Split - Archeological Museum

by Natasa Lujic
(Dubrovnik)

Interest in Croatia's cultural-historical monuments has been present ever since the ancient times. In the early 16th century, Dominik Papalic, a nobleman and humanist from Split, set up in his house a collection of ancient inscriptions, which he found during the many walks with Marko Marulic, "the father of Croatian Literature", among the ruins of Salona.

(On view in the Atrium of the Archaeological Museum are five original inscriptions that have been preserved from this collection). Marulic wrote the "catalogue", i.e. the "guide" to the collection.Another important date in the development of museum activity in Split was the establishment of the Archdiocesan Museum in 1750 that housed an extensive collection of Latin inscriptions, predominantly originating from ancient Salona.The new permanent display was opened in the renovated Museum at the beginning of 1999.

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