Books

dr. Nadja Terčon, Franco Juri, Bogdana Marinac, Snježana Karinja Rex – A Myth from the Shallows From glamour to ruin in a revived memory
The first monograph about the ship Rex in the Slovenian language with summaries in Slovenian, Italian, English, and Croatian, in color, 303 pages.

The Maritime Museum "Sergej Mašera" Piran, in collaboration with numerous experts, connoisseurs of maritime history, collectors, and witnesses from Slovenia, Italy, and Croatia, has prepared and published a comprehensive monograph about the ship Rex. The life story of a great Italian luxury cruise liner, which fused the achievements of shipbuilding and architecture of the time with the luxury of living, has been a source of interest to the domestic and foreign public, individuals, associations and institutions throughout the postwar period.

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Duška Žitko Iztrgano pozabi / Rescued from Oblivion
Iztrgano pozabi / Rescued from Oblivion is an extensive publication on Splošna plovba’s maritime and art collection with a comprehensive overview of the very diverse tangible heritage. The catalogue contains 541 pages and in addition to the seven central chapters a supplementary catalogue of material, artists’ biographies and references.The catalogue’s author and editor is the art historian Duška Žitko. The introductory texts were additionally contributed by Boris Vidmar, Splošna plovba’s Deputy President of the Board and Technical Director, and Franco Juri, Director of the Maritime Museum Piran.

From ISTRA BENZ to ISTRABENZ: 1948-1996
The publication, "From ISTRA BENZ to ISTRABENZ 1948-1996", which contains 232 pages, was published by the Koper Regional  Archives, edited by dr. Jedert Vodopivec Tomažič, designed by Mateja Tomažinčič.
Editorial board of the publication: mag. Nada Čibej, Fabio Ivančič, Ph.D. Aleksander Lorenčič, Deborah Rogoznica, Ivan Simčič, dr. Nadja Terčon and dr. Jedert Vodopivec Tomažič.
Reviewer: prof. dr. Žarko Lazarević and doc. dr. Lev Centrih

Open to the Sea
The publication Open to the Sea was published on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the "Maritime Museum" Sergej Mašera "Piran.

Gorazd Humar Once upon a time Piran had a drawbridge
The book about the Piran drawbridge contains, in a single place, everything that has been known about it so far. And this is not all, for the book presents in an understandable way the precise construction of the bridge, which is unique on a global scale.

dr. Nadja Terčon Sava and Jolanda
The biographical book of the cosultant of the Museum of the sea "Sergej Mašera" Piran dr. Nadja Terčon about Sava and Jolanda tells an interesting life story about the first Slovenian-Yugoslav  female sailors and the intertwining of their stories within the political, economic and social conditions and circumstances of the time.

Dr Nadja Terčon, Bogdana Marinac Marcel Blažina and the art of ship modelling (Exhibition, Maritime Museum »Sergej Mašera« Piran, 21 June 2015 – 15 February 2015)
The exhibition and the publication speak not only of a top modeller and his ship models, but also of a sailor, partisan and worker who lived in various places along the sea, where different ethnicities have co-lived for centuries. They speak about the history of the Trieste littoral region and Istria, of the people who lived there, and the impact of historical events on the life of every individual.

Nadja Terčon To Trieste by boat Shipping in Piran, Izola and Koper and the Ecconomic Role of North-West Istria in Relation to Trieste (1850¬1918)
The book "To Trieste by boat- Shipping in Piran, Izola and Koper and the Economic Role of North-West Istria in Relation to Trieste (1850¬1918)" offers new findings in the fields of maritime history and the history of Istria in the second half of the 19th century.

Duška Žitko El Tartini in piassa
With the well selected photographic, written, cultural-historical and art material, which was presented to the public for the first time at the exhibition in Piran and eventually with the exhibition’s guest appearances in Trieste and Pula, the publication El Tartini in piassa, the story about the monument throws light on numerous significant and highly interesting historical facts.

dr. Igor Presl Ljudje s črnimi prsti (The black-fingered people) Non-textual elements of a 16th-century printed book as a historical source
The dissertation evaluates non-textual elements of a hand-printed book as a primary historical source and presents them systematically through a bibliographic analysis of 16th-century books preserved at the Piran Maritime Museum.