Split Ethnographic Museum — Attraction in Grad Split

extremely fascinating museum with exhibits showcasing the ethnographic history of traditional garments, jewellery, and other handicrafts (furniture, toys, fishing gear) of the dalmatian region. most written information is in several languages including english. very fair price at £3/person, we spent a good 2.5 hours there and would have stayed longer, only had to leave because of closing time. best if you start exploring on the top floor and work your way down - it's a bigger museum than it appears! anyone remotely interested in fashion history or traditional garment making will find this a gold mine, even though some of the garments are replicas many are still original pieces. my only tiny critique is that some of the museum lighting could use reworking - many exhibits are in glass cases and the lamps are angled so that the light bounces poorly and it's difficult to see or photograph items sometimes. however this did not detract too much from my overall enjoyment...

Museum is cheap, has some interesting exhibits and comes with a great view from the vestibule, whose entrance is around the corner.

Cons are that while everything is labeled and translated into English, the information boards in each room are in dry, highly specific and very boring academic language (at least in English; they are also in Hrvatski, Deutsch, Français and Italiano). More simple-language narratives and fewer words overall would have been nice. For example, I noticed that a lot of the clothes were festooned with Austro-Hungarian coins. That’s interesting and unusual. Would have been nice to know how, where and why that got started.

Also, the place is mostly breeze- and shade-cooled, even though there was at least one heat pump. God knows how Dalmatians survived in these heavy, wool outfits!

Bathrooms / WC was...

The entrance to the museum is really hard to find. The big door next to vestbul was closed, and you need to enter from the back. If we didn't get help from a local, we would assume it is closed and go away.

The terrace around vestbul was very nice, and they had an interesting exhibition of traditional Croatian clothing and old items. I think they have a lot of potential to connect those items into a story and make it more interesting or interactive for the visitors.

The staff at the museum are very kind and helpful.

Tip: If you are staying in Split for more than 3 days, you can get a free entrance by requesting "Split card" at the tourist info office that is very close by (next to the church...