Uvodnik
EVOLUTION OF THE MUSEUM EXHIBITION "SLOVENE DENTISTRY COLLECTION
Marija Počivavšek
Sažetak
In 1993, the Museum of Recent History Celje was the first to put on display its unique dentistry
collection; we exhibited dentistry instruments, devices and equipment used in the past
by dentists and dental technicians in Slovenia.
Thanks to a private collector from Celje, Franc Štolfa, DMD, a considerable number of
these items have been preserved. He has collected about 3000 artefacts that were donated to
him by individuals from all over Slovenia and which testify to the development of dentistry
in Slovenia in 19th and 20th century. Dr. Štolfa had been cooperating with museums, and in
1991 donated the entire collection to the Museum of Recent History Celje in exchange for
permanent care and protection. Experts from the museum now maintain, protect and document
the collection: they develop it and present it to the public. The main items in the collection
include surgical rooms, dental and dental-technical instruments, devices and equipment,
photographic materials and literature on dentistry.
Over the last decade the dentistry collection has moved several times from one location in
the museum to another, while we continued to work intensively on finding a suitable site
where an exhibition could be set up that would meet museological standards and regulations.
Setting up the exhibition in these spaces is for now an experiment. It, however, gives both the
custodians of the museum and members of the public, at least in terms of Slovene museology,
a unique opportunity to evaluate the concept of the exhibition and think it over. Once a better
solution, in terms of both form and content, is provided, the exhibition will be modified and
put into its final shape.
Ključne riječi
history of dentistry; medical heritage; dentistry collection; museum collections; 19th and 20th century; Celje; Slovenia
Hrčak ID:
101668
URI
Datum izdavanja:
15.12.2007.
Posjeta: 986 *