Editing Zagreb (section)

===Cultural institutions===

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Zagreb's museums reflect the history, art, and culture not only of Zagreb and Croatia, but also of Europe and the world. Around thirty collections in museums and galleries comprise more than 3.6&nbsp;million various exhibits, excluding church and private collections.

The [[Archaeological Museum, Zagreb|Archaeological Museum]] collections, today consisting of nearly 450,000 varied [[archaeology|archaeological]] artefacts and monuments, have been gathered over the years from many different sources. These holdings include evidence of Croatian presence in the area.<ref name=zageb_archeo>{{cite web |url=http://www.amz.hr/eng/page.asp?id=muzej&sub=2&url=povijest |title=The History and Activities of the Archeological Museum |access-date=2 July 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060518052905/http://www.amz.hr/eng/page.asp?id=muzej&sub=2&url=povijest |archive-date=18 May 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The most famous are the Egyptian collection, the [[Liber Linteus|Zagreb mummy]] and bandages with the oldest [[Old Italic alphabet|Etruscan]] inscription in the world (''[[Liber Linteus]] Zagrabiensis''), as well as the [[coin collecting|numismatic]] collection.

The [[Modern Gallery, Zagreb|Modern Gallery]] ({{langx|hr|Moderna galerija}}) holds the most important and comprehensive collection of paintings, sculptures and drawings by 19th- and 20th-century Croatian artists. The collection numbers more than 10,000 works of art, housed since 1934 in the historic Vranyczany Palace in the center of Zagreb, overlooking the Zrinjevac Park. A secondary gallery is the Josip Račić Studio.<ref name="moderngallery">{{cite web |title=Modern Gallery |publisher=Moderna Galerija |url=http://www.moderna-galerija.hr/ |access-date=8 October 2010 |archive-date=11 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011003429/http://www.moderna-galerija.hr/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Croatian Natural History Museum]] holds one of the world's most important collections of [[Neanderthal]] remains found at one site.<ref name=zageb_nat>{{cite web |url=http://www.zagreb-touristinfo.hr/?id=94&l=e&nav=nav5&solo=270 |title=Croatian Natural History Museum |access-date=2 July 2006 |archive-date=16 February 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070216051221/http://www.zagreb-touristinfo.hr/?id=94&l=e&nav=nav5&solo=270 |url-status=live }}</ref> These are the remains, stone weapons, and tools of prehistoric ''[[Krapina]] man''. The holdings of the Croatian Natural History Museum comprise more than 250,000 specimens distributed among various collections.

The [[Technical Museum, Zagreb|Technical Museum]] was founded in 1954 and it maintains the oldest preserved machine in the area, dating from 1830, which is still operational. The museum exhibits numerous historic aircraft, cars, machinery and equipment. There are some distinct sections in the museum: the Planetarium, the Apisarium, the Mine (model of mines for coal, iron and [[ferrous|non-ferrous metals]], about {{cvt|300|m|ft}} long), and the [[Nikola Tesla]] study.<ref name=zageb_tech>{{cite web |url=http://www.zagreb-touristinfo.hr/?id=94&l=e&nav=nav5&solo=291 |title=Technical Museum |access-date=2 July 2006 |archive-date=16 February 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070216051241/http://www.zagreb-touristinfo.hr/?id=94&l=e&nav=nav5&solo=291 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tmnt.hr/ |title=Tehnički muzej |language=hr |publisher=Technical Museum |location=Zagreb, Croatia |work=Official web site |access-date=28 July 2021 |archive-date=20 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820042703/http://tmnt.hr/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Zagreb City Museum|Museum of the City of Zagreb]] was established in 1907 by the Association of the Braća Hrvatskog Zmaja. It is located in a restored monumental complex (Popov toranj, the Observatory, Zakmardi Granary) of the former Convent of the [[Poor Clares]], of 1650.<ref name=zageb_citymus>{{cite web |url=http://www.zagreb-touristinfo.hr/?id=94&l=e&nav=nav5&solo=272 |title=Museum of the City of Zagreb |access-date=2 July 2006 |archive-date=8 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308041321/https://www.zagreb-touristinfo.hr/?id=94&l=e&nav=nav5&solo=272 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Museum deals with topics from the cultural, artistic, economic and [[political history]] of the city spanning from Roman finds to the [[modern history|modern period]]. The holdings comprise over 80,000 items arranged systematically into collections of artistic and mundane objects characteristic of the city and its history.

