Art museums in Croatia

The Croatian Museum of Naïve Art is an art musuem in Zagreb that displays pieces of art of naïve artists of the 20th century. Its collection contains about 2,000 pieces, including paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints. Of the whole collection, the Croatian Museum of Naïve Art displays about 80

The Meštrović Atelier is an art museum in Zagreb that holds a collection of works by Ivan Meštrović. The atelier is an adapted part of the complex that Meštrović renovated at the beginning of the 20th century, when he returned to Croatia after he had become a renowned artist in Vienna, Paris, Rome,

The Museum of Arts and Crafts is a museum in Zagreb that holds more than 160,000 objects spanning from 4th to 20th century, comprising architecture, ceramics, clocks, glassware, furniture, graphic design, musical instruments, objects related to devotion, objects of ivory and metal, painted leather,

The Mimara Museum is a museum in Zagreb that hold the collection of of Ante and Wiltrud Topić Mimara, with objects dating from the prehistoric period up to the 20th century. The works on display in the museum include works by French painters (Georges de La Tour, Boucher, Chardin, Delacroix, Corot, M

The Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb is the biggest and most modern museum in Croatia. The museum holds a collection of around 12,000 objects, of which around 600 are on display in the Museum of Contemporary Art itself. The collection includes works by Croatian artists such as Julije Knifer, Toš

The Art Pavilion in Zagreb is the oldest (art) gallery in Southeast Europe. The gallery specialises in solo and group exhibitions that represent oeuvres and art movements from all periods and styles, with both Croatian and international artists. Because of this, the museum doesn't have an own collec

The Strossmayer Gallery of Old Masters is an art museum in Zagreb that is housed in the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. The collection it holds and exhibits was donated to the city by Bishop Josip Juraj Strossmayer in 1884. The collection contains around 4,000 works, of which around 250 are o

The Glyptotheque of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts is an art gallery in Zagreb. It is a sculpture centre that holds various genres of sculpture that come together to create bizarre themes.

Meštrović Gallery houses the masterpieces of Ivan Meštrović carved in marble, bronze, plaster and wood. The house was built based on Meštrović’s design (1931 – 1939), and was intended to be his family summer residence, working studio and exhibition space. It is surrounded by a Mediterranean garden w

Ivan Meštrović bought a 16th century Renaissance castello and refurbished it according to his own design (1939 - 1941) as a place of peace and contemplation. Into the complex secluded above the sea Meštrović interpolated a cloister with stone Doric columns and the Holy Crucifix church. The cycle of