The city has a rich history, which is why many of the preserved landmarks are under the protection of UNESCO today. Split’s 2700 sunny hours each year make it very attractive for tourists. This page will display the notable landmarks of the city that you should definitely see if you happen to visit Split.
The Ethnographic Museum in Split was founded on July 3, 1910 as the first ethnographic museum in Croatia. From the very beginning, ethnologists and curators have focused on researching the traditional and contemporary culture of Dalmatia, which is why most of the items in the museum originate from the area of Dalmatia. This area is very interesting because of two ethnographic cultural zones: the Dinaric-Dalmatian hinterland and the Adriatic. The museum also houses objects from other parts of Croatia, the Balkans and even Europe.
The Maritime Museum was founded in 1925. The museum collects, researches, preserves and presents the tangible and intangible maritime heritage of the Croatian Adriatic coast, from prehistory to the present day. The museum is located in the Gripe Fortress. The fortress, which is completely preserved and built in the 17th century. There is a large number of exhibits in the courtyard of the fortress. One of them is the steamer "Bakar", one of the seven halves that are part of the museum. In the museum we can also see an exhibition dedicated to merchant shipping, the development of ships, sailing ships, steamships and motor boats.Wooden anchors and amphorae mostly originate from the place where the ships were sunk.
The Archaeological Museum in Split is the oldest museum-type institution in Croatia. It was founded in 1820. The first museum building was erected in 1821 along the eastern walls of Diocletian's Palace, but it soon became too small for a growing number of buildings. This museum houses about 150,000 archeological objects from the period of prehistory, from the period of Greek colonization, the Roman period and the early Middle Ages. Also in this museum you can see a particularly significant collection of stone inscriptions from Salona of about 6,000, a collection of Greek Hellenistic pottery, Roman glass, wooden clay lamps of about 1,600, bones, metal objects and a collection of jewels, the most important in the country. The museum also houses a large collection of Attic and medieval coins, which has about 70,000 copies, a library and archives.
