Professional paper
https://doi.org/10.20302/NC.2018.27.15
Management of Natural History Collection of Gymnasium Karlovac: preparation for the exhibition in 2016 and plans for the future
Luka Čorak
; Karlovac City Museum, Strossmayerov trg 7, 47 000 Karlovac, Croatia
Antun Milinković
; Gymnasium Karlovac, Rakovac 4, 47 000 Karlovac, Croatia
Abstract
The Natural History Collection of Karlovac Gymnasium is one of the oldest and most important school collections in Croatia and is protected as a part of our cultural heritage. For the 250th school anniversary it has been decided to present its contents to the public. Before the exhibition the collection was prepared and restored. This included: determining the initial state of the collection, inventory of the collection, changing the outdated species nomenclature in accordance with modern systematics, determining its value, digitization and restoration. The results showed that there were 1153 items in the collection, 635 (55%) of which were damaged. For 613 (53%) items the data were known. Only biological items were categorized according to their cultural heritage value and 100 (17%) of them have an expert, 336 (56%) an educational and 161 (27%) a historical category. The conclusion is that the collection has been neglected and demands extensive restoration and a suitable storage environment in order to reach its full potential.
Keywords
Karlovac City Museum; natural history collection; school collection; Karlovac Gymnasium; cultural heritage; restoration
Hrčak ID:
202008
URI
Publication date:
30.6.2018.
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