Zagreb City Museum — Attraction in City of Zagreb

If you are a resident in Zagreb and want to know more about the cultural heritage of this wonderful city, please visit the City Museum. Museum holds a large collection of objects that date back from the very beginnings of human settlements in the area, as well as the origins of the current city in XI century, with the settlements of Kaptol and Gradec. Scale models of the city and its main buildings, paintings, sculptures, weapons, clocks, medals, coins, advertisement, photographies, maps, flags, tapestries, etc., help the visitor understand the evolution of the city across the centuries from the past to present times. Explanations are both in Croatian and in English. The museum is located in a former Poor Clares Convent. One of the most interesting sections of the museum is a bridge-corridor that crosses an archaeological exploration area located just below. I would say that a three-hour tour is the shortest amount of time you should dedicate to this Museum. It is located in the upper part of the city, so if you are at Trg Jelacic, be aware that you will have to walk for 15-20 minutes at a slow pace in order to reach the Museum, but it is truly...

It is one of the best museums in the town, but somehow hidden and away from the tourist road leading through Upper Town. It is situated at the very end of the Opatička Street ( Nuns Street). Everything you have ever heard or will hear of Zagreb can be seen here: archaeological remains from the times of the ever first folks settled here, old photos, costumes, pieces of church altars, coins, old dishes, old newspapers and much much more. The museum building itself is very impressive, once nunery and has a very beautifull court. I lost myself in thoughts and was lost in past times... so at the very end of the museum tour I couldn't find my way out, actually NO SIGNS pointing out where the exit is. So I just opened up one window in the ground floor and jumped out of the window. Luckily it wasn't locked. The girl from the reception told me I wasn't the first one....But still NO SIGN for exit yet. Even though, I would like to rate this museum...

It was so quiet here when I visited, a think alot of tourists neglect to look around the back part of the "Upper Town". There is plenty to see here, just follow the route starting with ground floor, progressing onto the first floor. There are specific sections related to a previous renovation of St Marks Church and the Cathedral with some of the Old masonary on display; don't miss the stone figural portal of the Old Cathedral. Broadly speaking, the museum displays are chronological starting with the history of this place as an iron age settlement. There are several models showing what the town would have looked like centuries ago. Plenty to see here. There are general information boards in each section written in English but my only suggestion is that the various items displayed should also have an English text attached explaining what they are; it's all...