Museum of Arts and Crafts, Zagreb — Attraction in City of Zagreb

Today the Museum has at its disposal holdings containing about one hundred thousand items of the fine and applied arts, drawn from the period from the 14thto the 21st century, organised into a number of collections: furniture, glass, metal, ceramics, sculpture, painting, graphic art, clocks and watches, graphic and product design, architecture, photography (one of the oldest such collections in the world) and photographic equipment, fabric and fashion, musical instruments, painted leather, ivory, printing and bookbinding. Since some of these collections number several thousand or indeed several tens of thousands of objects, it would be quite reasonable to say that they in fact comprise individual museums within the Museum, the more so that some of the collections are unique in Croatia. Ticket prices: adults – 40 kn pupils, students, pensioner – 20 kn group visits, price per person – 30 kn groups of pupils, students and pensioners, price per person – 15 kn family...

When I visited this museum one foggy afternoon in late January 2018, I must have been the only visitor. Is that a sign? A sign that this museum is not the most interesting place in Zagreb? However, I liked the part with Jelko Yuresha's ballet exhibits (photographs, bills, tutus, ballet shoes, etc.) and I was deeply impressed by Ceija Stojka's "Requiem for Auschwitz" paintings. But beyond that the museum is nothing special. A guide followed me wherever I went as if to prevent me from stealing a long case clock or a Biedermeier sofa. Luckily for me this museum is not the biggest one in Zagreb, so I made it one hour and a half. However, if you're really interested in crafts, old furniture and antiques, you can probably spend there hours, days or even weeks. Feeling lonely but shadowed by beautiful...

In distance of 400 meters from MIMARA museum ,located is this object .There is 4 floors museum, with paintings, furnitures, decorations and temporaries exhibitions.To understand caracter of that colection, you should have knowlage from art styles and historical contecst. Very impresiv is colection on the highest floor- hand and chain waches ,clocks, bells, dresses, and jewelwry artworks - where, you if you came at full hour, you will please you ears by amazing melodies plaing by antique clooks. On the lowest floor, museum prepare temporary exhibitions . In March and April (2018) it is Light in Art - work of Italian creators -colection of lamps.

Impressive is also the building indeed. The collection is about humane ,our love to beauty, and craving...