Museum Night 2018 at the Croatian Natural History Museum
Another successful Museum Night at the Croatian Natural History Museum – thank you all!
Museums and Sport – Faster, Higher, Stronger… / citius, altius, fortius…
18:00 – 01:00
Free admission.
Exhibitions
The Eternal Game – the Millennia-Long Connection Between Football, Culture, Architecture and Design
January 26 – February 18, 2018.
We are pleased to invite you to the opening of the exhibition The Eternal Game – the Millennia-Long Connection Between Football, Culture, Architecture and Design, which will take place on Friday, January 26, 2018, at 18:30 at the Croatian Natural History Museum.
The exhibition was created in cooperation between the Croatian Natural History Museum, the Croatian Football Federation and the HNS Information and Multimedia Centre “Be Proud”.
Games with round objects are as old as civilization itself. There is no doubt that various round objects were used for human entertainment long before people began entertaining themselves in other ways. It is therefore not an exaggeration to say that the round object, and later the ball, has been an object of human interest since the time humans began to think. Perhaps even before that.
Some historians and researchers claim that ball games were first described as early as five thousand years ago. At that time, the Chinese pushed a round object filled with animal fur or feathers using all parts of the body except the hands. An undefined number of players, divided into two groups, pushed such a round object toward the opposing side, aiming to push it between bamboo branches.
Various statues, woodcuts, stone slabs and other objects from different historical periods depict games with round objects. From the rather limited visual documentation among the Chinese, Greeks and Romans, as well as some records in certain annals about ancient events, the existence of various early games can be clearly confirmed, where striking or throwing a round object was the main purpose.
Ball games, especially kicking a ball with the foot, gained more and more supporters from day to day. Many people abandoned their former pastimes and entertainment in order to take up ball games. This went so far that English kings in 1365 and later several times banned kicking the ball in order to win their subjects back to practicing archery.
Taken from the monograph 100 Years of Football in Croatia 1880-1980.
Exhibition credits for The Eternal Game – the Connection Between Football, Culture, Architecture and Design
Concept authors: Dr. Iva Mihoci and Nikša Martinac.
Exhibition author: Nikša Martinac.
Visual design and multimedia: Nikša Martinac.
Technical realization: Nikša Martinac, Dr. Iva Mihoci, Petar Crnčan and Krešimir Novak.
Marketing: Nenad Jandrić, Branimir Ivić and Martin Glavinić.
Croatian Natural History Museum, January 26 – February 18, 2018.
The exhibition was created in cooperation between the Croatian Natural History Museum, the Croatian Football Federation and the HNS Information and Multimedia Centre “Be Proud”.
We thank the Zagreb City Museum for lending the exhibition display cases.
The exhibition was financially supported by the City Office for Culture of the City of Zagreb.
Cockroaches – the World That Remains
For a moment, let us forget the days when our morning coffee or afternoon rest was spoiled by the presence of one small living creature that more or less everyone finds repulsive. Let us also forget where they come from, what they do and how they feed, and observe them for a moment as organisms designed by nature so that our disgust means absolutely nothing to them, because their world was here long before us, survived much greater cataclysms, and will be here after us.
Miocene – From Mud to Gold
The exhibition Miocene of Northern Croatia (From Mud to Gold) presents changes in the area of northern Croatia over a long period of almost 20 million years, during which the appearance of this region was constantly changing. During the Lower, Middle and Upper Miocene, numerous landscapes changed, dominated by different marine environments, brackish and freshwater lakes, intertwined rivers and swamps and, more rarely, terrestrial environments.
Why Is the Bee More Important Than Humans?
Why is the bee more important than humans – through joint and simultaneous evolution and mutual dependence in the ecosystem, plants and bees together make life on the planet possible. However, in their search for nectar and pollen, bees pollinate a large number of plant species without which the world’s ecosystems would not look the way they do today, and this would consequently lead to the loss of both plant and animal species. Through their role as pollinators, they contribute to biodiversity and the preservation of life on Earth.
“If the bee disappeared, humans would have only four years of life left.” Albert Einstein
Events
Video animation of Pilar’s chess problem
Gjuro Pilar was one of the most prominent natural scientists of the 19th century. In addition to collecting and systematically processing museum material, Pilar took care of arranging the chemical laboratory and acquiring instruments, and he also acquired the first polarizing microscope for mineral and rock research.
As the first professor of mineralogy and geology at the University of Zagreb, Pilar taught mineralogy, petrography, geology, paleontology and even astronomy, and in 1884 he was elected rector of the University.
His versatility is also shown by his excellent knowledge of chess and the creation of chess problems, such as chess in four moves, whose animation visitors will have the opportunity to see on the panel.
Fire eaters and chestnut sales in front of the Museum building.
Zoological exhibition – animal records and cockroach race
We will find out which animal is the fastest runner, which is the fastest flyer, and which butterflies are able to cross the ocean, while visitors will also be able to see the first Croatian cockroach race.