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Slovenian
Fire-fighter's museum of dr. Branko Božič
SLOVENIAN FIRE-FIGHTER'S MUSEUM
OF dr. Branko Božič,
METLIKA
Address: Slovenski gasilski muzej, Trg svobode 5, 8330 Metlika, tel. ++386
7 30 58 697
Founder: Fire-Fighters' Association of Slovenia
Year of founding: 1969
Department: fire-fighting
Permanent collections: The development of fire-fighting up to the
Second World War, publications on fire-fighting, Hace prize winners, and
the Fire-Fighters' Exhibizion Pavilion - 365m2
Outstations: The Fire-Fighters' Collections at Muta, in Sevnica,
Tržič, and Žalec.
Open: from 9:00 to 13:00 every day, from 9:00 to 12:00 on Sundays
and holydays.
Library(number of items): 888
Periodical publications: The Annual of the Slovenian Fire-Fighters'
Museum
The museum was opened on 16 August 1969 at the occasion of the hundredth
anniversary of fire-fighter's activity in Slovenia. The founder of the
museum is Slovenian Fire-fighters Association and Metlika was chosen because
of the fact that the first volunteer fire-fighters association in Slovenia
was established here on 18 th of September 1869.
The historical heritage
of the fire-fighting activity is presented in two exhibition areas in the
Slovenian Fire-fighters's Museum in Metlika.
The first area is located in
the renovated and reorganised building of the previous Metlika cinema near
the castle. There are three exhibition
areas here:
The Gallery is intended for presentation of the development
of fire-fighters' activity until the First World War. The Metlika fire
brigade is presented
as well as various historical materials from all over Slovenia, especially
numerous fire-fighting photos from the period before the First World
War and the oldest fire-fighting newsletter. The visitors can see interesting
helmets, fire-fighter's small hatchets, horns and trumpets, uniforms,
awards, epaulettes, medals, small fire-fighters' tools and models of
the oldest fire engines. The historical materials are completed by paintings
(a night guard, a fire in the medieval town) and valuable fire-fighters'
flags. In the video-corner, the visitors can watch videotapes with fire-fighting
topics.
In the hall, the visitors will find the founders of the fire-fighting
activity in Slovenia as well as the documents and photographs from the
period between the First and the Second World War and also after Second
World War.
There are also numerous interesting small fire-fighting objects
in this exhibition area and an impressive hook ladder owned by fire-fighters
from Kamnik, which was bought in Vienna in 1889.
In the cellar area some old fire engines are diplayed which the Slovenian
Fire-fighter's Museum received as a gift from the Technical Museum
from Bistra.
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Občina Metlika
Mestni trg 24
p.p. 38
8330 Metlika
tel. ++386 7 30 63 100
E-mail:
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