THE GOVERNOR’S PALACE
Trg Riccarda Zanelle 1, Rijeka
Hours: Mon: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., Tue-Sat: 9 a.m. – 8 p.m., Sun: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Closed on holidays.
EXHIBITION
FACES OF HUNGER: THE SATED NEVER BELIEVE THE STARVING
organizer: Zagreb Ethnographic Museum, Maritime and History Museum of the Croatian Littoral Rijeka
conceived by: Tanja Kocković Zaborski, Ph.D. (Zagreb Ethnographic Museum), Melanija Belaj, Ph.D. (Ethnology and Folklore Research Institute, Zagreb)
visual identity and artistic installation created by: Studio Bilić Müller
exhibition opening: exhibition hall of the Maritime and History Museum of the Croatian Littoral Rijeka on 5 April 2024 at 12 p.m.
Exhibition remains open until 12 May 2024
At a time when strategies to fight hunger and its existence are being devised at the global level, the creators of this exhibition raise awareness of the very concept of hunger, primarily imposed, but also self-imposed.
The theme of hunger is examined not only through history, rather particular emphasis is accorded to the struggle against hunger in the modern day. Even though the focus is on Croatia, the theme will also be presented to visitors in the broader context of world hunger.
We have become aware of hunger as a fact during the crises which beset the world, such as the pandemic and lockdowns, and in Croatia there were also the earthquakes in Zagreb and its vicinity and in Sisak-Moslavina County (in Pertrinja, Sisak and Glina). The war in Ukraine also altered the economic picture in both Europe and the wider world and impacted the distribution of food and its availability.
The exhibition’s creators approached the theme of hunger from three aspects: the struggle against hunger, famine as a political tool and the relationship between hunger and the body, and the objective of the exhibition “Faces of Hunger” and the accompanying activities is to raise awareness of the problem of hunger as well as nutritional disorders.
EXHIBITION
TOUCH THE WORLD
organizers: Maritime and History Museum of the Croatian Littoral Rijeka, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Association of the Blind
conceived by: Ivo Mileusnić
collaboration and promotion: Filmaktiv Association
exhibition opening: atrium of the Maritime and History Museum of the Croatian Littoral Rijeka on 25 April 2024 at 12 p.m.
Exhibition remains open until 25 September 2024
The exhibition – organized to mark the 75th anniversary of the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Association of the Blind – will present aids for the blind and visually impaired which the Association of the Blind donated to the Museum for the occasion. Besides these aids, the exhibition will also display the handicrafts and artworks made by the Association’s members during the Creative Workshop led by Mirjana Marin, as well as works by artist Emil Mandarić, the Association’s president and long-time Museum collaborator.
The exhibition’s aim is to raise the public’s awareness of the needs of blind persons in everyday life and present the ways in which the blind can meet their everyday needs, educating themselves and participating in various aspects of social life with the help of aids. Today most of these aids have been replaced by the use of contemporary technologies on computers and smart phones, so the exhibited items constitute an intriguing part of the tiphlotechnological heritage.
The items donated to the Museum reflect the development of various aids which enabled blind persons to perform activities that are often taken for granted. So the exhibition features aids for manual and machine writing in Braille, computing, weighing, measuring lengths, listening to audio recordings or telling time. Valuable examples of pocket and wrist watches for the blind are also displayed, as well as a collection of white canes which the blind used for general mobility. There are also board game sets adapted to the blind and photographs of blind persons participating in various sporting competitions.
The exhibited items serve as testimony about the users of these aids, the blind persons from our region whose life stories testify to the significance of the Association of the Blind for the past 75 years.
The exhibition was co-financed by the Croatian Ministry of Culture, the City of Rijeka and Primorje-Gorski Kotar County.
WORKSHOP
CULTURE FOR ALL: INCLUSIVE CULTURAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES FOR THE SEEING-IMPAIRED
organizer: Filmaktiv Association
workshop leader: Morana Vouk Nikolić, Ph.D., Tiphlological Museum, Zagreb
location, date and time: Museum’s Marble Hall, 25 April at 1:30 p.m.
A workshop to accompany the exhibition “Touch the World” will be organized on the theme of developing inclusive cultural practices for the visually impaired. Raising public awareness of the problems of blind and visually impaired visitors through the workshop will be done by presenting examples of inclusive practices such as demonstrating adaptations of space, content and communication. The workshop has been organized as an activity encompassed by the “Culture for All” project, with funding from the Impact4Values programme and the NGO Office, which is aimed at increasing awareness of the importance of inclusion and expansion of inclusive activities and content in culture.
MIRACLE ROOM
The workshops for young creators are held in the Miracle Room at the Maritime and History Museum of the Croatian Littoral Rijeka and in the Museum’s garden. Educational programmes are also being held at the remote collections.
PROGRAMME
BIRTHDAY IN THE MUSEUM
Educational birthday workshops in the Maritime and History Museum of the Croatian Littoral Rijeka are aimed at children aged 4 to 12. The workshops are thematic, and the celebrants can choose from six available themes: ‘Masquerade Ball,’ ‘The Trsat Dragon,’ ‘On-board Emergency,’ ‘Unusual Form,’ ‘Challenge Trail,’ and ‘Treasure Hunt.’
The programme will proceed in the Museum’s premises. Must be arranged in advance.
MIRACLE ROOM ON THE ROAD
Miracle Room on the Road is intended for children from distant schools, so that they can more easily participate in educational and creative programmes tied to the Museum’s inventory and content, as well as segments of the local cultural and historical heritage.
KASTAV REGIONAL MUSEUM COLLECTION
Prolaz Ivana iz Kastva 1, Kastav
winter hours: from 1 October 2023 to 1 June 2024
Tuesdays and Thursdays: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Wednesdays: 6 – 8 p.m.
other days by arrangement
The history of Kastav and the wider environs (Kastavština) is presented in the permanent display in three thematic units: The Origin of Kastav, Culture and Education in Kastavština, and Life on the Border.
The exhibition “From the Museum’s Time Machine” presents the Collection’s first opening in 1981.
LIPA REMEMBERS MEMORIAL CENTRE
Lipa 35, Šapjane
Hours: Tue, Thu, Fri: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Wed: 12 – 7 p.m.
Sat: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Closed on Sundays, Mondays and holidays.
KRALJEVICA SHIPYARD MODEL COLLECTION
Visits are possible by prior arrangement with the Museum and under the conditions stipulated by the Dalmont Shipyard in Kraljevica.
CICKINI ARCHAEOLOGICAL COLLECTION, ISLAND OF KRK
Visits are possible by prior arrangement.