The [[Museum of Arts and Crafts, Zagreb|Arts and Crafts Museum]] was founded in 1880 with the intention of preserving the works of art and craft against the new predominance of industrial products. With its 160,000 exhibits, the Arts and Crafts Museum is a national-level museum for artistic production and the history of [[Archaeological culture|material culture]] in Croatia.<ref name=zageb_artsandcrafts>{{cite web |url=http://www.zagreb-touristinfo.hr/?id=94&l=e&nav=nav5&solo=278 |title=Arts and Crafts Museum |access-date=2 July 2006 |archive-date=13 February 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070213013440/http://www.zagreb-touristinfo.hr/?id=94&l=e&nav=nav5&solo=278 |url-status=live }}</ref>

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The [[Ethnographic Museum, Zagreb|Ethnographic Museum]] was founded in 1919. It lies in the fine Secession building of the one-time Trades Hall of 1903. The ample holdings of about 80,000 items cover the ethnographic heritage of Croatia, classified in three cultural zones: the Pannonian, Dinaric and Adriatic.<ref name=zageb_ethnographic>{{cite web |url=http://www.zagreb-touristinfo.hr/?id=94&l=e&nav=nav5&solo=263 |title=Ethnographic Museum |publisher=The Zagreb Tourist Board |access-date=6 December 2012 |archive-date=9 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009002411/http://www.zagreb-touristinfo.hr/?id=94&l=e&nav=nav5&solo=263 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Mimara Museum]] an [[art museum]], that was founded with a donation from [[Ante Topić Mimara]] and opened to the public in 1987. It is located in a late 19th-century [[Renaissance Revival architecture|neo-Renaissance]] palace.<ref name=zageb_mim>{{cite web |url=http://www.zagreb-touristinfo.hr/?id=94&l=e&nav=nav5&solo=275 |title=Mimara Museum |access-date=2 July 2006 |archive-date=16 February 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070216050333/http://www.zagreb-touristinfo.hr/?id=94&l=e&nav=nav5&solo=275 |url-status=live }}</ref> The holdings comprise 3,750 works of art of various techniques and materials, and different cultures and civilizations, including paintings from great European masters like: [[Caravaggio]], [[Raphael]], [[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]], [[Rembrandt]], [[Hieronymus Bosch]], [[Francisco Goya]], [[Diego Velázquez]] and many others.

The [[Croatian Museum of Naïve Art]] is one of the first museums of [[naïve art]] in the world. The museum holds works of Croatian naïve expression of the 20th century. It is located in the 18th-century Raffay Palace in the [[Gornji Grad – Medveščak|Gornji Grad]]. The museum holdings consist of almost 2000 works of art – paintings, sculptures, drawings, and prints, mainly by Croatians but also by other well-known world artists.<ref name="zagreb_naïve">{{cite web |url=http://www.zagreb-touristinfo.hr/?id=94&l=e&nav=nav5&solo=267 |title=Croatian Naïve Art Museum |access-date=2 July 2006 |archive-date=16 February 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070216051053/http://www.zagreb-touristinfo.hr/?id=94&l=e&nav=nav5&solo=267 |url-status=live }}</ref> From time to time, the museum organizes topics and retrospective exhibitions by naïve artists, expert meetings and educational workshops and playrooms.

[[File:PSX 20190406 122459.jpg|thumb|left|[[Meštrović Pavilion]]]]
[[File:Msu-museum-contemporary-art-zagreb.jpg|thumb|left|[[Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb|Museum of Contemporary Art]]]]

The [[Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb|Museum of Contemporary Art]] was founded in 1954. Its new building hosts a rich collection of Croatian and international contemporary visual art which has been collected throughout the decades from the nineteen-fifties until today. The museum is located in the center of [[Novi Zagreb]] and opened in 2009. The old location is now part of the Kulmer Palace in the [[Gornji Grad – Medveščak|Gornji Grad]].<ref name=zagreb_contemporary>{{cite web |url=http://www.msu.hr/#/en/ |title=The Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb |access-date=20 January 2010 |archive-date=28 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528153643/http://www.msu.hr/#/en/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

