MUSEUMS

MARITIME AND HISTORICAL MUSEUM OF CROATIAN LITTORAL



Muzejski trg 1
Tel: 213-578
Fax: 213-578
Opening hours: Tuesday - Friday: 09:00 - 20:00 (December 9:00-20:00), Saturday and Sundays: 9:00 - 13:00.
URL: www.ppmhp.hr

The Maritime and Historical Museum of the Croatian Littoral Rijeka acquired two museums - Musea civica - the City Museum and City Museum of Sušak. The first dates from the 19th century and its origins relate to the development of museum culture in Rijeka which was enhanced by the donation of a glass to the city by the emperor Franz Joseph I., who expressed a wish that this be deposited in the City Museum. The second - City Museum of Sušak - was established in 1934. They were merged in 1951 and given the name the Museum of the Croatian Littoral, in 1953 this was changed to the National Museum and on 28 June 1961 it was finally changed to the Maritime and History Museum of the Croatian Littoral, which today is located in the Governer's Palace. There are archeological, maritime, ethnographic and cultural-historical sections encompassing rich museum holdings.

A permanent ethnographic display, located on the ground floor, testifies to a fundamental national culture and irrefutable proof of continuation of the Croatian ethnos as well as demonstrating common characteristics of Mediterranean, Dinaric and Alpine cultural circles.
The cultural-historical display is located on the first floor. The White, Red, Green and Yellow showrooms and the Marble State-Room as well as an imposing atrium reflect the former splendour of the palace and the lifestyle of the upper echelons of society at the turn of the century. In the other part of the museum there is a display which represents the style and morphological development of period furniture from Renaissance to historicism. Along with the style and functional value of objects, the visitor will certainly be drawn to a collection of clocks which were made at the beginning of the 18th to the middle of the 20th century.
Throughout the entire display, there is a valuable collection of portraits from well-known public figures of Rijeka, rulers and high-ranking officials. There are also portraits of the rich and famous along with unknown citizens. They offer ample proof of the lifestyle and mentality of Rijeka during that period.
On the first floor there is a memorial collection of Dr. Franjo Kresnik, Sušak physician, a first-class expert of Cremona luteria, renowned world-wide as violin makers.

Entrance fee:

Adults 10,00 kn
Pupils, students 5,00 kn