Croatian History Museum

History museum in Zagreb, Croatia

Croatian History Museum

Hrvatski povijesni muzej

Entrance of the Croatian History Museum building

Former name

| Croatian National Historic Museum
Location| Matoševa 9, Zagreb, Croatia
Coordinates| 45°48′58″N 15°58′20″E﻿ / ﻿45.8160°N 15.9723°E﻿ / 45.8160; 15.9723
Type| History museum
Accreditation| Croatian Museum Council
Collections| 17
Collection size| 300,000
Visitors| 12,167 (2017)[1]
Website| www.hismus.hr/en

Croatian History Museum (Croatian: Hrvatski povijesni muzej) is a museum of history located in the Vojković Palace [hr] on Antun Gustav Matoš Street in the historic Gornji Grad district of Zagreb, Croatia. The museum holdings consist of around 300,000 objects divided into 17 collections.[2] In addition to a part of the Meštrović Pavilion, it also administers the Ivan Goran Kovačić Memorial Museum in Lukovdol.[3]

The museum was formed in 1940 as the Croatian National Historic Museum (Hrvatski narodni historički muzej), stemming from the former National Museum (Narodni muzej), which was formed in 1846 (see also Croatian Natural History Museum).[2]

The museum does not have a permanent display. Instead, it only holds temporary exhibitions due to lack of space. In order to remedy this problem, the building of the Zagreb Tobacco Factory (Tvornica duhana Zagreb) was assigned to the museum in 2007, but as of 2015, the museum remains in Matoš Street.[2] The museum building was damaged in the 2020 Zagreb earthquake and remains closed to visitors as of 2021.[4]

## Collection

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The museum holdings are part of 17 collections:[5]

* Archaeology Collection
* Arms and Armoury Collection
* Collection of Decorations, Plaques, Medals and Badges
* Documentary Collection I
* Documentary Collection II
* Collection of Flags and Streamers
* Heraldry and Sphragistic Collection
* Map Collection
* Miscellaneous Collection
* Numismatic Collection
* Collection of Objects from Everyday Life
* Collection of Paintings, Prints and Sculptures
* Collection of Photographs, Films and Negatives
* Collection of Religious Artefacts
* Collection of Stone Monuments
* Twentieth Century Art Collection
* Uniform Collection

The holdings are housed in the Vojković Palace and part of the Meštrović Pavilion.[3]

## Library

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The library of the Croatian History Museum was founded as a department of the National Museum. In 1854, the National Museum library held over 10,000 volumes. It was gradually enlarged through buying and donations, through the work of the National Museum director Spiridon Brusina.[6][7] At the split of the National Museum into specialised museums, its library was split as well. The library of the Croatian History Museum was in 1959 housed in the museum building in the Vojković Palace, where it remains today. The library contains c. 20,000 books, including four incunabula and several manuscripts, as well as a number of books printed as early as the 17th century. The primary method of book acquisition are donations and book exchanges, leading to an average of 300 new books yearly.[7]

## See also

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* Museum of Serbs of Croatia, established in 1943, became part of the Croatian History Museum in 1963[8][9]

## References

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1. ^ "Posjećenost hrvatskih muzeja u 2017. godini" (PDF). mdc.hr (in Croatian). Zagreb: Museum Documentation Center. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
2. ^ a b c "About us". Croatian History Museum. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
3. ^ a b "Croatian History Museum". Zagreb: Museum Documentation Centre. Archived from the original on 26 November 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
4. ^ "Posjetite nas" (in Croatian). Croatian History Museum. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
5. ^ "Collections and Departments". Croatian History Museum. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
6. ^ Ćaleta, Darija (February 1999). "Iz povijesti knjižnice Hrvatskoga prirodoslovnog muzeja" [From the history of the library of the Croatian Natural History Museum] (PDF). Informatica Museologica (in Croatian). 29 (1–2). Zagreb: Museum Documentation Centre: 45–50\. ISSN 1849-4277. Retrieved 14 August 2015.1–2&rft.pages=45-50&rft.date=1999-02&rft.issn=1849-4277&rft.aulast=Ćaleta&rft.aufirst=Darija&rft_id=http://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id;_clanak_jezik=210993⟨=en&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Croatian+History+Museum" class="Z3988">
7. ^ a b "Knjižnica" (in Croatian). Croatian History Museum. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
8. ^ Liljana Vukašinović (September 2016). "Gdje je nestala muzealizacija srpske kulture". Prosvjeta: Novine Za Kulturu. SKD Prosvjeta. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
9. ^ Dragan Bulatović (2023). "Kakav beše Muzej Srba u Hrvatskoj ili kako danas o njemu govoriti? Studija slučaja nekritičkog muzeja". Tragovi: Journal for Serbian and Croatian Topics. 6 (1). Serb National Council & Archive of Serbs in Croatia: 201–211.201-211&rft.date=2023&rft.au=Dragan+Bulatović&rft_id=https://hrcak.srce.hr/303539&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Croatian+History+Museum" class="Z3988">

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