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FROM THE PERSONAL ARCHIVES OF MERITORIOUS MUSEUM PROFESSIONALS: ZDENKA LECHNER
Jozefina Dautbegović
; Muzejski dokumentacijski centar, Zagreb
Sažetak
Zdenka Lechner was born in 1918 in Osijek. She graduated from the Girls’ Real High School in Zagreb; from 1940 to 1945 she
worked in the head office of the Posts and Telegraphs as a clerk. In 1953 she took a degree in anthropology from the Science
and Mathematics Faculty in Zagreb. She started her museum career in the Museum of Slavonia in Osijek, where as curator she
explored the ethnographic area of Slavonia, Baranja and Srijem, for a study of the most important elements of the traditional
culture in the whole area of north-east Croatia.
Now ranked senior curator, in 1965 she moved to the Ethnographic Museum in Zagreb, where she ran the Department of Traditional
Attire of Slavonija, Baranja and Srijem. As well as taking systematic care for the protection of the holdings, she catalogued
objects in terms of collections, carried out procurement, research and publication of the material.
She was importantly linked with the International Folklore Festival in Zagreb, and the folklore festivals Vinkovci Autumn (in
Vinkovci), Đakovo Embroideries (in Đakovo), Youth and Beauty of Slavonia (in Stari Mikanovci), Šokač Jamboree (in Županja)
and folklore events in Donji Andijevci. She also produced numerous proposals for permanent displays in various museums, such
as the Museum of the Požega Basin, today Požega Municipal Museum, the Ethnographic Museum in Split, the Vukovar Municipal
Museum, the Museum of Brod Posavina, the Local History Museum in Našice, and many others. She wrote numerous expert
articles, forewords to catalogues, exhibitions, was a consultant for monographs and directed two ethnologic films. The crown of
her work was certainly the book The Traditional Culture of Slavonia, Baranja and Srijem [in Croatian] published by the Croatian
Association of Folklorists in 2000. Her ample bibliography reveals that she discussed very different topics: pottery, textile handicrafts
and attire, annual customs and other things. Her long and distinguished career brought her 22 medals, commendations,
charters, diplomas and recognitions.
Ključne riječi
Hrčak ID:
174269
URI
Datum izdavanja:
3.2.2015.
Posjeta: 852 *