Atelijer Meštrović

About the museum

Atelijer Meštrović was the home and workplace of Ivan Meštrović (1883–1962), one of the most important Croatian and European sculptors of the 20th century. At the beginning of the 1920s, after training in Vienna and living in Paris, Rome, Cannes and London, and by then returned to his homeland as a recognised artist, Meštrović bought the complex in the Mletačka ulica in Zagreb and remodelled it. Architects Viktor Kovačić, Harold Bilinić and Drago Ibler helped him with the design. Meštrović lived and worked here until 1942, when he left Zagreb and Yugoslavia.

In 1952 he gave the Croatian people a large number of his works and this building, by deed of gift, and a museum was founded on that basis. Today the Atelijer Meštrović is part of the Muzej Ivana Meštrovića (Ivan Meštrović Museum), and the building is itself an exhibit: the entrance hall with a portico of Brač stone, the former studio as an exhibition space, a garden with sculptures, and the residential part with its preserved wooden staircase and coffered ceilings.

The permanent exhibition presents Meštrović’s sculptures and relief works in wood, stone, bronze and plaster, and drawings and prints from the first four decades of his work, from student pieces to works created just before he left Zagreb in 1942. Among them are the early Glava starca (Head of an Old Man), Laokoon mojih dana (Laocoon of My Days) and fragments of the Kosovski ciklus (Kosovo Cycle).

Highlights

• Meštrović’s home and studio from the 1920s
• Sculptures in the entrance hall, studio and garden
• Authentic residential section with a wooden staircase and coffered ceilings
• Early works, among them Glava starca (Head of an Old Man) and Laokoon mojih dana (Laocoon of My Days)
• Fragments of the Kosovski ciklus (Kosovo Cycle)

Permanent exhibition

• Stalna izložba Ivana Meštrovića – Sculptures, reliefs, drawings and prints from the first four decades of Meštrović’s work, displayed in the authentic setting of his home and studio.

Founded

1959

Operated by

Muzeji Ivana Meštrovića (javna ustanova)

Admission & discounts

Members of ICOM, AICA, PRESS, HDLU, ULUPUH, HDNU, UHA and DPUH enter free of charge. Prices of tickets and guided tours are 50% higher for visits outside opening hours, and 100% higher on public holidays.

Accessibility

• Partially wheelchair accessible
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

Visitors with mobility difficulties need assistance on entry; please announce your arrival at mim@mestrovic.hr so that a ramp can be prepared. An accessible toilet is available.

Kids & families

A family ticket is available for parents with children up to 15 years.

Getting there & parking

Gornji grad (Upper Town) can also be reached by the funicular from Tomićeva ulica, which runs every ten minutes.

Amenities & dining

• Museum shop

The museum shop is open to visitors during opening hours.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

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