Green Practices or Green Illusions: The Story of Pollution and “Solutions”

Date: Thursday, 23 July 2026 Time: 18:00 Location: Croatian Natural History Museum Are all “green” solutions truly as sustainable as they are presented? Paper straws, cotton bags, electric vehicles and recycling are just some of the topics we will explore through facts, examples and a critical look at today’s environmental challenges. Join us for a […]

Shark Attacks in the Adriatic Sea – Facts, Myths and the Real Risk

Thursday, 30 July 2026 🕕 6:00 PM – Lecture (in Croatian) 🎬 7:00 PM – Screening of Jaws (English audio with Croatian subtitles) 📍 Croatian Natural History Museum Are sharks in the Adriatic Sea really dangerous, or is our fear greater than the actual risk? Join us for an engaging evening exploring one of the […]

International Asteroid Day

On the occasion of International Asteroid Day (30 June), the Croatian Natural History Museum, in collaboration with the Jadranska aerosvemirska asocijacija (A3), is organizing a special educational program dedicated to asteroids, their role in the formation and evolution of the Solar System, as well as current understanding of near-Earth objects and their potential risks and […]

BIOLUMINESCENCE – lecture

Is there a connection between deep-sea fish, certain bacteria and fungi, and planktonic dinoflagellates? These are truly different groups of organisms, even belonging to different kingdoms of life — one is an animal, one a fungus, one a bacterium, and one a protist. What if we also add the firefly to the story? Have we […]

Magic of Advent at the Croatian Natural History Museum

1–31 December 2024Croatian Natural History MuseumBranimir Ivić 🗓️ 1–31 December 2024 The Croatian Natural History Museum invites visitors to experience the magic of Advent at Gradec (Gornji grad). Through a rich and diverse program of creative workshops, DNA detective activities, astronomy lectures, and contemporary museum topics, as well as classical music concerts, the museum offers […]

Ante Radonić: The Latest Research on the Universe

20 February 2025Hrvatski prirodoslovni muzej 📅 Date: 20 February 2025🕕 Time: 18:00📍 Location: Croatian Natural History Museum, multimedia hall REGISTRATIONS FULL!FREE ADMISSION The Hrvatski prirodoslovni muzej invites you to a lecture by Ante Radonić, a renowned expert in space exploration. Discover the latest insights into the James Webb Space Telescope, its groundbreaking discoveries, preparations for […]

Zagreb City Day: CroCube: The Croatian Satellite in Space

🚀✨ CROCUBE DAY AT THE CROATIAN NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM ✨🚀 📅 Saturday, May 31, 2025📍 Croatian Natural History Museum 🎤 Featuring: Branimir Ivić and Daniela Jović 🎟 FREE ADMISSION Register here. 🕦 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM🔹 Latest Updates from the CroCube Mission Discover what the satellite is sending back from space and follow the […]

Zagreb before it existed – before 1094 – Roman milestone in Jelkovec

Unveiling of the monument “Roman milestone in Jelkovec” As part of the initiative “Zagreb before it existed – before 1094” Authors: Zoran Gregl (†), Nenad Jandrić, Željko Kovačić, Ozren Domiter Project patrons: Archaeological Museum in Zagreb and Croatian Natural History Museum On Thursday, 03 December 2020 at 13:30, on the eastern plateau of the Jelkovec […]

minerals, crystals…

Minerals can be described as crystallised substances, characterised by a regular internal structure consisting of regularly arranged atoms in space. Under special, favourable conditions, they can develop in the form of regular geometric bodies – polyhedra, bounded by flat faces that are the external reflection of their regular internal structure. Such formations represent one of […]

Little school of mineralogy – 5

What are native elements and how common are they in nature? Minerals that occur as elements are called native elements and are very rare in nature. About twenty minerals are known to belong to the class of native elements, and they make up approximately 0.1% of the total mass of the Earth’s crust. The reason […]