Mimara Museum — Attraction in City of Zagreb

In 1972, Ante Topić Mimara, a businessman who was also a collector, painter and restorer, donated his extensive collections to the city of Zagreb, and the Mimara Museum was set up for their display. The museum is housed in an enormous NeoRenaissance building built in 1895 by the German architects Ludwig and Hülsner. The works are displayed chronologically from the prehistoric era to the present day. The archaeological section is particularly fascinating, with important finds from ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Persia, PreColumbian America, as well as the Middle and Far East (Japan, Cambodia, Indonesia and India are represented). The icon collection not only contains Russian pieces, but also has icons from Palestine, Antioch and Asia Minor dating from the 6th to the 13th centuries. There are ancient Persian, Turkish and Moroccan carpets, and about 300 exhibits cover over 3,500 years of the development of Chinese art, from the Shang to the Qing dynasties. The 550 glassware exhibits come from Europe, as well as Persia, Turkey and Morocco. About 1,000 objects and pieces of furniture give a good overall picture of European craftsmanship from the Middle Ages to the 19th century. There is also a wide-ranging collection of 200 sculptures, which date from ancient Greece to the time of the Impressionists. They include works by the Italian sculptors Giambologna, the Della Robbias and Verrocchio, and the Frenchmen Jean-Antoine Houdon and Auguste Rodin. Italian painting is represented by, among others, Veronese, Paolo Veneziano, Pietro Lorenzetti, Raphael, Canaletto, Giorgione and Caravaggio. Dutch Baroque painting is represented by Rembrandt, Jacob Van Ruisdael and Jan Van Goyen. Flemish masters here include Rogier van der Weyden, Hieronymus Bosch, Van Dyck and Rubens. Diego Velázquez, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo and Francisco Goya represent the Spanish painters. The museum also has paintings by the English artists John Constable and JMW Turner and the French painters Edouard Manet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and...

The place is big and spacious. There are multiple levels with different exhibits, my favourite are the ancient Chinese artifacts and the Dutch paintings. You can walk around for hours and you won't get bored, unless you don't like old art, jeez loser. There is also a cafe if you wish to rest and take something to drink. They keep your coats and bags safe, nothing to worry about. There's also a souvenir shop with many fun trinkets and I'm sure you can find something cool there. Try and resist  the urge to blasphemously touch the sculptures, even tho I'm sure nobody will notice lol. They have an elevator as well which I'm sure is important to some people, and for those who choose to take the stairs it's and amazing spot for selfies and photoshoots, oh yea did I mention you can take pictures in the museum? You can take pics galore really. I forgot how much you gotta pay but in sure it's not a lot if I forgot, I'm sure I'd remember some big price probably. All in all its all in good fun, have at it with all of your nerd friends and enjoy the wonders of...

Puno je ime muzeja: Javna ustanova "Zbirka umjetnina Ante i Wiltrude Topić Mimara" - Muzej Mimara, sa sjedištem na Rooseveltovu trgu 5 u Zagrebu. Statut muzeja dopušta uporabu kraćeg oblika imena: Muzej Mimara.

Osnivač muzeja je Republika Hrvatska. Muzej je u nadležnosti Ministarstva kulture Republike Hrvatske koje financira njegovu djelatnost. Godišnje programe sufinancira Grad Zagreb.

Muzej je osnovan 1980. godine, a za javnost je otvoren 17. srpnja 1987. g.

Počeci osnivanja

Fundus muzeja čini nekoć privatna zbirka umjetnina kolekcionara Ante Topića Mimare (1898 - 1987) koju je on darovao u trajno vlasništvo hrvatskom narodu, pod uvjetom da se uredi prostor za njeno stalno izlaganje. Fundus se proširuje novim akvizicijama.

Uvjeti darovnice utvrđeni su ugovorom između Ante Topića Mimare i Republike Hrvatske od 6. listopada 1973. i dodatkom tome ugovoru od 29. listopada 1986. godine.

Prvobitno je planirano trajno smjestiti Mimarinu zbirku u zgradi bivšeg isusovačkog samostana na zagrebačkom Gornjem gradu, Jezuitski trg 4. No, nakon arhitektonske preinake, ta je zgrada - ispočetka imenovana kao Muzejski prostor, a danas poznata kao Galerija "Klovićevi dvori" - dobila galerijsku namjenu: u njoj se organiziraju veće inozemne i domaće posudbene izložbe.

Polovicom 80-ih godina, Hrvatski Sabor i Skupština grada Zagreba donose odluku da se Mimarina zbirka umjetnina trajno smjesti u središnjem dijelu gimnazijskog kompleksa na Rooseveltovu trgu 5 u Zagrebu, u kojem su do tada djelovale I. i IV. gimnazija i da se taj prostor adaptira za muzejske potrebe, što je izvršeno od 1985. do 1987. g.

Godine 1985. "Zakon o Muzejsko-galerijskom centru" određuje da Muzej Mimara radi u sastavu Muzejsko-galerijskog centra, sa sjedištem na Jezuitskom trgu 4, zajedno s Muzejskim prostorom, kasnije preimenovanim u Galeriju "Klovićevi dvori".

Godine 1998. "Zakonom o muzejima" prestaje Muzejsko-galerijski centar koji se dijeli na dvije samostalne javne ustanove i ravnopravne sljednike: na Muzej Mimara i na Galeriju "Klovićevi dvori".

Upisom u sudski registar kod Trgovačkog suda u Zagrebu, Muzej Mimara djeluje kao samostalna javna ustanova od 9. veljače 1999. godine.

Izložbe iz Zbirke umjetnina Ante Topića Mimare održane do otvaranja zgrade muzeja 1987. g.

U godinama koje su prethodile otvaranju muzeja za javnost 1987. g., u Zagrebu su višekratno izlagani dijelovi zbirke:

Izložba dijela Zbirke Ante Topića Mimare. Vila "Zagorje", Pantovčak, Zagreb, 27. 9. 1983. - 31. 7. 1984. g. Zbirka Ante Topić Mimara - Kineska umjetnost. Muzejski prostor, Zagreb, 21. 3. - 16. 6. 1985. g. Izložba Mimara - Iz svijeta samuraja. Muzejski prostor, Zagreb, 6. 4. - 16. 6. 1985. g. Molitveni ćilimi i mošejske lampe iz Zbirke Ante Topića Mimare. Muzejski prostor, Zagreb, 16. 5. -...