EXIBITION
From a small harbour to a transoceanic port
conceived by: Nikša Mendeš
organizer: Maritime and Historical Museum of the Croatian Littoral Rijeka
official opening: 18 March 2019 at 12 p.m. in the Maritime and Historical Museum of the Croatian Littoral Rijeka
The exhibition will run until 17 April 2019
With the exhibition “From a Small Harbour to Transoceanic Port,” the Maritime and Historical Museum of the Croatian Littoral Rijeka is joining the observation of the 300th anniversary of the proclamation of Rijeka as a free port in 1719.
Through several thematic units, the exhibition follows the development of this port by the city: from the Middle Ages and the events that preceded the conferral of free port status for Rijeka in 1719, through the reigns of Emperor Charles VI and Empress Maria Theresa and the first half of the 19th century, when the idea of constructing a new port west of the Rječina River emerged, to the most significant era in its history, the 1880s and 1890s.
EXHIBITION
Rijeka’s (applied) stories
organizers: Art History Students Club of the Rijeka Association of Art Historians, Maritime and Historical Museum of the Croatian Littoral Rijeka, Mažuranić-Brlić-Ružić Memorial Library and Collection
conceived by: Irena Radoslav and Iva Volović
project associates: Tamara Mataija, Andrea Samaržija, Theo de Canziani
official opening: 15 March 2019 at 6 p.m. in the Maritime and Historical Museum of the Croatian Littoral Rijeka
The exhibition will run until 15 April 2019
As a part of the observance of the ninth Art History Day in the Maritime and Historical Museum of the Croatian Littoral Rijeka, a thematic exhibition, “Rijeka’s (Applied) Stories” will be staged.
Applied art pieces of the Art Nouveau era from Rijeka and its environs will be displayed in the exhibition, accompanied by stories associated with them.
EXHIBITION
Man and the sea – fishing in antiquity through the collection of the Archaeological museum in Zadar
conceived by: Dušanka Romanović
organizer: Archaeological Museum in Zadar
official opening: 29 March 2019 at 12 p.m. in the Maritime and Historical Museum of the Croatian Littoral Rijeka
The exhibition will run until 2 June 2019
The exhibition “Man and the Sea – Fishing in Antiquity Through the Collection of the Archaeological Museum in Zadar” will show fishing as a segment of life in Antiquity, while visitors will learn about the mythology and portrayals of deities and the products and economic activities tied to the sea (fish farms, salt production, and seafood as a delicacy).
The materials presented in the exhibition are a part of the collection of the Archaeological Museum in Zadar.
PRESENTATION OF PICTURE BOOK
Rigojanči – love as sweet inspiration
text by: Anđa Marić
illustrations by: Stjepan Lukić
publishers: Maritime and Historical Museum of the Croatian Littoral Rijeka, Peak&Poke Museum, Uliks Publishers
date and time: 21 March 2019 at 6 p.m. in the Marble Hall of the Maritime and Historical Museum of the Croatian Littoral Rijeka
The picture book Rigojanči – ljubav kao slatko nadahnuće (Rigojanči – Love as Sweet Inspiration) is part of a project conceived by the Maritime and Historical Museum of the Croatian Littoral Rijeka and the Peak&Poke Museum, which, first in an exhibition and now through this book, presents the rigojanči, a confection inspired by the love between Hungarian violinist Jancsi Rigó and Belgium’s Clara Ward, Princesse de Caraman Chimay.[:]
