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d Gallery of Old g Archaeological
Masters Museum
Galerija starih majstora Arheološki muzej
See pp170–71. Trg Nikole Šubića Zrinskog 19. Tel (01)
487 30 00. Open 10am–6pm Tue–Sat
(to 8pm Thu), 10am–1pm Sun. &
f Modern Gallery 8 by appt. = ∑ amz.hr
Moderna galerija A large 19th-century building,
Andrije Hebranga 1. Tel (01) 604 10 55. the Vranyczany-Hafner Palace,
Open 11am–7pm Tue–Fri; 11am–2pm has housed the Archaeological
Sat & Sun. Closed Mon, public hols. Museum since 1945. The
Art Pavilion, a historic venue for & 8 7 = ^ ∑ moderna- institution itself, however,
major exhibitions galerija.hr was founded in 1846.
Around 400,000 pieces from
s Art Pavilion The richest national museum all over Croatia, and particularly
Umjetnički paviljon of Croatian arts, housed in the the area around Zagreb, are on
Vranyczany Palace (1883), holds display here. The museum has
Trg kralja Tomislava 22. Tel (01) 484 works by the most eminent five main sections: prehistoric,
10 70. Open 11am–8pm Tue–Sun,
11am–9pm Fri. & ∑ umjetnicki- Croatian painters and sculptors Egyptian, ancient and medieval,
paviljon.hr of the 19th–21st centuries. The and a part devoted to coins
collection dates from 1905 when and medals.
In 1896 the Art Pavilion the first works of Ivan Meštrović, The first section covers
represented Croatia at the inter- Mirko Rački and others were the period from the Neolithic
national exhibition in Budapest. acquired. Later purchases and to the late Iron Age and
Its iron skeleton was then donations brought the current includes the famous Vučedol
transported to Zagreb and rebuilt total to some 9,800 paintings, Dove, a pouring vessel shaped
on this site in 1898 to fit the sculptures, watercolours, like a bird. Despite the rustic
designs of Ferdinand Fellner and drawings and prints. materials used, it nonetheless
Hermann Helmer. It is now used The permanent display of 750 reveals the technical skills that
for large-scale, diverse art exhi- works includes modern classics the pre-Illyrian civilizations
bitions. A work by Ivan Meštrović, from painters Vlaho Bukovac, had acquired.
a monument to the Renaissance Mato C Medović, Miroslav Another important exhibit
painter Andrija Medulić, stands Kraljević and Josip Račić, the is the bandage used to bind
in front of the Pavilion. sculptors Ivan Meštrović, Frano the Mummy of Zagreb. This
The Pavilion faces onto a Kršinić and Branislav Dešković, bandage has mysterious origins
square, Trg Kralja Tomislava, along with contemporary artists and bears text in the Etruscan
dedicated to the first Croatian working in photography, video language, which has not yet
king, Tomislav. An equestrian and other new media. The inno- been completely deciphered.
statue by the sculptor Robert vative, multisensory MG Tactile The museum’s ancient
Frangeš-Mihanović stands here Gallery is aimed particularly at collection is the most important
in commemoration. the visually impaired. of all and includes the

Gundulić Imagining Osman by Vlaho Bukovac, founder of modern Croat painting, Modern Gallery
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