Zagreb Ethnographic Museum ( Croatian Etnografski muzej u Zagrebu ) - Museum of Croatian Ethnography in Zagreb. Founded in 1919. Contains a large collection of works of decorative art and household items from the Croats.
| Ethnographical museum | |
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| Hor. Etnografski muzej u zagrebu | |
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| Founding date | 1919 |
| Location | |
| Address | Zagreb , pl. Mazhurnicz, 14 |
| Director | Damodar Frlan |
| Site | emz.hr |
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General Information
The Ethnographic Museum of Zagreb is located in a historic building-monument of architecture in the Art Nouveau style and is located at: pl. Mažuranića / Trg Mažuranića, 14, Zagreb-10000 (Croatia).
The museum building is a former urban craft house.
Working hours of the museum institution [1] :
- on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays - from 10.00 to 17.00;
- on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays - from 10.00 to 13.00;
- on Mondays closed.
Director of the museum - prof. Damodar Frlan (prof. Damodar Frlan).
From the history and exposure
The Museum of Ethnography in Zagreb was founded in 1919 on the initiative of Salamon Berger, a textile merchant and industrialist from Slovakia . He was one of the first to provide the institution with a very large collection of national costumes and fabrics.
Currently, the collection of the Zagreb Ethnographic Museum has about 80,000 items. In the museum collections there is mainly the ethnographic heritage of the Croatian people, presented in two main themes - Croatian folk costumes and certain items of folk art and handicrafts, as well as the main branches of the national economy and crafts.
Collections of the Ethnographic Museum in Zagreb:
- non-european cultures department;
- a collection of folk costumes from the Dinar region;
- the collection of folk costumes of the Adriatic;
- collection of folk costumes of the Pannonia region;
- collection of traditional jewelry;
- fabric collection;
- collection of folk musical instruments;
- collection of pottery and wickerwork;
- a collection of small decorated items of wood;
- collection of household items;
- collection of traditional household items;
- a collection of items related to customs and beliefs.
Gallery
holiday cakes | corner of a peasant hut, cleaned up for christmas | bride clothes | chest |
Notes
- ↑ Hour of Robot (Museum) Archival copy of March 12, 2013 on the Wayback Machine on the Museum's web page Archived March 16, 2013.
Links
- Museum website (Croatian) (English)