At NEMO’s European Museum Conference 2024, Alenka Černelič Krošelj will join the session “Are we allowed to talk?” on Tuesday 12 November.
Presentation abstract:
Is a Special Museum Act a fiction, privilege or standard?
Slovenia is one of the youngest European states (since 1991) with a long tradition of protecting its cultural heritage, whereby immovable heritage had more value than movable heritage. This has also been connected and emphasised in legislation. For example, there is a separate act for libraries and archives, while museums are included in the Cultural Heritage Protection Act since 2008, which has been amended several times but the “museum articles” stayed the same.
Alenka Černelič Krošelj will present the activities that the Slovenian Museums Association has undertaken in cooperation with the Slovenian Museum Society since 1991, and especially in the last three years, when they revised the proposal of the Museum Act from 2012 and added contemporary issues and solutions such as sustainability, permanent and independent work in the service of society, climate actions, less influence in governance and appointing directors etc.
In 2024, the government approved the Strategy for Slovenian Museums but on the other hand we still haven't convinced our Ministry of Culture that having a special act is the most important for development of the sector. If we look around Europe, we find special Museum Acts in for example Austria, Croatia, Estonia, France, etc. So why is this such a huge challenge / issue in Slovenia?
