Through the story of everyday objects that decorate the space of the home, we get to know several Osijek Jewish families. Seemingly ordinary museum material from the Ceramics Collection, like porcelain dishes, vases, cups and plates, majolica jardinières, opens interesting topics about housing culture, decorating the family home and the spirit of collecting.

Analyzing ceramics like any other material testimony, we find informations on where the objects come from, who made them, ordered them or used them. That’s how we connect with the previous owners, we listen to all the happy and sad moments they went through.
Ceramic objects, like silent walls, tell us about the awareness of preserving cultural heritage collected in the family environment for generations. This history in fragments comes from the museum fund preserved from the time of the Second World War. With a glazed surface of ceramic specimens, there are also a lots of stories about dark marks on objects that were torn from family heirlooms.

The lecturer is Gabrijela Odobašić and the event will take place in the Museum of Slavonia.