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and pieces of furniture Melanesia and Australia, was
give a good overall picture assembled from donations
of European craftsmanship made by scholars and explorers,
from the Middle Ages to the among them Dragutin Lerman
19th century. and brothers Mirko and
There is also a wide-ranging Stevo Seljan.
collection of 200 sculptures,
which date from ancient a Botanical Garden
Greece to the time of the
Impressionists. They include of the Faculty of
works by the Italian sculptors Science
Giambologna, the Della Robbias Botanički vrt Prirodoslovno
and Verrocchio, and the matematičkog fakulteta
Frenchmen Jean-Antoine
Houdon and Auguste Rodin. Marulićev trg 9a. n (01) 489 80 60.
Italian painting is represented Open Apr–Oct: 9am–2:30pm Mon &
by, among others, Veronese, Traditional Croatian costumes on display, Tue; 9am–7pm Wed–Sun. 8
∑ hirc.botanic.hr/vrt
Paolo Veneziano, Pietro Ethnographic Museum
Lorenzetti, Raphael, Canaletto, Part of the “green horseshoe”
Giorgione and Caravaggio. pieces) of the 80,000 exhibits designed by Milan Lenuci
Dutch Baroque painting is which the museum possesses is an English-style garden
represented by Rembrandt, Jacob are on display. Croatian culture created in 1890 by Antun
Van Ruisdael and Jan Van Goyen. is illustrated through Heinz, a professor of botany,
Flemish masters here exhibits of gold and and entrusted to the faculty
include Rogier van der silver jewellery, musical of Mathematics and Natural
Weyden, Hieronymus instruments, splendid Sciences at Zagreb University.
Bosch, Van Dyck and Rubens. embroidery, furnishings, The garden, covering an area
Diego Velázquez, Bartolomé kitchen utensils, tools, of 50,000 sq m (540,000 sq ft),
Esteban Murillo and beautiful traditional is an oasis of tranquillity and
Francisco Goya represent women’s costumes for this reason it is a pop ular
the Spanish painters. embroidered in gold and place in which to stroll. There
The museum also men’s ceremonial dress. are about 6,000 plant species
has paintings by the A reconstruction of here, including around 1,800
English artists John a farmhouse room tropical plants from all over the
Constable and Putto by Verrocchio, illustrates the customs world, with Asia particularly
JMW Turner and Mimara Museum and way of life of Croat well represented.
the French painters farmers and fishermen. Paths link the conifer woods,
Edouard Manet, Pierre-Auguste There is also a fascinating artificial ponds, the exhibition
Renoir and Camille Pissarro. collection of dolls dressed in pavilions, rock gardens and
traditional costumes, called the glasshouses. A wonderful
p Ethnographic Ljeposav Perinić collection. display is provided by the
different varieties of trees,
The valuable collection of
Museum pieces from non-European shrubs and flowers that are
Etnografski muzej civilizations, including Latin grown here. Aquatic plants are
America, Africa, the Far East, cultivated in special ponds.
Mažuranićev trg 14. Tel (01) 482 62 20.
Open 10am–6pm Tue–Fri, 10am–1pm
Sat & Sun. Closed Mon, public hols.
& 8 7 = ^ (flash). ∑ emz.hr
This is the most important
museum of its kind in Croatia.
It was founded in 1919 and set
up in this harmonious domed
building, constructed in 1902
in the Art Nouveau style by
the architect Vjekoslav Bastl,
for exhibitions held by the
Chamber of Commerce. The
statues decorating the central
part of the façade are by the
sculptor Rudolf Valdec and the
frescoes on the dome inside
were painted by Oton Iveković.
Only a small proportion (2,800 Flowers in bloom at the Botanical Gardens

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