Museum of Slavonia

Museum of Slavonia
Muzej Slavonije
Main building in Tvrđa
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Established1877; 147 years ago (1877)
Location Osijek,  Croatia
Visitors28,001 (2017)[1]
DirectorGrgur Marko Ivanković
Websitemso.hr

Museum of Slavonia (Croatian: Muzej Slavonije) is the largest general-type museum in Croatia.[2]

Museum of Slavonia was established in 1877 in Osijek. Since 1946, it is located in the City Magistracy building, constructed in 1702 for the purposes of the Vienna Chamber, town government and police. Today, among the museums numerous collections, the most prized are the Roman Mursa and numismatic collections. The Museum's library contains more than 70,000 books.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Posjećenost hrvatskih muzeja u 2017. godini" (PDF). mdc.hr (in Croatian). Zagreb: Museum Documentation Center. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Museum of Slavonia". Retrieved 2010-10-11.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Povijest muzeja" (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 2000-12-17. Retrieved 2010-10-15.