Narodni trg, HR-23000 Zadar
Tel: +385 (0)23 251 851
Open for visitors:
Monday-Saturday: 8-20 h; Sunday: 9-13 h
Closed on holidays.
Attractions-blog
Rector’s palace
Historical sources mention Rector´s Palace in Zadar as soon as the 13th century. From that time until today the edifice has gone through many changes, including the last reconstruction and the grand re-opening on February 10th 2017.
Various cultural events take place in Rector´s Palace – museums expositions, concert halls, halls for temporary exhibitions, video gallery and multimedia theater. In the newly opened exhibition spaces are presented the collections of four departments of the National Museum in Zadar. A continuous exhibition “Six Salon Story” is presented on the first floor with six historic environments that speak about people in Zadar and their time.
Gallery of fine arts in Zadar
Gallery of Fine Arts was founded after WWII on October 10, 1948 in a wholly devastated city. From it’s founding date up to 1963 it was an independent institution. It is the first institution of its kind in Zadar that is engaged in collecting, preserving and presenting artistic material for the most part dating from the XXth century.
Without figurative art activity and lacking a tradition there was nothing to begin with. Due to unfortunate historical reasons, figurative art in Zadar, in contradistinction to cities where contemporary figurative art is a continuation of a powerful artistic tradition, does not stem out of a continuous development. That is why the idea to found a Gallery of Art was inestimable. The initial holdings of 80 works has grown through acquisitions and donations to 1.700 art objects. About 30.000 negatives of Ante Brkan’s photo-reporting opus have to be added to this number.
International Centre for Underwater Archaeology in Zadar (ICUA)
Underwater archaeology in the Republic of Croatia has made considerable progress in the last couple of years and a high quality system for survey, research and protection of underwater archaeology sites and finds is being implemented. From now on, the focal point of these activities will be the International Centre for Underwater Archaeology in Zadar (ICUA).
Natural History department of the National Museum of Zadar
Natural History Department is one of the four departments of National Museum Zadar. The collecting of material and the founding of collections began in the now distant year of 1832 when Museo nazionale was founded. In 1905. the independent city Natural History Museum established.
Gallery Of Fine Arts
In its holdings the Gallery possesses works of art dating from the XVIIth, XVIIIth. and XIXth century as well as the famous „Ugljan triptych“ from the XIIIth century. (permanently borrowed from the SICU), while the largest part belongs to the XXth century.
Ethnological department of the National musem of Zadar
The Ethnographic Department collects the objects of traditional rural culture of northern Dalmatia which is divided into the Dinara and the Adriatic area.
Treasury of the Serbian Orthodox Church of St Elias the Prophet in Zadar
The collection consists of various artefacts that were made in the historical period between the 15th and 19th century. These were created in Venetian, Italo-Cretan, Russian and Serbian workshops. Most numerous are the icons, which as a whole represent one …