Croatia Museums & Galleries

The museum was founded in 1832 making it the second oldest museum in Croatia, and one of the oldest in this part of Europe. It displays prehistoric archaeological material from the Old and New Stone Ages (Paleolithic and Neolithic), the Metal Ages (Bronze and Iron Ages), the Roman and Byzantine Periods, as well as archaeological remains from the 7th to the 15th centuries, most of which is tied to the material and spiritual heritage of the Croats.

The Dubrovnik Museums came into being on 5th February 1872 with the foundation of the Dubrovnik Regional Museum. The main initiators were the Chamber of Commerce and its chairman Antun Drobac (1810-1882), a pharmacist, natural historian and collector of natural history specimens, who became the lifetime chairman and the first curator of the museum.

The Dulčić/Masle/Pulitika Gallery was opened in a house at Držićeva poljana 1, which after the Homeland War was renovated by the American government, intending it to serve as a memorial to Ronald Brown, American Commerce Secretary, who died in an air crash flying in to Dubrovnik in 1996. It was opened as a venue where the public could appreciate the works of three important Dubrovnik artists – Ivo Dulčić, Antun Masle and Đuro Pulitika.

Castle in Pazin, medieval fort, is located above abyss called Pazin pit. It was built in a shape of irregular parallelogram that borders spacey inside courtyard. The first mention of the castle is in 983. in the document by which Otton II confirmed donation of land to Poreč bishop. In the middle of XII century castle was donated to Meihard. In the end of the XII century, through marriage, castle is in hands of counts of Gorica until 1373. when the Habsburg family took possession of the castle through inheritance.

Made after the model of complex scientific and technical museums of the world, Zagreb's Technical Museum is of a more general orientation i.e. constitutes a rather complex scientific and technical institution, as opposed to more specialized technical museums covering individual technical fields.