Zagreb City Museum will show you all aspects of the city. Showing Zagreb under the influence of politics, the church, history, economy, town-planning and architecture, the history of art and literature, and everyday life.
The Museum building was once the Convent of the Poor Clares and is a historical monument itself. Their most valuable exhibit.
The exhibition shows the lifecycle of Zagreb through 45 themes. Built around the artefacts the Museum possesses.
You will find a prehistoric settlement constructed in the 7th century BC. Starting with the Hallstatt culture of the Early Iron Age and a house and workshop of the La Tene culture of the Late Iron Age.
The archaeological map shows visitors the most important sites and finds in the city!
Themes cover a range of historical and cultural aspects of Zagreb. For example, clashes between the Kaptol and Gradec in medieval times. The Ottoman threat in the 15th century and the 19th-century Croatian national revival. World War II era, the socialist era, and Zagreb in the independent era.
Along with the permanent display, the museum hosts regular cultural and theme exhibitions and live historical performances.
