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workers in Dobrna in 1993, when we lectured on the restoration and care of textiles. Since then,we have regularly appeared at various working groups: in 1999, at a meeting in Bohinj we spokeabout standards and in 2003 in Ptuj we talked about educational issues. Our contributions havealways been published together with other professional papers. We have also participated in theorganisation of themed Museoforums.Care has been taken of those who were thirsty for new knowledge or eager to renew old skills:between 2004 and 2006 we organised very well attended cycles of lectures entitled "Chemistry forConservator-Restorers" and "Let's Learn about Museum Objects". These lectures were given byour colleagues from museums and by external experts. At the same time we encouraged eachother to report on our work in Argo, various collections of papers and exhibition catalogues, so thatgradually bibliographical units appeared in Slovene in contrast to all the other expert literature thatwas in foreign languages.The most tangible proof of our endeavours in this regard is the publication of the Priročnik zamuzejsko konservatorsko-restavratorsko dejavnost (Manual for Museum Conservation andRestoration Activities), started in 2001, which is at the moment the only such reference bookwritten in Slovene. Its origins are in the gazette Fragmenti (1991, two issues), which was a modestbut brave attempt for our voice to reach our colleagues in all the museums. The manual is aimedchiefly at museum employees, which is why every conservator-restorer gets his or her own copy.For the time being, because of the small print run, the publication is not on open sale. Every year,we invite specialist contributions and are thus continually publishing original texts about the generalprinciples and specific procedures of the conservation and restoration of museum objects withregard to the material they are made from, the technology of processing raw materials and themaking of objects, about various techniques and other professional themes – and this is how twoextensive registers are gradually taking shape. This year, the 8th booklet was published, which forthe first time touches upon work in galleries and with it the number of contributions has risen toover thirty. In addition, we are considering how to make it more widely accessible, as it is clear itwould be a valuable source of information when preparing for professional examinations.As mentioned earlier, we also thought it necessary to begin presenting our work regularly to thewider public. One of the first public appearances was at the second Slovene Museum Fair in 1994at the Cankarjev dom conference centre. Under the leadership of the conservation and restorationdepartment of the National Museum, which has always played a leading role in museumconservation and restoration activities and continues to do so, there was an exhibition entitled"Behind the Scenes in Museums", alongside which a leaflet was published, presenting our work tothe public. In 2001 we began organising the Spring Professional Meeting of Conservator-Restorersand as I was opening the first such event with an exhibition of posters in the National Museum, Isaid I found it hard to imagine, but nonetheless hoped that we would at some time be joined byhigh ranking representatives from the Ministry of Culture and colleagues from abroad, and aboveall, by people who have something to show and those interested in our work. In spite of theobstacles and disappointing years our perseverance has paid off and in 2008, 71 people attendedthe meeting, each making a poster showing the highly professional and internationally comparableexamples of their work. So far eight meetings have been organised – usually in late May – at whichwe have exhibited posters about our work in the previous year, while the international character ofthis event is created by our colleagues from Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Italy, Austria andFinland. We have in recent years reciprocated the visit of our Bulgarian colleagues by attendingtheir Conservation Forum in Sophia, while we also occasionally exhibit at the National Museum inBelgrade in the Diana Protection Centre. The meeting in Slovenia is always accompanied by the326[CONDITION OF THE CULTURALAND NATURAL HERITAGE IN THE BALKAN REGION
publication of a catalogue with summaries of the posters, while on the opening day various lecturesand presentations take place. In 2008 we joined the event Museum Month and with the traditionalmeeting involving posters we helped to create the Conservation-Restoration May Transversal,giving the event a different name – the Nada Seldar Days. Thus these events will from now on bededicated to our deceased colleague who dedicated her professional life to conservation andrestoration, and for many years led the workshop at the National Museum. Within this event, manyworkshops around Slovenia opened their doors to the public and organised lectures onconservation and restoration. We were also very successful in taking part at the internationalEuropean Heritage Days 2004 with the theme "Conservation and Restoration in Slovenia". Thisopportunity was used for local presentations; in addition, we took part in the creation of animportant publication that brought our work closer to the public. Moreover, in 2006 we presentedour work to the student population at the Student Arena at the Ljubljana Exhibition and ConventionCentre, when alongside a presentation of Slovene museums we also showed the conservationrestorationactivities within them, which attracted a great deal of attention. Most of the workshopsnow occasionally open their doors to the public, organise lectures and other presentations of theirwork, including exhibitions, at which those interested in our activities can learn more.In recent years we have been increasingly active within efforts directed at the advancement ofprofessional activities connected with museums, especially with regard to conservation andrestoration. In Slovenia we organise conferences and seminars with international attendance. Weare also invited abroad, both as lecturers and presenters, and it is nice to hear the names ofparticular individuals outside Slovenia’s borders or see them in foreign expert literature. Withmembership in international organisations such as ICOM, ICCROM and ICON, and participation atprofessional conferences we have carried the name of Slovenia across its borders by presentingour work and leading working groups. After having attended several triennial ICOM-CCconferences, in 2007 we plucked up the courage to organise in Nova Gorica a conference of theICOM-CC Ceramics and Glass Working Group, which was well received, partly because of thecollection of papers accompanying it. All this is bringing us recognition in professional circles inmuseums and elsewhere and we are increasingly voted onto the leadership bodies of professionalorganisations and appointed to expert commissions and to the boards of institutions. We are nowreaching for the highest professional titles and awards, including since 2008 the award of theSlovene Restoration Society.327[CONDITION OF THE CULTURALAND NATURAL HERITAGE IN THE BALKAN REGION
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