🧗♂️ What is it like to spend a night on a rock face, hundreds of metres above the ground? Join us for the talk “Croatian Mountaineering Expedition to Kyrgyzstan 2026”! 🇰🇬 Members of the expedition will take us to the Ak-Su Valley, known as the “Asian Yosemite”, and share their experiences of spending weeks […]
Missions to the Red Planet Time: 18:00 Speaker: Ante Radonić Which spacecraft have we sent to Mars, what have they discovered there, and what are the plans for future exploration of the Red Planet? Renowned astronomy popularizer Ante Radonić will present the most important missions that have transformed our understanding of Mars. Screening of The […]
Guest lecture by Fred H. Smith 📅 5 October 2026 at 6:00 p.m. 📍 Croatian Natural History Museum How did modern humans emerge, and what role did Neanderthals play in our evolutionary history? The Croatian Natural History Museum welcomes Fred H. Smith, a distinguished American paleoanthropologist and one of the world’s leading experts on Neanderthals […]
Speaker: Antonio Svorenji Please note: the lecture will be held in Croatian. An asteroid impact, panicking dinosaurs and a world on the brink of catastrophe… We are all familiar with the dramatic scenes associated with the most recent major mass extinction. But did you know that life on Earth had already experienced at least four […]
What lives in the perpetual darkness beneath our feet? Discover the fascinating life found in caves and other underground habitats and learn how their inhabitants have adapted to these unique conditions. Authors: Mia Šepčević and Tin Rožman Date: Saturday, 12 September 2026 Time: 6:00 p.m. Venue: Croatian Natural History Museum Participation is free, but registration […]
Mammoths in Crikvenica, hyenas on Medvednica, lions in Rakovica… Lecturer: Kazimir Miculinić, curator at the Croatian Natural History Museum Date and time: 8 September 2026 at 6 p.m. Venue: Croatian Natural History Museum, 1 Demetrova Street Please note: The lecture will be held in Croatian. Animals that are now extinct or have long since disappeared […]
Thursday, 10 September 2026 at 18h Lecturer: Damir Lacković Join us on a journey into the underground world of the Croatian karst, where ordinary drops of water create fascinating mineral formations known as speleothems over thousands of years. Discover how familiar stalactites and stalagmites are formed, along with unusual cave pearls, helictites and cave rafts. […]
Speaker: Teo Barišić Date and time: 9 September 2026 at 6 p.m. Venue: Croatian Natural History Museum, Demetrova 1, Zagreb Please note: The lecture will be held in Croatian. Register here The Crnopac massif is the highest and most rugged part of southeastern Velebit – a remarkable landscape of deep sinkholes, steep cliffs, white limestone […]
Vera Rubin: A New View of the Universe On 11 September 2026 at 6:00 PM, the Croatian Natural History Museum will host one of Croatia’s most distinguished astronomers, Prof. Željko Ivezić, Professor at the University of Washington in Seattle and the scientist who led the construction of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, one of the […]
Lecture on the geology, history, and science behind the world’s most famous gemstone 📅 Thursday, 13 August 2026 🕕 18:00 – LectureHis Majesty – The DiamondLecturer: Biserka Radanović Gužvica, M.Sc., museum advisor Why has the diamond been considered the king of all gemstones for centuries? How does it form more than 150 kilometres beneath the […]