Gradski muzej Križevci

About the museum

The museum’s roots go back to 1934, when the Društvo prijatelja starina grada Križevaca (Society of Friends of Antiquities of the City of Križevci) was founded to collect objects for a future museum. In 1952, on the 700th anniversary of Križevci as a free royal town, the museum began as a local heritage collection assembled by Dragutin Zajec, and later became a museum.

In 1961 it moved into the 18th-century building known as the Pauline guesthouse, built next to the Pauline monastery to receive guests. The building took its present form in the late 18th century, as attested by the year 1796 carved on the south portal. It was adapted for exhibitions after 1961, and the façade and ground floor were renovated in 2002. The permanent display is spread across seven rooms: the archaeological collection and the armoury are on the ground floor, and on the first floor are the cultural-historical, ethnographic, church and guild collection, as well as a room on the social and cultural life of Križevci at the turn of the 19th to the 20th century.

The museum’s art gallery is in a second historic building on Trg Antuna Nemčića, and the museum also manages the Etno-park. The first trained employee, the art historian Vladimir Srimšek, founded the Likovna galerija (Art Gallery) and its collection in 1968.

Highlights

• Former Pauline guesthouse from the 18th century
• Archaeological collection and armoury
• Cultural-historical, ethnographic, church and guild collection
• Likovna galerija and Etno-park

Founded

1952

Operated by

Gradski muzej Križevci (javna ustanova)

Admission & discounts

Free admission: Admission is free on Museum Night (last Friday in January), on International Museum Day (18 May) and during the Veliko križevačko spravište (second weekend in June).

Members of ICOM and of the Hrvatsko muzejsko društvo also enter free of charge.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible: no information
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• 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

The Likovna galerija is not accessible to people with disabilities.

Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

The museum has no car park of its own; there are several public car parks nearby, some free and some paid.

Amenities & dining

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Events & venue rental

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