The area between Pohorje and Haloze, today the municipalities of Slovenska Bistrica, Makole, Oplotnica and Poljčane, represents a spatial geographical unit with a common past. It has been an important transitional territory, as testified by historical findings, written and other documents. The collection of the Josip Vošnjak Library in Slovenska Bistrica offers a large variety of the 19th and 20th century postcards, most of them have been digitised. Old postcards are an invaluable cultural heritage and an excellent source for researching and discovering our past. They have an important documentary value, as they give evidence of a place and the life of its people in the past. Old postcards can be used for studying changes in the cultural landscape, everyday life and political situation, history of castles, churches, buildings that have disappeared long ago, to observe the development of tourism …

The collection includes selected postcards from the Josip Vošnjak Library in Slovenska Bistrica, as well as some literature about the past, especially about the way of life and traditional customs in the area.