Opening hours:
Tuesday - Sunday: 10:00-18:00
Opening hours:
Tuesday - Sunday: 10:00-18:00
MUSEOEUROPE 2025 - PORTRAITS OF EVERYMEN, HEROES, AND SOCIETY
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 9:00-18:00

Thursday, 2 October, 9.00 a.m.–5.00 p.m.

MUSEOEUROPE 2025

PORTRAITS OF EVERYMEN, HEROES, AND SOCIETY

The international symposium

At the international scholarly symposium Museoeurope 2025 findings on life in Central Europe in the 19th century, as depicted in contemporary paintings, will be presented. The symposium, connected to the temporary exhibition Maribor Painter Eduard Lind, will feature speakers from Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Croatia, and Slovenia. During the symposium, and until 12 October, the Portrait of Prelate Augustin Duda will be on display, on loan from the Portrait of Prelate Augustin Dude, with which he is a guest Museum of the Benedictine Monastery of St. Paul in the Lavant Valley, Austria.

MUSEOEUROPE 2025

(Knights’ Hall)

MUSEOEUROPE 2025 - INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

2-3 October 2025 - Maribor Regional Museum

2 October 2025
8.30-9.00
REGISTRATION
9.00-9.40
OPENING OF THE MUSEOEUROPE SYMPOSIUM
Moderator: dr. Simon Zupan
Catherine McMichael: ROSE COTTAGE Flute Quartet of Maribor Artistic Gymnasium
Dr. Mirjana Koren, Director of the Maribor Regional Museum
Dr Tanja Roženbergar, EMYA (European Museum Forum)
9.40-10.00
Coffee, Tea break / Coffee, Tea break
SESSION 1 - KNIGHTS HALL / SESSION 1
10.00-10.20
INVITED LECTURE / KEYNOTE LECTURE
Dr Gerfried Sitar (Benedictine Monastery of St Paul)
FALL AND LEGACY: THE RE-FOUNDING OF THE BENEDICTINE MONASTERY OF ST. THE RESTORATION OF THE BENEDICTINE MONASTERY OF ST. PAUL ...
10.20-10.35
Dr. Vanessa Hirsch (Altonaer Museum, Hamburg)
BETWEEN HAMBURG AND ALTO: THE PAINTER'S APPRENTICE EDUARD LIND
10.35-10.50
Dr. Valentina Bevc Varl (Maribor Regional Museum)
PORTRAITS BY EDUARDO LINDA ...
10.50-11.05
Dr Andrej Hozjan
ANDREAS TAPPEINER, ENTREPRENEUR AND MAYOR OF MARIBOR
11.05-11.20
Dr Polona Vidmar
ICONOGRAPHIC PECULIARITIES IN PORTRAITS OF MARIBOR'S MERITORIOUS CITIZENS
11.20-11.40
Coffee, Tea break / Coffee, Tea break
2 October 2025 - cont'd
SESSION 2 - KNIGHTS HALL / SESSION 2
11.40-11.55
Dr Klara Radnoti (National Museum of Hungary)
FRANZ LISZT IN THE PANTHEON OF NATIONAL CULTURE - LISZT'S PORTRAIT OF MIKLÓS BARABÁS
11.55-12.10
Brigita Siništaj (Zagreb)
DEPICTIONS OF WOMEN IN CROATIAN ART AT THE END OF THE 19TH AND THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENTURY
12.10-12.25
Dr. Peter Peer (Neue Galerie Graz)
AUSTRIAN LANDSCAPE PAINTING IN THE 19TH CENTURY
12.25-12.45
Discussion / Discussion
12.45-14.00
Lunch break
14.00-14.45
GUIDED TOUR OF THE TEMPORARY EXHIBITION: MARIBOR PAINTER EDUARD LIND
SESSION 3 - KNIGHTS HALL / SESSION 3
14.45-15.00
Dr Miha Valant
»PRAGA CAPUT REGNI«: CHITTUSSIUS'S PANORAMA OF PRAGA ...
15.00-15.15
Dr Petr Tomášek
THE FATE OF AN ARTIST OF HIS TIME: JOSEPH HAIER (1816-1891)
15.15-15.30
Dr Beti Žerovc
PAINTER HEINRICH WETTACH (1858-1929)
15.30-15.45
Portrait revival - Restoration projects
Demonstrations of restoration teams and procedures
15.45-16.00
Maja Hren Brvar
DAMI V RDEČEM / LADIES IN RED
16.00-16.15
Marko Balazic
PORTRAITS OF CHURCH DIGNITARIES BY LINDA
16.15-16.30
Ivana Unuk
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES AT THE EXHIBITION
16.30-16.50
Discussion / Discussion
16.50-17.00
Mag. Oskar Habjanič - Conclusion of the symposium
Evening programme and 3 October
17.00-18.00
GUIDED TOUR OF THE PERMANENT EXHIBITION OF THE REGIONAL MUSEUM MARIBOR
18.00-19.00
SOCIAL MEETING AND RECEPTION - Museum of the Oldest Vine
Departure from the Maribor Regional Museum at 18:00; guided tour of the exhibition and musical programme.
3. október 2025 - STROKOVNA EKSKURZIJA / ACADEMIC EXCURSION
8.30-18.30
Expert excursion to the Benedictine Monastery of St Paul in the Labot Valley
Full-day excursion with organised transport and guided tours.

Contact:
Maribor Regional Museum
Grajska ulica 2, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia
+386 (0)2 228 35 51 - museum@maribor.si - www.museum-mb.si

(The content of the programme is based on the text of the symposium.)

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