January 26, 2022 - The 17th Croatian Museum Night will be held on January 28, 2022, across the country. A look at what we can expect this year and the Split program. 

Museum Night began in 2005 with several Zagreb museums and has grown into the most important event of Croatian museums in recent years.

The Croatian Museum Association has organized the Museum Night event in Croatia since 2005. The initiators are the author of the program concept and project leaders, Vesna Jurić Bulatović and Dubravka Osrečki Jakelić, who in December 2005 launched it as a city pilot project with six Zagreb museums. Since 2007, Museum Night has grown into a national event involving more and more museums and cities.

The 17th Museum Night will be held on January 28, 2022, in conditions that are more or less similar to those of last year. This means in circumstances in which cultural institutions have "adapted" to the new reality, when a large part of the program takes place in controlled conditions and circumstances with mandatory Covid certificates, when the number of visitors to cultural events is significantly reduced, and group and tourist visits to museum exhibitions are almost completely absent in the statistics of museum visitors.

Most of the events moved online, which contributed to the wide availability of museum content. However, on the other hand, the immediate experience of the museum space, content, atmosphere, and people is irreplaceable when it comes to the true experience. The visitor is looking for a way to best meet their needs, and that is a true and real experience of a cultural event.

Thus, in uncertain circumstances when it has become almost impossible to plan museum programs, and it is especially unknown to which target audience certain programs are intended, in conditions when museums and other institutions balance between the real and possible, the real and digital, and many difficult conditions due to the great damage they suffered in the earthquake, it is important to continue the beautiful tradition of this event.

The existing zeal, enthusiasm, and great Museum Night programs and atmospheres will be given to the loyal audience throughout Croatia for the 17th edition. After consultations with the Croatian museum community, the 17th edition will be organized with live programs, in compliance with prescribed epidemiological measures, while all programs will also be available through digital channels.

The 16th Museum Night, which was held on January 29, 2021, organized by the Croatian Museum Society, included 188 museums, heritage, educational, scientific, and religious institutions that participated for the first time through digital communication channels. Numerous live programs were also held, where possible and in accordance with epidemiological measures.

In recent years, this national event has been marked by a massive number of visits to museums, which exceeded 300,000 visits during one night. Last year's Museum Night was realized almost entirely on a digital level - online, except in those locations and facilities that can take place outdoors, again in accordance with the prescribed measures of the Civil Protection Headquarters of the Republic of Croatia. It is precisely this interest in the Museum Night event that confirms the vitality and strength of museums and other cultural communities, despite the given circumstances.

The participating museums in Split this year include:

Archaeological Museum in Split || Split Ethnographic Museum Split || Meštrović Gallery || Split Gallery School || Split Art Gallery || Croatian Maritime Museum Split || Museum of the City of Split || Museum of Croatian Archaeological Monuments - Split || Prokultura - Observatory of Cultural Policies - Association || University of Split / University Gallery || Star Village Mosor 

You can find all the programs for Museum Night in your city HERE. 

All programs must be completed by 24:00 due to the measures for holding professional cultural and artistic performances, programs, and events.

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January 28, 2021 - The (mostly online) 16th Museum Night will be held on January 29, 2021. A look at the program in Split.

This year's Digital Museum Night, held under the theme 'Museum tasks in times of crisis,' will be held online, and in some cases, outdoors, following the prescribed epidemiological measures.  

Those of you in Split can enjoy the following program:

Split Archaeological Museum 
18.00 - 01.00

A virtual tour of the museum with Don Fran

Virtual 360°-degree walk through the museum https://www.armus.hr/muzej/virtualna-setnja

Museum of Fine Art

19.00 - 21.00

DISCUSSION WITH THE ARTIST: MAJA GJAJIĆ AND MAJA FLAJSIG
At 7 pm, via the Zoom platform and their Facebook profile, follow the conversation between artist Maja Gjajić and curator Maja Flajsig

20.00 - 22.00 

PRESENTATION OF THE SECOND CITY EXHIBITION
Through short conversations with curators and artists from 8 pm to 10 pm, they will present the exhibition Second City - a selection of works by Split and Dubrovnik artists on the museum's Facebook and Instagram profiles

More info HERE

Croatian Maritime Museum

12.00 - 22.00 

VIDEO ON THE "FIRST ON THE ADRIATIC" EXHIBITION
A short video presents the exhibition "First on the Adriatic" created in collaboration with the Museum of the City of Crikvenica and the Croatian Maritime Museum in Split. Authors Tea Rosić and Ljubomir Radić and narrators gave a personal contribution to this exhibition with their memories and stories. The Bodulka ferry left its mark in maritime traffic as the first ferry on the Croatian Adriatic coast.