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{{anchor|ica}}The Institute for Contemporary Art (''Institut za suvremenu umjetnost''), successor to the Soros Center for Contemporary Art – Zagreb (SCCA – Zagreb), was founded in 1993, and registered as an independent nonprofit organization in 1998. It was founded and run by [[art historian]]s, curators, artists, photographers, designers, publishers, academics, and journalists, and initially located at the Museum of Contemporary Art. After moving a number of times, the institute has a gallery at the Academia Moderna. Its aims are to promote contemporary Croatian artists and the [[visual arts|visual]] and other creative arts; to start documenting contemporary artists; and to build a body of contemporary art. It established the Radoslav Putar Award in 2002.<ref>{{cite web |title=About |website=Institut za suvremenu umjetnost |url=http://www.institute.hr/en/about/ |language=en |access-date=28 January 2023 |archive-date=24 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224170047/http://www.institute.hr/en/about/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Strossmayer Gallery of Old Masters]] offers permanent holdings presenting European paintings from the 14th to 19th centuries,<ref name=zageb_stross>{{cite web |url=http://www.mdc.hr/strossmayer/eng/povijest.html |title=About Strossmayer's Old Masters Gallery |access-date=2 July 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927234334/http://www.mdc.hr/strossmayer/eng/povijest.html |archive-date=27 September 2007}}</ref> and the [[Ivan Meštrović]] Studio, with sculptures, drawings, lithography portfolios and other items, was a donation of this great artist to his homeland. The Museum and Gallery Center introduces on various occasions the Croatian and foreign cultural and artistic heritage. The [[Art Pavilion, Zagreb|Art Pavilion]] by Viennese architects Hellmer and Fellmer who were the most famous designers of theatres in Central Europe is a [[Neoclassicism|neo-classical]] exhibition complex and one of the landmarks of the downtown. The exhibitions are also held in the Meštrović building on the [[Square of the Victims of Fascism]] – the Home of Croatian Fine Artists. The World Center "Wonder of Croatian Naïve Art" exhibits masterpieces of Croatian naïve art as well as the works of a new generation of artists. The Modern Gallery comprises all relevant fine artists of the 19th and 20th centuries. The [[Museum of Broken Relationships]] at 2 Ćirilometodska holds people's mementos of past relationships.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://new.brokenships.com/en |title=Museum of Broken Relationships |publisher=New.brokenships.com |access-date=5 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111120183225/http://new.brokenships.com/en |archive-date=20 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11971134 |title=Museum of Broken Relationships: BBC video |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=13 December 2010 |access-date=5 May 2014 |archive-date=8 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131208194251/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11971134 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/15/arts/design/15broken.html |title=A Poignant Trail of Broken Hearts, All on Display |date=15 February 2010 |work=The New York Times |access-date=28 February 2017 |archive-date=14 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170114064425/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/15/arts/design/15broken.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It is the first private museum in the country.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.wikinoticia.com/culture-science/strange-inventions/67179-the-museum-of-broken-relationships |title=The Museum of Broken Relationships |publisher=En.wikinoticia.com |date=25 November 2010 |access-date=3 June 2011 |archive-date=18 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718050905/http://en.wikinoticia.com/culture-science/strange-inventions/67179-the-museum-of-broken-relationships |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Lauba House]] presents works from the [[Filip Trade Collection]], a large private collection of modern and contemporary Croatian art and current artistic production.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lauba.hr/en/homepage-2/ |title=People and Art House Lauba |publisher=Lauba.hr |access-date=5 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508124605/http://www.lauba.hr/en/homepage-2/ |archive-date=8 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://pogledaj.to/en/architecture/lauba-%E2%80%93-the-youngest-centenarian-in-town/ |title=Lauba-The Youngest Centenarian in Town |publisher=pogledaj.to |date=25 April 2011 |access-date=18 July 2011 |archive-date=12 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612155403/http://pogledaj.to/en/architecture/lauba-%E2%80%93-the-youngest-centenarian-in-town/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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[[List of museums in Croatia|Other museums and galleries]] are also found in the Croatian School Museum, the Croatian Hunting Museum, the Croatian Sports Museum, the Croatian Post and Telecommunications Museum, the HAZU ([[Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts]]) Glyptotheque (collection of monuments), and the HAZU Graphics Cabinet.

There are five [[castle]]s in Zagreb: Dvorac Brezovica, Kašina (Castrum antiquum Paganorum), Medvedgrad, Susedgrad and Kulmerovi dvori.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.croatiaweek.com/zagreb-ranks-7th-among-europes-cities-with-the-most-castles/|title=Zagreb ranks 7th among Europe's cities with the most castles|website=croatiaweek.com|publisher=Croatia Week|date=28 August 2023|access-date=29 August 2023}}</ref>

[[Zagreb Zoo]] is a 7-hectare [[Zoo]] located in [[Maksimir Park]], opened in 1925 and it's one of the main attractions in Zagreb. The Zoo hold 2,225 animals of 275 species from all around the world. It's the most visited Zoo in Croatia with almost half of million visitors in 2023.<ref>https://zoo.hr/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Posjetitelji-od-1972-do-2023.pdf</ref>