🚀✨ 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 […]
How do we explain the colour of minerals? The colour of a mineral is, along with its shape, the first feature noticed on a mineral. It reflects the nature of the interaction between electromagnetic radiation of the visible spectrum and the electrons of the atoms, ions or molecules from which a particular mineral is built. […]
The first in a series of workshops entitled Geology for the Blind and Visually Impaired was held. We visited the “Vinko Bek” Centre for Education, Zagreb detached unit, where programs of education, upbringing and psychosocial rehabilitation are carried out for preschool and primary school children. The topic of the first workshop was fossils. The students […]
The Croatian Natural History Museum participated in the national “Croatian Book Month” initiative, held in libraries across Croatia. Our contribution was organized in cooperation with the “Tin Ujević” Library in Zagreb, where on 4 November 2025 the lecture “Caves and Pits – Underground Treasure of Medvednica” was held. Speaker Damir Lacković introduced 3rd-grade pupils from […]
educational and creative family workshop “Superorganism”⏰ Saturday, 15 February 2020, 10:00–11:30📍 Museum, Demetrova 1, Zagreb 💰 Fee: 15.00 HRK📝 No registration required The workshop includes a short guided tour of the exhibition SUPERORGANISM – THE POWER OF LIFE OF SOCIAL INSECTS, led by one of the exhibition’s authors, Dr. sc. Martina Podnar Lešić. Social insects […]
At this year’s MUZZA, we are participating with the exhibition SUPERORGANISM – the life forces of social insects and the workshops “Superorganism” and “DNA Detective”. A superorganism is a closely connected colony of individuals, characterized by altruistic cooperation, complex communication and a unique division of labor. It represents one of the basic biological organizations and […]
A seismograph is a graphical measuring instrument used to detect and record ground movement during earthquakes. MATERIALS: cardboard box paper or plastic cup string marker pen scissors paper coins tape INSTRUCTIONS: Cut off the edges of the cardboard box Hang the cup inside the box using string Make a hole in the bottom of the […]
Workshop for children: Dinosaur Trail Make the most of sunny days and draw a dinosaur trail using shadows.
Phenology is the science that studies the stages of plant development (leafing, flowering, fruit development, leaf fall, etc.) and animal life cycles (e.g. mating, egg laying and development, larvae, pupae, adult insects), depending on the seasons. PROCEDURE: Choose a tree you will observe Mark a branch that you will monitor Count the leaves on it, […]
MATERIALS: toilet paper rolls surprise chocolate egg capsules pipe cleaners (or a black marker) glue (hot glue recommended) yellow paint (tempera, watercolours, or spray paint) black marker string or wire scissors INSTRUCTIONS: The beehive is made from toilet paper rolls cut and glued into hexagonal cells to resemble a real hive. The hexagon is the […]