Split City Museum

The Split City Museum has prepared several virtual programs, as follows:

- EXHIBITION "FRAGMENTS OF THE IMPERIAL PALACE IN SPLIT" - virtual presentation of the exhibition

- EXHIBITION "VENETIAN CASTLE IN SPLIT" - virtual presentation of the exhibition

- GALLERY EMANUEL VIDOVIĆ - audiovisual presentation

You can follow these and other programs on their Facebook and web pages, as well as on the pages of the Museum Night 2021.

More info HERE

Museum of Croatian Archaeological Monuments

18.00 - 01.00
FILM: CHURCH AND HERMITAGE OF ST. JEROME ON MARJAN
18.00 - 01.00
FILM: NUMISMATIC COLLECTION OF THE MUSEUM OF CROATIAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL MONUMENTS

18.00 - 01.00

FILM: EXHIBITION SPLIT DOORS-ARCHEOLOGY OF BRAC AND SOLTA

18.00 - 01.00
FILM: MEDIEVAL SYMBOLS

18.00 - 01.00
FILM: FORENSIC FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION

18.00 - 01.00
FILM: RESEARCH 2020 HOLLOW CHURCH

18.00 - 01.00
PODCAST #1 SECRET SARCOPHAGUS WITH HIPPOCAMPI

18.00 - 01.00

PODCAST #2 MEDIEVAL OSTROG - COMMUNITY OF FREE PEASANTS

18.00 - 01.00
PODCAST #3 VISUALIZATION OF HISTORY - EXAMPLE OF SPLIT RIVA

More info HERE

Mestrovic Gallery

16.00 - 01.00
IVAN MESTROVIC (1883 - 1962) - FILM

16.00 - 01.00
VIRTUAL WALK TO THE MUSEUMS OF IVAN MEŠTROVIĆ

16.00 - 01.00
MEŠTART

16.00 - 01.00
ARTISTS AT MEŠTROVIĆ

16.00 - 01.00
MESTROVIC: A NEW DIMENSION

16.00 - 01.00
VIRTUAL EXHIBITION "IVAN MESTROVIC AND ALL HIS LOVE"

More info HERE

Split Cathedral Treasury

09.00 - 17.00
PRESENTATION OF THE SPLIT CATHEDRAL TREASURY

More info HERE

Academy of Arts

19.00 - 23.00
NIGHT OF THE ACADEMY OF ARTS

More info HERE

Star Village Mosor

18.00 - 23.00
BLACK HOLES - NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS IN 2020

More info HERE

Since the first city edition in 2005 with six Zagreb museums, Museum Night in Croatia has recorded almost 3.5 million visitors. Last year, 240,540 visitors enjoyed the museum exhibitions in more than 250 locations in 110 cities and municipalities in Croatia.

Due to the specific situation, there will be no program booklets, posters, or banners, as all registered programs will be visible on the event's digital platform. As a longtime partner, Croatian Radio Television will prepare a special show on its first channel, using material from the digital platform.

Museum Night began in Croatia in 2005 with several Zagreb museums and has grown into the most important event of Croatian museums and one of the most significant cultural events in Croatia. The Croatian Museum Association, the organizer of the event, reminds us that the past 15 years have been marked by increased visits to museums, which exceeded 300,000 visits during one night.

Besides almost all museum institutions in Croatia, interesting programs attracted many visitors to other heritage institutions, archives, libraries, cultural centers, religious communities, associations, and educational institutions.

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January 28, 2021 - This year's Sinj Museum Night event will be held on Friday, January 29!

