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The Split Archaeological Museum is the oldest museum in Croatia, established in 1820 by a decree of the Dalmatian government in Zadar. [1] Some 150,000 artifacts cover prehistoric times, the period of Greek colonization of the Adriatic , Roman Provincial and Early Christian era to the early Middle Ages and the period of Croatian popular rulers.
The museum's permanent collection includes more than 3,500 works of art dating from the 14th century up to the present day. The holdings provide an overview of all the major art movements and trends in the local area, and include works by Croatian artists and artists from the former Yugoslavia, Italy, Germany, Austria, France, and the Czech Republic, all of whom have a connection to Split.
The Museum of Croatian Archaeological Monuments (Croatian: Muzej hrvatskih arheoloških spomenika) located at Meštrovićevo šetalište 18, Split, Croatia, is the only museum in the country dedicated to researching and presenting cultural artifacts of the Croats in the Middle Ages, between the 7th and 15th centuries, particularly the time of the early medieval Croatian state from 9th to 12th ...
Archaeological Museum, Zagreb; Art Pavilion in Zagreb; Croatian History Museum; Croatian Museum of Naïve Art; Croatian Natural History Museum; Croatian Railway Museum; Croatian School Museum; Ethnographic Museum; Ferdinand Budicki Automobile Museum; Glyptotheque (Zagreb) Institute for Contemporary Art, Zagreb; Klovićevi dvori; Lauba ...
The gallery's holdings today contain 192 sculptures, 583 drawings, 4 paintings, 291 architectural plans (almost entirely made by Ivan Meštrović and dating between 1898 and 1961), and 2 furniture sets, one of which is made according to Meštrović's sketches and is a part of the new permanent display in the former dining room. The Ivan ...
The museum is located in a 19th-century building, itself built within the 17th-century Gripe Fortress. [2] The museum was established in 1997 as a successor to the 1925 Maritime Museum, the Military-Maritime Museum established by the Yugoslav Navy in 1960 while also inheriting the collection of the Maritime Museum of the Yugoslav Academy of ...
Froggyland is a taxidermy collection and museum located in Split, Croatia. It is next to a 4th-century palace built for Diocletian, an emperor of Ancient Rome. [1] The museum is known for its display of 21 dioramas [2] containing 507 different taxidermy frogs posed to appear as if they are participating in human activities.
Museum Night (Croatian: Noć muzeja) is an annual event in Croatia. During one night in the year (usually on the last Friday in January), the entrance fee to most of the museums in Croatia is waived. Museum Night was first held in December 2005, with only six museums from Zagreb area participating, drawing 10,000 visitors. The event evolved to ...