World Sea Turtle Day

This year, we are marking World Sea Turtle Day together with the Zagreb kindergarten “Malešnica”. The project “Sea Turtles” was organised in cooperation with the children from the “Sovice” group, with whom educators Đana Harbaš Bikić and Martina Hribar spent three weeks carrying out various activities to help the children get to know sea turtles […]

Lectures accompanying the exhibition “New CNHM 2023”

19:00 Marin Šoufek, long-time curator of the Mineralogical and Petrographic Department, will give the lecture Electron Microscopy in the Function of the New Natural History Museum. 19:30 Museum advisor Damir Lacković and curator Petar Crnčan will give a lecture on the museum’s long-standing programme From the Museum into Nature. 20:00 Culture of Donation by Petar […]

A final farewell to our colleague Jakov Radovčić

Our colleague Jakov Radovčić, a long-time curator and museum advisor in the Geological and Palaeontological Department, passed away at the age of 76. During his long and dedicated museum career, he was the initiator of or collaborator on numerous museological and scientific projects. He was the author of the first programme concept for the work […]

A final farewell to our colleague Darko Rukavina

Our dear colleague and friend, museum advisor, Mr. Sc. Darko Rukavina, has passed away. The news caught us all by surprise, shocked us and saddened us… I believe Darko Rukavina needs no special introduction. A geologist and palaeontologist by education, he graduated from the Faculty of Science, where he also earned the degree of Master […]

Opening of the construction site and beginning of the Museum renovation

20 December 2021 at 10:00 After 175 years, the dream of generations of naturalists begins to come true; the project of renovating and reconstructing the Amadeo Palace, home of the Croatian Natural History Museum, is beginning. We are pleased to invite you to the ceremonial opening of the construction site of the currently largest infrastructure […]

Naturfašnik 2021

Dear online friends of the museum, Carnival time is almost here. This year everything is different, so our NATURFAŠNIK is a little different too. This year, YOU are creating Naturfašnik! We invite you to make your masks at home, dress up, take photos and send them to us. Through your photographs, you will take part […]

Monoclinic crystal system

International Museum Day is an opportunity to remember the beginnings of the Museum on Croatian soil. The first idea of establishing a National Museum emerged 185 years ago. Back in 1836, the Croatian Parliament considered Ljudevit Gaj’s proposal to establish a learned society from which a Monoclinic crystal system 16-06-2021 16-06-2021 The monoclinic crystal system […]

International Museum Day – the story of its beginnings

International Museum Day is an opportunity to remember the beginnings of the Museum on Croatian soil. The first idea of establishing a National Museum emerged 185 years ago. Back in 1836, the Croatian Parliament considered Ljudevit Gaj’s proposal to establish a learned society from which a large municipal library and national Museum would be created. […]

Little School of Mineralogy 7

What are oxide and hydroxide minerals, and what are their properties? Oxide minerals are compounds of metals or metalloids with oxygen, while hydroxide minerals contain the OH– group. Oxide minerals are mostly characterized by relatively high hardness and density, and they are resistant to weathering. Unlike oxides, hydroxides are softer and have lower hardness. What […]