organizers: Boka Navy 809 Croatian Confraternity, Maritime and History Museum of the Croatian Littoral Rijeka, Croatian Maritime Museum in Split, Homeland War Museum in Split, ‘Croatian Jadran’ Steering Committee
conceived by: Ljubomir Radić, Matej Gabrilo
set up: Leo Garbin
opening: Maritime and History Museum of the Croatian Littoral Rijeka on 8 February 2024 at 5:30 p.m.

The exhibition marks the passage of 90 years since the sail ship Jadran entered the port in Split. The Jadran, a barquentine, was the product of Croatian naval architectural expertise and tradition, constructed at the initiative of the Adriatic Guard from Split, one of the most important organisations in Croatian maritime history. From 1933 to 1990, the ship was exclusively linked to the maritime academies on the Croatian coast: Dubrovnik, Šibenik, Pula, Divulje and Split. Since the autumn of 1991, when the war in Croatia and the Serbian-Montenegrin aggression began, the vessel has been in Montenegrin hands. Since then, the Republic of Croatia has been trying to return the ship to Split, its home port.
The exhibition will feature photographs of the Jadran from the 1930s, from the beginnings of its construction in Hamburg through its first voyage to Split in 1933 to its journey around the world which concluded in 1939.
The exhibition will also display a model of the training ship Jadran from the collection of the Maritime and History Museum of the Croatian Littoral Rijeka. The exhibition is open until February 29, 2024.