Traces of all periods of world and European civilizations

Istria County

Istria County


For the Adriatic museum partnership, the museums of Istria County definitely stand out.

Traces of all periods of world and European civilizations

For the Adriatic museum partnership, the museums of Istria County that definitely stand out are the Historical and Naval Museum of Istria – Museo storico e navale dell'Istria, Archaeological Museum of Istria and Ethnographic Museum of Istria. Each one of these museums, from its own point of view, bears witness to the fact that the coast of the Adriatic Sea, as well as its sea bed, conceals traces of all periods of world and European civilizations. The Historical and Naval Museum of Istria – Museo storico e navale dell'Istria is housed in a Venetian fortress from the 17th century, on Pula's central hill called Kaštel. This is the highest point of the historical core and the most beautiful belvedere in the city. It presents an additional asset for the rich museum holdings of about 55 thousand objects ranging from the period of the High Middle Ages to the present. Among the 18 museum collections presented to visitors through permanent displays and occasional exhibitions, especially significant are the collections of old postcards, maps, arms, uniforms and military equipment. There is also the naval and shipbuilding collection with exceptionally valuable items from the battleship "Szent Istvan" and liner "Baron Gautsch" that were sunk during World War I.

 
The Archaeological Museum of Istria in Pula is situated below Kaštel, between the Small Roman Theater and Twin Gates. The permanent exhibition in the museum building and lapidarium displays material evidence of the development of life on the territory of Istria, ranging from prehistoric times to the Middle Ages. The museum also has collections at other locations. One of these is in the amphitheater of Pula (69 – 81 AD), presenting "Viticulture and olive oil production during the Roman period". Among the exhibits of this permanent collection, especially interesting are archaeological finds from shipwrecks off the northern part of the Istrian coast presenting commercial sea routes of amphorae that were used for transporting wine and olive oil.
 
The Ethnographic Museum of Istria, situated in the very heart of the peninsula, in the medieval castle of Pazin - Kaštel, collects, preserves, treats and presents ethnographic material of Istria. The museum holdings contain over seven thousand artifacts - textile items, agricultural tools and objects of everyday life from the end of the 19th and beginning of 20th century. After including two-part singing of Istria and the Croatian Littoral on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2009, the museum founded the Center for Intangible Culture of Istria, based in Pićan. 
 

 

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