Croatian Natural History Museum

Croatian Natural History Museum
Hrvatski prirodoslovni muzej
Entrance to the Croatian Natural History Museum
Map
Former name
National Museum
Established9 October 1846; 178 years ago (1846-10-09)
LocationDemetrova 1, Zagreb, Croatia
Coordinates45°49′02″N 15°58′20″E / 45.817115°N 15.972314°E / 45.817115; 15.972314
TypeNatural history museum
AccreditationCroatian Museum Council
Key holdingsKrapina remains (Neanderthal)
Collections
Collection size1,4 million[1]
Visitors12,370 (2017)[2]
DirectorTatjana Vlahović
Websitehpm.hr

The Croatian Natural History Museum (Croatian: Hrvatski prirodoslovni muzej) is the oldest and biggest natural history museum and the main body for natural history research, preservation and collection in Croatia.[3] Located on Dimitrije Demeter Street in Gornji Grad, one of the oldest neighbourhoods of the Croatian capital Zagreb, it owns one of the biggest museum collections in Croatia, with over 2 million artefacts, including over 1.1 million animal specimens. It was founded in 1846 as the "National Museum". The National Museum was later split up into five museums, three of which were in 1986 merged as departments of the newly named Croatian Natural History Museum. The museum contains a large scientific library open to the public, and publishes the first Croatian natural history scientific journal, Natura Croatica.

The permanent display of the Croatian Natural History Museum consists of mineralogical, petrographical and zoological collections, as well as two permanent exhibits in the atrium: the Rock Map of Croatia and the Geological Pole. It is home to the remains of the Neanderthal from Krapina. In 2021, the museum was closed pending the completion of reconstruction following the 2020 Zagreb earthquake, and then reopened in 2024[4].

  1. ^ https://www.hpm.hr/download/Izvještaj%20o%20radu%20HPM%20za%202023.pdf
  2. ^ "Posjećenost hrvatskih muzeja u 2017. godini" (PDF). mdc.hr (in Croatian). Zagreb: Museum Documentation Center. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Poslanje muzeja" (in Croatian). Zagreb: Museum Documentation Centre. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  4. ^ https://www.hpm.hr/hr/Doga%C4%91anja/Doga%C4%91anje/Veliko_otvorenje_obnovljenog_Hrvatskog_prirodoslovnog_muzeja_6385

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