Driving over Kozjak and visiting local historic sites with a local archaeologist
Tag: Museums
Traditional procession to island of Our Lady of Zečevo near Nin in North Dalmatia
Lergina Gradina – Secret Dalmatia donation 2017 for more archaeology discoveries in CroatiaHercules of Brac – in search of ancient quarries
Few weeks back, a friend of mine organized a group to go to Brac Island and learn more on the Roman quarries of Brac. The group was led by an authority on Roman quarries, Dr. Mate Parica who is THE person to go to if interested in ancient quarries. Not only that he has seen the…
Historical and Maritime Museum of Istria
I love maritime museums. A year ago I was in Pula and had some time on my own so I decided to visit their maritime museum. Pula was the most important military naval base of Austro-Hungary and that is my favorite part of naval history: late 19th century and WWI. Since 1961, founded as the…
Gnalic Shipwreck Exhibition at Biograd City Museum
This year’s Night at the Museum we spent at home as it was too cold for a baby to go out. So, it is a perfect opportunity to present one of Croatia’s most exclusive museum collections located in Biograd’s own City Museum. The shipwreck of Gnalic and it’s find was a major news back in…
Euphrasian basilica in Poreč, Istria
It has been a while since I first visited Euphrasian Basilica in Porec – back in 1987 while we took a field trip to Istria. Located in lovely Porec town, it is one of the most exceptional monuments for early Christian architecture and art in Europe and listed with UNESCO as a World Heritage Site….
Aquarium Dubrovnik
Although a country with beautiful sea and sea rich in marine life, Croatia has very few aquariums. The best known is the one in Dubrovnik and it is also the most interesting one despite it’s small collection. Dubrovnik sea aquarium is situated within the walls of the medieval fortress St. Ivan (St. John’s) and it…
Museum of Broken Relationships, Zagreb
It is official: the BEST museum in the World is in Zagreb! It is the most awesome Museum of Broken Relationships and I finally got to visit! I have to say that I have been a fan of the very idea as soon as I heard of it as it is simply brilliant. And the…
Ethnographic Museum of Split
From this year, we will include a visit to the Ethnographic Museum of Split with our private Walking tour of Split. Just before Christmas, my guide Rada took us there for a lovely exhibition of traditional chests that were used to store valuables or personal items. Since I haven’t been there in a while, it…
Krapina Neanderthal Museum – Best museum in Croatia!
So this weekend, since it was holiday, we went to Zagreb to meet some business partners and friends. Zagreb is great in early fall although it was a bit too chilly for us as well as quite foggy in the mornings. We also planned a visit to Krapina to see this great museum we heard…