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Mimara Museum e
Muzej Mimara

Rooseveltov trg 5. Map C4. Tel (01)
482 8100. # Oct–Jun: 10am–5pm
Tue, Wed, Fri & Sat, 10am–7pm Thu,
10am–2pm Sun; Jul–Sep: 10am–7pm
Tue–Fri, 10am–5pm Sat, 10am–2pm
Sun. ¢ Mon. & 8 =

In 1972, Ante Topić Mimara, a
businessman who was also a
collector, painter and restorer,
donated his extensive collec-
tions to the city of Zagreb,
and the Mimara Museum was
set up for their display. The
museum is housed in a Neo-
Renaissance building built by
the German architects Ludwig
and Hülsner in 1895. The
ground floor contains

Museum of Arts

and Crafts w
Muzej za umjetnost i obrt

trg maršala Tita. Map C4.
Tel (01) 488 2111. # 10am–7pm
Tue, Wed, Fri & Sat, 10am–10pm
Thu, 10am–2pm Sun. & 8
http://www.muo.hr

This elegant 19th-century
building contains the finest
collection of applied art in
the country, with an extensive
display of furniture throughout
the ages. Many of the exhibits
are by graduates of the Zagreb
School of Applied Arts, which
has been turning out talented
ceramicists, glass-makers and
graphic designers since its
establishment in 1882. An
outstanding collection of
photography and poster art
is also on display.

Croatian Academy

of Arts and

Sciences r

Galerija starih majstora

trg Nikole Šubića Zrinskog

11. Map E4. Tel (01) 489


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    10am–1pm &

    
    

    5–7pm Tue, 10am–1pm
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In 1876, Bishop

Strossmayer of Ðakovo,

one of the pro po nents

of the pan-Slav move-

ment, had this build ing

con structed to house

the Yugoslav Academy

of Arts and Sciences.

Earlier called the

Gallery of Old

Masters and

Sciences, the build-

ing contains one of the coun-

try’s finest picture collec tions,

most of which was donated by

Strossmayer him self. The col-

lec tion features Renaissance

art including can vases by

Tintoretto and El Greco. In the

entrance hall is the 11th-cen-

tury Baška tablet, bearing one

of the oldest-known inscrip-

tions in the Glagolitic script.

Glagolitic was used by medi-

eval rulers until it was replaced

by the Roman alphabet.

Museum of

Contemporary

Art y

Muzej suvremene

umjetnosti

Avenija Dubrovnik 17. Map A5.

Tel (01) 605 2700. v 14.

# 11am–7pm Tue–Sun, 11am–10pm

Thu. & 8 7 = - 0

http://www.msu.hr

A major centre of avant-garde

art in the years following

1945, the museum, which

opened in 2009, showcases

contemporary Croatian art.

Highlights include abstract

canvases by painters Ivan

Picelj, Aleksandar Srnec and

Julije Knifer and concep tual ist

pieces by Mladen Stilinovič,

Tomislav Gotovac and Vlado

Martek. Interna tional acquisi-

tions include art ist Carsten

Höller’s toboggan slides. The

building is in itself an attrac-

tion, dis playing both moving

images and abstract light

displays on its façade at night.

Archaeological

Museum t

Arheološki muzej

trg Nikole Šubića Zrinskog 19.

Map E3. Tel (01) 487 3101.

# 10am–5pm Tue–Fri (until 8pm

Thu), 10am–1pm Sat–Sun. & 8

by appt. = http://www.amz.hr

The Neo-Classical Vraniczany-

Hafner Palace has housed

this museum since 1945. It

con tains artifacts from all

over Croatia, ranging from

prehistoric finds to Greek

vases and medieval Croatian

jewellery. One of the most

cap tivating objects

on display is the

Vučedol Dove, a three-

legged pouring vessel

in the shape of a bird

which dates from the

Copper Age (c. 2500

BC). Discovered near

Vukovar, it is regarded

as the emb lem of the

museum. Among the

Egyptian mummies on

display is the so-called

Zagreb Mummy,

dat ing from the

3rd cen tury BC.

The Bather (1868) by Renoir in
the Mimara Museum

St Sebastian, Croatian

Academy of Arts

and Sciences

Susanna and the Old Men, Croatian

Academy of Arts and Sciences

archaeological finds, Oriental

carpets and Ming vases. The

first floor concentrates on

applied art and religious sculp -

ture, including some fine medi-

eval statues. On the top floor,

a wide-ranging collec tion of

paintings takes in Byzantine

icons, a Rembrandt, a Rubens,

a Renoir and some delightful

still lifes by Manet.