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Odprti k morju : Rivolti al mare : Open to the sea. 50 th Anniversary of the Maritime Museum "Sergej Masera" in Piran, Republic of Slovenia
Published in 2005. 124 p. ISBN 961-91279-3-5 (pbk)

From the donation of GALEB the first Museum sailboat, to the unique collection of 16 th and 17 th century books in the library, this book is an excellent 50 th anniversary celebration for the " Sergej Masera" in Piran.

The major articles cover all aspects of the Museum's history and have been delicately illustrated with objects and photographs that show an immense amount of detail. The text is predominantly Slovenian with the abstracts translated into Italian and English.

A special feature running through the book is the story of GALEB. Each image of GALEB is centred on a page with a white background adjacent to several days of her ships' log in each of the three languages. The log is set in a vertical wave pattern of blue text on light yellow coloured pages. The reader can almost imagine themselves on board GALEB during the journey.

Another interesting feature of the book is the list of international projects which have involved the museum staff. Featured is the project "All about salt" which was a partnership with Greece , Portugal , Slovenia and Bulgaria and was funded by Phare funds from the European Union. Preservation of traditional salt making, conservation of salt works and funding the Salt Making Museum were three of the elements of the project.

The Museum is also involved in annual regattas, runs a summer school of archaeology and naval history and hosted the ICMM Congress in 2002.

Lists of current Museum projects, catalogues published, former and present staff and statistics of visitor numbers over the years are included.

Overall I found the book extremely interesting and very well designed and presented.

Marleene Boyd
Information Officer
Bill Laxon Maritime Library
New Zealand National Maritime Museum

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European Maritime Heritage Newsletter No 20 - February 2006      Download

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