Etnografska baština: izazovi u muzejskim predstavljanjima

Abstract

The paper presents isolated examples in the preparation and realization of the latest permanent display of the Virovitica Town Museum opened in 2019. Special emphasis has been placed on the museum exhibits from the Ethnological Depar -tment, which are to portray everyday life in Virovitica and its surroundings in the 19 th and the 20 th centuries. The objective of the paper is to present museum exhibits of heritage-related significance through a new contextualization within the museum display, unified by a unique topic and a common story. The museum concept, called the Wooden Age , includes topics of wood as a material originally used from prehi story to the present day. The museum exhibits (in both direct and indirect connec tion with wood) are thus connected with everyday life and human activity through the topics of work, identity, money-earning, family, housing, social life, beliefs, and artistic expression. The paper further tackles museum challenges in selecting and preparing the exhibits, composing stories intended to portray material and non-ma terial heritage, and installing museum exhibits based on museographic considerati ons at a protected cultural monument – the manor huse of the Pejačević family.