The program at the Sinjska Alka Museum, which will be available from 6 to 11 pm, will be completely virtual. During its duration, two video games and a quiz will be promoted, a virtual walk around the Museum will be organized, as well as a quiz prize game, in which the winner will be chosen from those who answer most questions.

The information will be posted via Instagram and Facebook.

Museum Night Program 2021

The virtual game 'In the middle' is a simulation of the Alka competition. The player rides a horse and tries to hit "in the middle" and collect as many points as possible.

More info HERE

Battle of 1715 is a strategic game for several players, one of whom is on the side of the Ottomans, and the other on the side of Alkars. Through clever strategy, players try to incapacitate the enemy or conquer the Fortress.

More info HERE

Koliko punata? is an online quiz in which players can test their knowledge of the history and culture related to the Sinjska Alka with friends, acquaintances, and others on the Internet!

More info HERE

Virtual walk - On the www.alka.hr website, with a large number of photos and information about Sinjska Alka, the Alka Knights Society Sinj and the Sinjska Museum, you can take a virtual walk through the Museum.

More info HERE

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February 2, 2020 - The Museum Night event, whose 15th edition was held on Friday, January 31, at 250 locations in 110 cities, municipalities and towns across Croatia, attracted just over 218,000 visitors, and over 83,000 in Zagreb alone, according to initial preliminary data.

Splitski Dnevnik reports that this year's Museum Night, organized by the Croatian Museum Society (HMD), was marked by the theme "The Great Anniversaries of Croatian Museums", with the emphasis on the 200th anniversary of the Split Archaeological Museum and the 140th anniversary of the Zagreb Museum of Arts and Crafts.

In addition to museums, other heritage institutions, archives, libraries, cultural centers, religious communities, associations and educational institutions participated in the 15th Museum Night. The programs were implemented in more than 250 locations in 110 cities, municipalities and towns, and the number of visitors, processed based on 70 percent of the participants' reports received, ended on Saturday, February 1, at 11 am and amounted to about 218,000 visitors.

Zagreb recorded the most visitors, where just over 83,000 people came out for Museum Night on Friday. The Mimara Museum registered the most with 8,900 visitors; The Museum of Arts and Crafts was visited by more than 7,200, the Croatian Museum of Natural History more than 6,200, and over 5,500 attended the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Nikola Tesla Technical Museum.

The exceptional interest in museums is evidenced by the over 6,000 visitors of the Zagreb City Pharmacy and a tour of the pharmacy and its owners from 1915-1947, the HMD said in a statement.

The museum institutions of Rijeka - European Capital of Culture 2020, were visited by around 9,500 people, nearly 6,000 came out in Dubrovnik, and over 24,600 in Split, where the celebrated Archeological Museum together with Salona had over 4,200 visitors.

The Split City Museum had a record of over 7,500 visitors this year. For its first Museum Night, 1,200 visitors were recorded at Brodosplit Museum.

The Museum of Betina Wooden Shipbuilding was visited by 340 people, the Museum of the City of Šibenik saw one thousand, and Krka National Park saw 326.

Almost 14,000 people visited Zadar's museums, the Archaeological Museum of Istria in Pula had 4,700 visitors, and the Maritime and Historical Museum of Istria saw more than 2,100. Almost 9,400 people visited Varaždin museums, over 2,300 visited the Cultural Center in Lepoglava, and 1,900 visited the Međimurje Museum in Čakovec.

The cities of Karlovac, Sisak, Vukovar, Đakovo and Osijek also recorded excellent attendance, and the organizers also noted the very good presence at Trakošćan Castle and the museums of the Krapina-Zagorje County.

"Communicating various contents to the public - from museum collections, professional, scientific, educational and entertaining contents, to virtual tours of museum exhibits, historic buildings and protected heritage sites, as well as the use of digital technologies, have opened up unprecedented possibilities for inspiration, interpretation and presentation of museum contents," HMD said.

"With its fantastic response, the audience has confirmed that meeting cultural needs is one of the priorities of all segments of the museum audience. The organizers of Museum Night this year are extremely pleased with the visits and thank all the participants for interesting programs, all visitors, partners and media fort the pleasant atmosphere, which attracted tens of thousands of visitors to Croatian museums, heritage institutions, squares and streets of the cities and municipalities where the programs took place on the warm January Museum Night," HMD said.

