The Archaeological Museum in Zagreb is one of the direct successors to the former National Mu
seum, the oldest museum institution in the Croatian capital, founded in 1836. This first National Museum was
opened to the public with an exhibition held in 1846 in what was then the National Hall, a luxurious mansion in the Upper Town at 18 Opaticka Street, once the property of Count Dragutin Draskovic. The museum has gone through various phases of organization from its founding. On the very eve of the actual establishment of the National Museum, it was active within the just previously established Economic Society, and after the public presentation of the museum, it continued under the same aegis. Following a motion by the Sabor [Parliament], in 1866 it became the State Institute of Croatia, Slavonia, and Dalmatia, under the patronage of the Sabor and managed by the Academy.

Museum opening hours                                                                                                                            

Tuesday – Wednesday – Friday – Saturday – 10:00 am – 6:00 pm,
Thursday – 10:
00 am – 8:00 pm, Sunday – 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
The Museum is closed on Monday and on  holidays.

Location & contact

19 Nikola Subic Zrinski Square, P.O. Box 13, 10000 ZAGREB

telephones: (+385 1) 48 73 100, 48 73 101
mobile: (+385 99) 26 35 442
fax: (+385 1) 48 73 102
e-mail: amz@amz.hr