The Tourist Board of Split has announced the full programme for “Night of Museums” which will take place this Friday, January 27th. Be sure to save the date and don’t miss out – there are plenty of events for you to enjoy this year…and they’re free!
Archeological Site Salona
6pm-11pm | Free visit to the site and Memorial Room in Tusculum; socializing with hot tea and cookies; sale of museum publications with 50 pct. discount
6.30pm-7pm/9.45pm-10.15pm | Music Intermezzo
7.30pm-8.45pm | Walk with don Frane: guided tour with a guide impersonating don Frane Bulić, the most famous explorer of Salona; meet his friends, and learn about his life and Salona
9pm | Ejnar Dyggve – Researches in Salona; Danish archeologist E. Dyggve arrived to Salona in 1922 and stayed as one of the most important researchers of this site
9.15pm | Ejnar Dyggve – Civis Salonitanus; a documentary by Croatian director Bogdan Žižič about E. Dyggve, who used to call himself civis salonitanus, “a citizen of Salona”
**Free bus to the site departs in front of the Archeology Museum in Split at 7.15pm, with return trip from Salona at 9pm and 10pm.
Archeology Museum
6pm-1am | Visit permanent collection; discounted sale of museum publications; hot beverages
6pm-7pm | Guided tour of museum
7pm-midnight | Guided tours in groups
6pm-1am | Exhibition Traces of Craftsmen in Salona
7pm-11pm | Music program, Sunny Day band
Croatia Martitime Museum Split
6pm-6.30pm | Photo exhibition “Following Steps of Petar Hektorović”, by students of elementary schools in Stari Grad and Jelsa on island Hvar. They travelled same route as Hektorović in his 16th century book “Fishing and Fishermen’s Talks”
6.30pm-7pm | Petar Hektorović’s music: lecture about folk songs collected by Hektorović in “Fishing and Fishermen’s Talks”
7pm-7.45pm | Night of Museums for children – guided tour around the museum
8pm-9pm/9.30pm-10.30pm | Guided tours through the museum for grown ups
Ethnographic Museum Split
6pm-1am | Exhibition Growing Up in Split in 1960s & 1970s
6pm-1am | Free visit of permanent exhibition of traditional culture of Dalmatia, including one of the oldest local churches, 7th century St Andrew de Fenestris; sale of museum publications.
Ivan Mestrović Gallery
7pm-7.45pm/9pm-9.45pm | Mestrovic’s Instruments: Students of music school Josip Hatze Split perform on harp, flute, violin, viola, mandolin which were frequently depicted in works by Ivan Mestrovic
6pm-1am | Open tour of permanent exhibition with music by Ivan Mestrovic’s favourite composers Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, Brahms, Sibelius and Chopin
Gallery of Fine Arts
6pm-1am | New permanent exhibition of art from 1960s till today
6pm-1am | Conceptual exhibition Instruments by Momčilo Golub
6pm-1am | Opening of mural by Tomislav Buntak, depicting motifs of fight
6pm-1am | Permanent exhibition, from 14th century till today
6pm-1am | Artistic Life in Split 1919-1941
6pm-1am | Exhibition of art association Apsolutno (Novi Sad, Serbia): Death, Confusion, Sale
Museum of Croatian Archeology Monuments
7pm | Protective archaeological excavations of the Lazaret in Split, exhibition about research of remains of the Lazaret in Split, a port station built in 16th and 17th centuries as a temporary storage of merchandise and as a quarantine station for passengers. Explore rich and turbulent life of Split in the time of Ottoman-Venetian wars and plague epidemics
8pm | From the program of the 4th International Archaeology Film Festival: “Az, Branko by Surname Fučić”, Bernardin Modrić, Croatia, 2016, 40′ – 1st prize (Jury and Audience Award)
9pm | Marmore lavdata Brattia – exhibition about the stone quarries of Brač Island, presenting a story that took place during the construction of Diocletian’s Palace. We follow the process of production of an architectural element, from its quarrying, processing, transport, until its incorporation into a building.
10pm | From the program of the 4th International Archaeology Film Festival: Stolen Warriors, Wolfgang Luck, Germany, 2014, 52′ – 2nd prize of the Jury
11pm | From the program of the 4th International Archaeology Film Festival: A Gigantic Jigsaw Puzzle: The Epicurean Instcription of Diogenes of Oinoanda, Nazim Güveloğlu, Turkey, 2012, 32′ – 3rd prize of the Jury
6pm-1am | Prince Branimir in the Night of Museums – New analyses and research have recently brought up a well-supported assumption according to which one of the dignitaries’ sarcophagus found in St Mary’s Church belongs to old Croatian ruler Branimir. Sarcophagus was found in 1891 and ever since is kept in this museum
6pm-1am | Crkvine – Cista Velika – exhibition about excavations between 1993 and 2010 at the site of Crkvine at Cista Velika in the western part of Imotska krajina
Museum of Natural History
6pm-1am | Permanent exhibition of shells collection
6pm-1am | Animals’ Forest exhibition: walk on forest path followed by the sounds of animals and bird singing. In total, you will meet 47 different species inhabiting Croatian woods
6pm-1am | Exhibition “90 Years of dr Eduard Karaman Collection”
7pm-7.30pm/9pm-9.30pm | Documentary films “Rumin” and “Žrnovnica River”
Split City Museum
6pm | Book promotion: Dujam Mikačić’s Songbook for Antica Kovačić
6pm-1am | Viewing of the permanent collection of Split City Museum; Discounted sale of museum publications and souvenirs
6pm-1am | Exhibition of works by Milivoj Uzelac in Gallery Diocletian
6pm-1am | Viewing of the permanent collection in Emanuel Vidović Gallery
6pm-1am | Visit southeastern tower of Diocletian’s Palace, with exhibition by painter Vesna Ivanović
6pm-1am | Diocletian’s Palace Substructures, free entrance to eastern and western wing
Splitgraphic International Graphics Biennale – Naranča Gallery
6pm-midnight | Exhibition of works by Krzysztof Tomalski (Poland): Anti-Gravitation (2013-2015)
Star Village and Observatory at Mosor
6pm-6.45pm | Exhibition of observatory’s museum
6.15pm-6.45pm | Old dances from Split, and dialectal poetry, performed by students of Mertojak elementary school
6.45pm-7.15pm | Workshop for children “Books and Dinosaurs”
7.15pm-8pm | Lecture about history of music, by University of Split professor dr Goran Sučić
8pm-8.30pm | Concert of Astor Piazzolla tangos, “Hommage to Bach” by Béla Kovács, and Bach’s scores by clarinet player Mislav Norac
8.30pm-9pm | Performance of klapa Ćakula
9pm-9.30pm | Literature event “Let’s Read Music”
9.30pm-10pm | Performance of duo The Moment (Marija Jurić vocal and flute, Mario Čuljak guitar)
10.15pm-11.15pm | Lecture on Black Holes, gravitation waves and gama rays
11.30pm-1am | Astronomical viewing of the sky, if weather is good
University Library
6pm-11pm | Guided tour of the collection “Croatian Folk Songs from Island Hvar” collected in 19th century
7pm | Traditional Dalmatian klapa sings some of the old songs from the collection
6pm-11.30pm | Guided tour of University gallery Vasko Lipovac
8pm | University Gallery Vasko Lipovac: rock concert of Rokolomotive band from Split
