Lecturer: Marina Šutalo
The collections of the Museum of Slavonia contain several objects from the family legacy of Makso Büchler. Büchler was an Osijek merchant of Slovak origin, and also the owner of a shop in the city center. A table from his collection was selected for this exhibition, which can currently be viewed at the exhibition "Function, Aesthetics, Passion – Selection from the Furniture Collection of the Museum of Slavonia". As a museum object, it will be observed from three different perspectives. First, as an object of museum material with an emphasis on its aesthetic and heritage value: it is a representative collector's item modeled on the South German Renaissance type of table. Then, as an object in time and space, opening up the topic of Osijek's bourgeoisie from the turn of the 19th to the 20th century. And finally, as an object of culture, where the family table as a place of gathering and sharing will illustrate a segment of Jewish culture. All perspectives will provide insight, as far as possible, into the imagined ethnography of Makso Büchler. Can we learn something about Büchler's life through an analysis of the objects that made up his daily life?