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.
Every Thursday, admission to all locations of the Maritime and History Museum of the Croatian Littoral Rijeka is free of charge.
KASTAV REGIONAL MUSEUM COLLECTION
museological concept by: Marko Badurina, Vana Gović Marković, Tamara Mataija, and Jasna Ujčić Grudenić
permanent display designed by: Sanjin Kunić
peer reviewers: Darko Babić, Ph.D. and Žarka Vujić, Ph.D.
multimedia content created by: Igor Crnković
The Kastav Regional Museum Collection, a branch of the Maritime and History Museum of the Croatian Littoral Rijeka, is re-opening its doors to visitors after renovation. 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 first theme presents the emergence of the initial settlement and the development of the town of Kastav over time. The second is dedicated to education, Kastav’s cultural associations and the era of the national awakening in Kastavština. The third highlights the partition of the region after the First World War and its plight in the Second World War and the casualties suffered by many Kastav natives in fascist and Nazi camps.
The exhibition “From the Museum’s Time Machine” is installed in the foyer, presenting the Collection’s first opening in 1981.
EXHIBITION
ACQUISITIONS ‘22
organizer: Maritime and History Museum of the Croatian Littoral Rijeka
conceived by: Ivana Šarić Žic, Jasna Ujčić Grudenić, Andrea Zubović
the exhibition will remain open until April 2023
As part of the Night of Museums event held under the slogan “Museums Matter”, an exhibition was installed that presents some of the exponents that were donated to or collected or legally inherited by the Museum in 2022 to become part of its inventory. Also on display are posters that show the museum’s visitors and collaborators sharing their thoughts on the importance of museums. Thus, the exhibition highlights a researcher who makes use of the Museum’s materials and documentation, a child who participates in museum workshops, a writer who presented her book in the Museum and a collaborator involved in the creative activities whereby the Museum attempts to foster more direct involvement in its work by the local community.
EXHIBITION
CHILDHOOD BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN
organizers: Maritime and History Museum of the Croatian Littoral Rijeka and Peek&Poke Rijeka
conceived by: Tea Perinčić and Svetozar Nilović
display design: Vera Ružić – Kabinet 13
the exhibition will remain open until 15 May 2023
The exhibition “Childhood Behind the Iron Curtain” takes us back to the 1970s and 1980s and halts at the brink of our childhood world’s collapse, a time of “great longing” for the material goods from the other side of the “curtain.” This exhibition is about children, who grew up under the sway of Josip Broz Tito’s cult of personality, but also under the influence of Western European and American heroes from comics, cartoons and movies.
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.
MORNING IN THE MUSEUM
“WOMEN IN THE MUSEUM” WORKSHOP
workshop leader: Andrea Zubović
date and time: 11 February 2023, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
fee: €5.31
The workshop is intended for primary school children, and suitable for children with physical disabilities and developmental impairments. The workshop will observe International Day of Women and Girls in Science which, pursuant to a decision of the UN General Assembly, has been observed since 2015 with the aim of promoting equal access by girls and women to education, training, work and decision-making in science.
SCHOOL HOLIDAYS IN THE MUSEUM
“OUR CHILDHOOD” WORKSHOP
the workshop is intended for children aged 5 to 10 years
workshop leader: Andrea Zubović
date and time: 20-24 February 2023, every day from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
price: €6.64 (for the five-day workshop)
The “Our Childhood” workshop accompanying the “Childhood Behind the Iron Curtain” exhibition will bring together generations who grew up with different, yet still rather similar toys and games. In the first four days participants will learn about old games and make new ones, while on the fifth day the workshop will link the experiences from the childhoods of grandparents, parents and children! These school holidays will be marked by the joy and playfulness of children and, we hope, adults, because in the words of Antoine de Saint-Exupery, who wrote The Little Prince, “All grown-ups were once children… but only few of them remember it.”
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.
LIPA REMEMBERS MEMORIAL CENTRE
Lipa 35, Šapjane
Hours: Tue-Sat: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
EXHIBITION
LIPA’S MASQUERADERS AND BELL-RINGERS
organizer: Maritime and History Museum of the Croatian Littoral Rijeka, Lipa Local Council
conceived by: Petra Maštrović Kušić
collaborators: Sanja Afrić and Đeni Šamanić
the exhibition will remain open until 22 February 2023
The exhibition showcases the carnival period from the Feast of St. Anthony, 17 January, to the lighting of the bonfire in Lipa, i.e., until Ash Wednesday on 22 February. On the last day of carnival, masqueraders go from house to house, and residents give them eggs, sausage and bacon. The exhibition places special emphasis on the zvončari (bell-ringers). They were established in 2007, and what sets them apart from other bell-ringers in the Matulji Municipality are their green shirts and the green stripes on their white trousers (inspired by the forest since most Lipa natives used to be foresters) and their hats made of juniper twigs and crêpe-paper roses.
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.
