Croatian Natural History Museum — Attraction in City of Zagreb

The Croatian Natural History Museum (Croatian: Hrvatski prirodoslovni muzej) is the oldest and biggest natural history museum and the main body for natural history research, preservation and collection in Croatia. Located on Dimitrije Demeter Street in Gornji Grad, one of the oldest neighbourhoods of the Croatian capital Zagreb, it owns one of the biggest museum collections in Croatia, with over 2 million artefacts, including over 1.1 million animal specimens. It was founded in 1846 as the "National Museum". The National Museum was later split up into five museums, three of which were in 1986 merged as departments of the newly named Croatian Natural History Museum. The museum contains a large scientific library open to the public, and publishes the first Croatian natural history scientific journal,...

Very interesting and interactive. You can see Brad examples of rocks and minerals at basement level, natural history of Croatia from ancient Precambrian up to modern Holocene at the second floor and botany and zoology at second level. You shall have 4-5 h to visit museum. I recommend adding English description (label) of majority of exhibits (minerals, plant and animals) as they are labelled in Croatian. Longer descriptions are...

I had a lovely visit to the Croatian Natural History Museum. My visit was on a Wednesday afternoon and I was able to enjoy the museum's well-laid-out rooms in a quiet, peaceful environment. Everything was spotlessly clean, which added to the experience. The only downside was the closed coffee shop, but given the low number of visitors at the time, it's understandable.

All in all, I'd say it's excellent value for money and definitely...