Zagreb City Museum

Zagreb City Museum

Мuzej grada Zagreba
Entrance of the Museum
Established	1907; 118 years ago (1907)
Location	Zagreb, Croatia
Coordinates	45°48′47″N 15°58′41″E / 45.8131°N 15.978°E / 45.8131; 15.978
Type	General, Cultural-Historical
Accreditation	Zagreb
Collection size	4,500[1]
Visitors	110,393 (2023)[2]
Founder	Brethren of the Croatian Dragon
Director	dr. sc. Aleksandra Berberih Slana[3]
Curator	Lora Heršak, Iva Kranjec, Vesna Vukelić Horvatić, Juraj Sekula[4]
Public transit access	ZET Bus 150
Nearest parking	Yes
Website	www.mgz.hr/en/visit-us/zagreb-city-museum/

Zagreb City Museum or Museum of the City of Zagreb (Croatian: Muzej grada Zagreba) located in 20 Opatička Street, was established in 1907 by the Association of the Brethren of the Croatian Dragon (Croatian: Braća hrvatskoga zmaja).

It is located in a restored monumental complex (12th-century Popov toranj, the Observatory, 17th-century Zakmardi Granary) of the former Convent of the Poor Clares, of 1650.^[5]

The Museum deals with topics from the cultural, artistic, economic and political history of the city spanning from the prehistory, Roman finds to the modern period. The holdings comprise 75,000 items arranged systematically in a combined chronological and thematic approach into collections of artistic and mundane objects characteristic of the city and its history. It consists of a number of paintings, maps, city views, furniture, flags, military uniforms and coats of arms.