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ZAGREB, January 13, 2020 - More than 200 museums, galleries, libraries, archives, educational institutions and organisations from Croatia and neighbouring countries will participate in the 15th anniversary of Museum Night on 31 January, with this year's theme being anniversaries, the Croatian Museum Society said on Monday.

All the institutions participating in the event will be open to visitors from 6 pm until 1 am in an effort to raise awareness about the importance of "museum past, present and future," the event's organisers said on their website.

Over the past fifteen years, hundreds of thousands of people have participated in Museum Night and one of the most significant achievements of the event is that it has attracted a new audience because so many people "discovered" museums on Museum Night and later became regular visitors.

"The 15th Museum Night in a row is another opportunity for museum workers and others to offer the public various experiences, including museum collections, expert, scientific, educational and entertaining content, virtual tours of museums, historical buildings and protected heritage sites, and the application of digital technology, which has opened unimaginable opportunities of inspiration, interpretation and presentation of museum content," said the organisers of Museum Night, Vesna Jurić Bulatović and Dubravka Osrečki Jakelić.

More news about museums can be found in the Lifestyle section.

Museum Night was held on Friday, February 1, 2019, across Croatia. 

Did you know that the Split Museum Night will be held in 25 locations on Friday?

January 30, 2019 - As most of you are probably aware, the ‘Long Night of Museums’, also known as Museum Night, returns this Friday, February 1, 2019. The 14th edition of this favorite event will be held throughout Croatia under the theme "Museums - Innovations and Digital Future”.

“Croatian museums use state-of-the-art technologies in their everyday practices, which involves an innovative and creative view of the museum’s possibilities and greater availability of museum content to new segments of museum audiences, through various digital platforms, mobile applications, tools, VR (Virtual Reality, AE (Augmented Reality), and many other technological innovations," reads the Museum Night website. 

The Croatian Museum Association (HMD) called on museums, galleries and similar institutions to propose their programmes on this topic by  January 11. 

Many establishments in Split signed up to participate in this Friday’s event, including the Archaeological Museum, Ethnographic Museum, Meštrović Gallery, Škola Gallery, HGK County Chamber Split, the Croatian-French Association, City Museum of Split, Museum of Croatian Archaeological Monuments, the Split University Library, Poljud Stadium, the Starry Village Mosor, and others.

You can find the full program of each participating location on the Museum Night’s official website. 

Last year, Museum Night was held in over 200 museums and similar institutions in about 100 cities and towns across Croatia under the title "Museums and Sports - Faster, Higher, Stronger".

Fourteen years ago, when this event was organized in Croatia for the first time, only six museums in Zagreb joined the campaign.

The initiative was launched in Germany in 1997, followed by France. As of 2005, it became a Europe-wide cultural event in which museums and cultural institutions in an area cooperate to remain open late into the night to attract visitors.

In Croatia, admission to all Museum Night venues is free. The event lasts from 6 pm to 1 am. 

To read more about Croatian lifestyle, follow TCN's dedicated page. 

ZAGREB, December 17, 2018 - The 14th edition of Museum Night will be held throughout Croatia on 1 February with "Museums - Innovations and Digital Future" as its main theme.

The Croatian Museum Association (HMD) has called on museums, galleries and similar institutions to propose their programmes on this topic by 11 January.

Digital spaces enable viewing and searching through huge amounts of different museum contents and make them available to a great number of users, the HMD, a non-governmental and non-profit organisation, said in a press release, noting that "museums have become attractive spaces for innovation."

Last year, Museum Night was held in over 200 museums and similar institutions in about 100 cities and towns across Croatia under the title "Museums and Sports - Faster, Higher, Stronger".

Fourteen years ago, when this event was organised in Croatia for the first time, only six museums in Zagreb joined the campaign.

The initiative - the Long Night of Museums - was launched in Germany in 1997 and then spread to France. As of 2005 it became a Europe-wide cultural event in which museums and cultural institutions in an area cooperate to remain open late into the night to attract visitors.

In Croatia, admission to all Museum Night venues is free.

More news on Croatian museums can be found in our Lifestyle section.