.00 Departure from Ljubljana via 2 directions Direction 1 Direction 2 Ljubljana – Celje – Maribor Ljubljana – Ptuj – Maribor Guided by Mr. Tomaž Nabergoj Guided by Mr. Tomaž Lazar - Regional Museum Celje visit - Regional Museum Ptuj – Ormož visit - Coffe and refreshment - Coffe and refreshment - Strnišče: Hospital and Military Camp - Strnišče: Hospital and Military Camp of IWW visit of IWW visit - Regional Museum of Maribor visit - Regional Museum of Maribor visit Venue: Military museum of Slovene armed forces, Engelsova 15, Maribor 16.00 – 16.15 Welcome speech by Mr. Miran Fišer, Chief of the Slovenia Armed forces Military Museum http://www.fsk.si 4 http://network.icom.museum

16.15 – 17.15 Lunch in Kadetnica in Maribor 17.15 – 19.00 Military Museum of Slovenia in Maribor visit and discussion of the day 19.00 Departure from Maribor towards Ljubljana 21.00 Arrival in Ljubljana

Please pay attention! National Museum of Slovenia has two locations.

National Museum of Slovenia, Metelkova, Maistrova 1 National museum of Slovenija, Muzejska ulica 1

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Ljubljana, 3 September 2018

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National Museum of Slovenia The new venue of the National Museum of Slovenia (besides the main 1888 museum building with the permanent exhibition focused on the earliest history, situated on Prešeren street next to the Parliament building) is housed in the ex-barracks complex on Metelkova street, not far from the main http://www.fsk.si 5 http://network.icom.museum

Ljubljana railway station and the Clinical Center. The transformation of the one-hundred-year-old barracks complex, comprising the Slovenian Ethnographic Museum, The Museum of Contemporary Art, The Slovenian Cinemateque and the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage, was designed by the local Architectural Bureau Groleger and Miroslav Kvas. In the glass-clad extension the National Museum building (with nearly 4000 square meters space) has an underground storage and a string of restoration workshops as well as a lecture room, while the exhibition galleries are on the ground floor (for temporary exhibitions and displays) and on the first and the second floors the permanent exhibition.

Park of Military History The Park of Military History is a new museum and tourist centre located in the old Pivka barracks complex. The barracks were built by the Kingdom of Italy around 1930 in order to defend the Rapallo border. From 1945 to 1991, the barracks were home to the Yugoslav People’s Army. The Park of Military History has been developing within the complex since 2004. Over the last couple of years, the Park of Military History has experienced an intensive development and quickly became the largest museum complex in the Republic of Slovenia as well as one of the largest military-historical complexes in this part of Europe. It displays various museum exhibits and diverse museum collections which offer visitors a unique insight into Slovenian national history as well as world history.

Regional Museum in Celje

The Celje Regional Museum, the second oldest museum in Slovenia, is situated in the old centre of the town. Its collections (from the prehistoric times till I. World War) are exhibitet in the The Old Counts`Mansion and the Princely Palace. The visitors should't miss the famouse Celje Ceiling, in situ presented remains of Roman town Celeia and the story of famous dinasty of the Counts of Celje. Visitors are cordially invited for a guided tour through the ancient ruins which tell the story of the rich history of Celeia.

The basement of the Princely Palace – beneath the palace's courtyard – houses the largest exhibition with in-situ preserved remains of ancient Celeia. The astonishing monuments from almost 2000 years ago are supplemented with textual and pictorial explanations. https://www.pokmuz-ce.si/en/

Regional Museum of Maribor

The Maribor Regional Museum is a public museum involved in the collection, preservation, examination, exhibition and popularization of movable cultural heritage in the fields of archaeology, ethnology and the wider cultural history throughout the region of Maribor. The year 1903 is regarded as the museum’s year of birth. The museum’s current collection is the heritage of the collections of three different museums.

The collection of arms and armour is considered to be one of the largest in Slovenia and includes weapons and equipment from late medieval times to the middle of the 20th century. Among the oldest artefacts in the collection are Franconian swords from the 13th and 14th centuries and combat thrashers with movable heads from the 16th century. The sword breaker from 1620 is unique. In http://www.fsk.si 6 http://network.icom.museum

addition to cold and older firearms the collection also holds artistically designed hunting rifles from the 18th and 19th centuries, military rifles from the former Austro-Hungarian army and other World War I armies. http://www.museum-mb.si/about_the_museum

Military Museum of Slovenia in Maribor

The Military Museum collects, documents, preserves, studies, examines and presents museum material related to life and work of the Slovenian army. The Museum portrays different historical periods that shaped the present image of Slovenia, its inhabitants and its army. It also monitors and documents the Slovenian army development. Collections include museum objects, archive and library material, visual art works, videotheque and photographs. The Military Museum actively participates in organizing a museum collection of armoured vehicles and artillery-rocket weaponry at the Military History Park in Pivka.

The Museum annually publishes one or two issues of the military history anthology called “The Military History” containing professional articles about the history of the Slovenian Army. http://www.vojaskimuzej.si

Regional Museum Ptuj – Ormož

Castle of Ptuj hosts the most visited and represenatitve collections of The Regional Museum Ptuj – Ormož. Ptuj Regional Museum is a general museum with collections and sections for archaeology, history, cultural history, ethnology, restoration workshops and other services. It was founded in 1893, when the Museum Society in Ptuj was established and archaeological findings were exhibited in the then lower grammar school. http://pmpo.si/en/

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