"20th Century Media" collection is the result of three years research on ways and possibilities to organize and present specific material that was in the City Museum of Zenica. The idea is to, for the first time in the history of modern Bosnia and Herzegovina museography, set a collection that would, in scientific and expert level, inherit material originated in the field of media.
Although in contemporary European and North American culture museums which inherit this type of heritage legacy are not uncommon, in Bosnia and Herzegovina the first serious steps in the field of research and setting up this type of collection are yet to be taken.
Traditional media are certainly pictures, radio, comic, poster, film, the press. Although new media contain elements that characterize the traditional mass media, our disposition to the concept of the collection will not change.
Namely, the emergence of new media and technological advances, stipulate limiting of interest for exhibits acceptable as illustrators of mass media development.
Austrian salon-camera cannot be found in everyday use, neither radio “Kosmaj”, and in danger of complete oblivion are also gramophones, video recorders, video tapes, records, audiotapes, etc. World grabs steps of seven miles to meet Homo Technicus, and these devices, which started a revolution in communication, are also on the brink of extinction, so we must classify them as protected treasure. This is what Zenica City Museum does.
"20th Century Media" collection is the result of three years research on ways and possibilities to organize and present specific material that was in the City Museum of Zenica. The idea is to, for the first time in the history of modern Bosnia and Herzegovina museography, set a collection that would, in scientific and expert level, inherit material originated in the field of media. Although in contemporary European and North American culture museums which inherit this type of...
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