Zavod za kulturo Slovenska Bistrica

EXHIBITIONS & OTHER COLLECTIONS

Celeia-Poetovio Roman Road Exhibition:		Arko’s Ethnological Collection:
The exhibition was prepared by the Provincial Museum Maribor. Its contents concept was implemented by a citizen from Bistrica – the archaeologist Stanko Pahič. It was prepared in two logical complexes. In the first one there is a presentation of a general Roman roads construction statement (also a model), and in the second one a precise and substantial Roman road disclosures processing on premises in the municipality of Slovenska Bistrica (from the entrance at Spodnje Grušovje to the exit at Gaj below Pragersko). From the professional standpoint the exhibition is very perfect.	The collection carries the name after Miljutin Arko, the deceased principal of the Registry Library in Slovenska Bistrica. It includes over 4200 ethnological objects from the Slovenska Bistrica municipality area. In the Slovenska Bistrica exhibition grounds it is found on two locations and integrated topics units (separately ceramics, and separately other topics).

Tomažič’s Memorial Room:		Ingolič’s Memorial Room:
Jože Tomažič, the writer of known Pohorje legends and fairy tales, a pedagogue and theatre fancier, was born at Tinje in Pohorje. The memorial room is a presentation of his career (fairy telling, pedagogical work, painting, and theatre). It is necessary to mention the role of the illustrator Jože Beranek who has also found his place at the exhibition.	The writer Anton Ingolič was a native from Bistrica (Spodnja Polskava, 5 January 1907 - 12 March 1992). In the memorial room there is his working room with about 2500 literary units from the writer’s library, including his furniture and original manuscripts.

Banner Room:		Pajtler’s Collection of Fossils and Minerals:
Combatants organisations and other leagues and societies of the semi-ancient local history banners are displayed in the room.	It is displayed in two rooms; in the first room there is a systemic presentation of fossil finds, and in the second one a presentation of minerals where the Mikl-Vojsek Collection should specially be mentioned. There approximately 1600 of all the exhibited specimen; and in the depository there is additionally kept about 11000 pieces.

Prayer Books Collection:		Pohorje Crockery:
There is presented over 90 prayer books at the exhibition, from the oldest to the today'’. There are the Slovene and foreign specimen. Over 450 examples of different prayer books are gathered in the collection Chromium-lithography . is likewise included into the exhibition. There are some religious press specimen and other accompanying material.	In the collection there are 36 excellent specimen of typical crockery which forms the highland massive of Pohorje displayed (magma, metamorphic and sedimentary crockery) It is a unique collection of such a scheme in Slovenia.

Bistrica Wine Producers Collection:		Oil Lamps Throughout Time :
12 best wines producers on the territory of Slovenska Bistrica municipality are presented. The collection represents promotion of the quality wines production, and indicates tourist efforts presentation in the municipality wine trade activity.	In the exhibition Oil Lamps Throughout Time there are over seventy very different examples of oil lamps and individual component parts, which show the development of the oil lamp from the oldest to modern ones. They represent excellent movable material, which independently and clearly document the time that “man lived” in relation to light and lamps.

The Collections of Dolls Dressed in Typical Costumes of the World:		The Collections of Minerals from the Municipalities of Slovenska Bistrica and Oplotnica:
The Collection of Dolls Dressed in Typical Costumes of the World was donated to the cultural institute Zavod za Kulturo Slovenska Bistrica by Zora Tomič. In the collection are over 280 samples of puppets and souvenirs, which have been collected from all corners of the world, coming from 43 countries and all continents except for Australia. In the collection there are also Unicef plates, which give the collection additional significance.	The Collection of Minerals from the Municipalities of Slovenska Bistrica and Oplotnica shows the rich world of minerals from within the borders of both municipalities and for which there is no comparison in Slovenia. According to research reports to date and publications on minerals in our municipalities in the year 1835 there were 15 known minerals, in the year 1885 there were 20, and by the year 1995 there were already 24. In the year 2003 the number of known minerals increased to over 70.

Ančnik’s Ancient Fort in Jurišna vas on Pohorje
Ančnik's Ancient Fort in Jurišna vas on Pohorje is among the most significant archaeological sites in the municipality. Archaeological excavations have proven that on this spot, with its fine view, in the 4th century a late Roman settlement stood here; later on in the sixth and seventh centuries also early medieval settlers built on the ruins of the fort. Excavations will continue for at least another few years.