Educational programs
The educational program began as a preparation for the exhibition in 2023 with various lectures and showcase displays of the month. In 2024, individual participating museums prepared various pedagogical and educational programs on the topic of myths, which were very well attended. The exhibition highlights the visibility and reputation of museums, while strengthening inter-institutional cooperation and interdisciplinarity. It expands museological and interpretive knowledge and skills in telling museum stories. It is focused on the common goals of connecting local communities and empowering the public to protect heritage. Each museum contributes objects and knowledge, united under the common theme of myths and narratives and their interpretations.
Koper Regional Museum
December 13, 2023
Showcase of the Month: Heritage and the Power of Myths: Koper Actaeon
December 19, 2023
Lecture: Andrej Preložnik; Koper Actaeon
March 15, 2023 - April 17, 2023
Showcase of the Month: Heritage and the Power of Myths: The Return of the Goddess Isis
March 10, 2024
Museum Matinee: Kristina Menih; Heritage and the Power of Myths: 7 Koper Buildings - 7 Stories Through Time
Ptuj Ormož Regional Museum
November 22, 2023
As part of the project Heritage and the Power of Myths, on 22 November 2023 we held a heritage interpretation workshop at the Ptuj-Ormož Regional Museum in Ptuj Castle (in collaboration with PMPO, SMD, and Zlata kanglica).
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November 30, 2023
As part of the Heritage and the Power of Myths project, on November 30, 2023, we presented the graphic reconstruction of the mosaic at the Salon of Art (in collaboration between the Ptuj-Ormož Regional Museum and the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering). In 2024, the project expanded into a joint exhibition of Slovenian museums.
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March 21, 2024
DDr. Verena Vidrih Perko (Gorenjska Museum, Kranj): Sacred Fire and Family in Antiquity
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April 18, 2024
Dr. Maša Saccara (Regional Museum of Koper): Myths through Museum Objects
You can see the pdf presentation of the lecture at the link below (click on the image).
May 9, 2024
Saša Djura Jelenko, Brigita Rajšter (Carinthian Regional Museum): Love Triangle; St. George
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Carinthian Regional Museum
Lectures
October 20, 2023
Saša Djura Jelenko, Brigita Rajšter, Mythical Landscape of the Mislinja Valley, lecture as part of MUSEOEUROPE 2023, International Symposium, Regional Museum Maribor.
December 13, 2023
Saša Djura Jelenko, Brigita Rajšter, Mythical Landscape of the Mislinja Valley, Love Triangle, Carinthian Museum Evening, Carinthian Regional Museum, Slovenj Gradec.
February 23, 2024
Saša Djura Jelenko, Brigita Rajšter, Mythical Landscape of the Mislinja Valley, Love Triangle, Mislinja, Mislinja Library.
April 23, 2024
Dr. Marko Frelih, The Age of Dragons in Slovenia, Carinthian Museum Evening, Carinthian Regional Museum, Slovenj Gradec.
May 9, 2024
Saša Djura Jelenko, Brigita Rajšter, Mythical Landscape of the Mislinja Valley, Love Triangle, Heritage and the Power of Myths, Ptuj, Regional Museum Ptuj-Ormož.
September 30, 2024
Dr. Katja Hrobat Virloget, Mythical Landscape, lecture and hike as part of the 34th DEKD, 12th TKD Heritage of Paths, Networking, and Connections.
Experiences of the mythical landscape:
June 21, 2023
"Ob kresi se dan obesi" – The Day Hangs at Midsummer, Sunrise Watching, Church of St. Philip and Jacob, Golavabuka, TŠD Vedrin, Turiška vas, Brigita Rajšter.
May 18, 2024
Walk Through the Mythical Landscape of the Mislinja Valley, Guided Hike, Carinthian Regional Museum, Saša Djura Jelenko and Brigita Rajšter.
June 22, 2024
"Ob kresi se dan obesi" – The Day Hangs at Midsummer, Sunrise Watching, Church of St. Philip and Jacob, Golavabuka, TŠD Vedrin, Turiška vas, Brigita Rajšter.
Maritime Museum "Sergej Mašera" Piran
November 28, 2023
Showcase of the month: Snježana Karinja (Maritime Museum "Sergej Mašera" Piran): Victoria / Nike - it's the winning that counts!
November 28 2023
Lecture: Dr. Verena Vidrih Perko (Gorenjski Museum Kranj): The Sacred Fire and the Family in Antiquity; through the myth of Psyche and Eros
The video presentation of the lecture in Slovenian is available at the link below (click on the image).
On the occasion of the exhibition Heritage and the Power of Myths, on Monday, 2 June 2025, we had the opportunity to listen to an extraordinary lecture by Dr Verena Perko "The Secrets of the Dressed and Naked Aphrodite".
June 4 2025
As part of the accompanying programme of the Slovenian museums’ exhibition project “Heritage and the Power of Myths”, we held the first presentation of the sea-themed kamishibai “Victory for Two” at the Maritime Museum.
Through a modern story about friendship, sailing, and the sea, we intertwined ancient myths about the Greek goddess of victory, Nike, and her Roman counterpart, Victoria.
Concept: Snježana Karinja
Storyteller: Špela Pahor
June 7 2025
Saturday Museum Matinee: From Ancient Greece and Rome to Us
At the conclusion of the inter-museum exhibition Heritage and the Power of Myths – Material Culture and Its Interpretation through Myths and Narratives, the Maritime Museum Piran organized a Saturday matinee on 7 June 2025, featuring two presentations and a creative ceramics workshop.
Snježana Karinja presented the gods and goddesses of Olympus, their traits and attributes, with a special focus on the myth of the goddess Athena.
Miha Mlinar presented prestigious artefacts from ancient Greece and other Eastern Mediterranean regions that arrived in the Soča Valley via trade routes between the 7th and 5th centuries BC.
The creative ceramics workshop was organized by Veronika Bjelica and led by Barbara Gogala (Čaj za 2 keramika) and Tina Flego (Gaia Forms Studio). Participants created an owl skyphos.
