Professional paper
https://doi.org/10.21857/m16wjce7o9
Museum in the Pot, Barbershop Museum, Grgurevo: Požega Eco-Museum – Pros and Cons
Maja Žebčević Matić
orcid.org/0000-0003-2841-2093
; Gradski muzej Požega, Požega, Hrvatska
Abstract
Being a town rich in cultural heritage and creative people, Požega deserves at least considering the idea of opening an eco-museum as a way of modern museological interpretation, resting upon togetherness with the entire community.
The fact however remains that unusual projects, which exceed the boundaries of ordinary museum operation and way of thinking, cannot take root in communities such as ours.
Judging by the cases of the Museum in the Pot (an unusual interpretation of nonmaterial cultural heritage by the means of the taste and smell of the forgotten dishes) and the Barbershop Museum (the idea of which rests upon reliving an existing museum exhibit in situ – furniture and equipment of an early-20th-century barbershop), the principal difficulty lies in having to deal with additional organizational and legal limitations and demands parallel with the regular ongoing museum activities and existing problems.
Hence, the problems arising from these two projects might potentially be solved by forming a unique eco-museum, which could gather the community around a selfsustaining model for presenting the spirit and the traditional way of life in the past.
Additionally, due to the new conditions, even the Grgurevo custom has become drastically changed and poorly managed. It has thus lost its identity and strength in the community, which has ceased to regard it as a part of its identity. Consequently, Požega Eco-Museum should be seriously considered.
Keywords
Eco-Museum; Museum in the Pot; Grgurevo; Barbershop Museum.
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Publication date:
26.4.2021.
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