Collecting in Kremnica before the Founding of the Town Museum in 1890 Cover Image

Zberateľské aktivity v Kremnici pred oficiálnym založením múzea v roku 1890
Collecting in Kremnica before the Founding of the Town Museum in 1890

Author(s): Daniel Haas Kianička
Subject(s): Cultural history, Museology & Heritage Studies, Preservation, 19th Century
Published by: Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, Filozofická fakulta
Keywords: collecting; private and public collections; memory media; museality;

Summary/Abstract: This paper offers a historical study of collecting in Kremnica before the foundation of the Town Museum. Private collecting activities, which go back as far as the 16th century, served both to promote the collector and to preserve personal or family memorabilia. This was also true of first public collections created by the municipal government, schools and various associations and churches. These private and public initiatives combined with the efforts of local scholars result in the founding of the first professionally-run museum in 1890.

  • Issue Year: 1/2013
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 7-20
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Slovak