Split has a long tradition of collecting and caring for monuments. This interest appeared as early as the Renaissance.

At the start of the XVIth century, a collection of Antique stone epitaphs was stored in the home of the Split noble Dmino Papalic (today’s Town Museum) and they were described in one of his friend’s, Marko Marulic’s, tracts.

The Archbishop’s Museum was founded by mid-XVIIIth century, and in 1820 the Archeological Museum, the oldest Croatian Museum.

These were followed by the other museums and studios in Split which keep and exhibit various types of human achievements in this area where life, pulsating here since ancient times, has created a distinguishable of autochtonous creativeness and different outside influences.

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The Archeological Museum

Founded in 1820, the Archaeological Museum in Split is the oldest Museum in Croatia.
It’s got a enormous stock of archaeological objects from stone age times, from the period of the Greek colonisation of the Adriatic and from the Roman, Early Christian and early Medieval ages.

Almost all of the monuments come from the area of central Dalmatia, to be more and especially from Salona (Solin). Critical are collections of stone epitaphs from Salona (about 6.000 of them), of Greek Hellenistic ceramics, of Roman glass, of clay lamps, of objects made out of bone and metal, and of gems.

The Museum has a large collection of Antique and Medieval coins. The Museum also has a giant library with approximately 30.000 books on archaeology and history as well as on Dalmatica (books, books handling themes from the history of Dalmatia).

Since 1878 the Museum has issued its own book “Bulletin for Dalmatian Archaeology and History”. The start of archeology in Croatia is connected with the Archaeological Museum. Its long-time director Frane Bulic, particularly afterthe First lnternational Congress of Early Christian Archaeology was held in solin and Split in 1894, won it world renown.

The building housing the Museum was built according to the project of the Viennese designers A. Kirstein and F. Ohmann from 1912 to 1914. The Museum exhibition was replenished in 1970 on the occasion of the 150 anniversary of its existence. Stone monuments (sculptures, epitaphs) are exibited in the portico of the lapidarium ; the sequential succession of cultures from prehistory to the Early Middle Ages is displayed in the exhibit hall. There is a guide-book to the Museum in Croatian and English.

The Museum Of Croatian Archaeological Monuments

The Museum of Croatian Archaeological Monuments was founded in Knin in 1893. After WW II it was moved to Split and since 1976 it has been in the present building. The Museum has a rich collection of Early Medieval stone monuments and collections of weapons, tools, jewelry, coins and objects of everyday usage. Of special importance are the epigraphic monuments from the IXth to the XIIth century where we find etched the names of Croatian kings and other celebrated dignitaries. These represent an incredibly rich “archives in stone”, rare in the Europe of the time. The saved stone monuments are in often segments of altar partitions and of other furniture of the pre-Romanesque churches in Croatia.

Many discoveries from old Croatian graves offer abundant material for research of the industrial, cultural and political life of the Croatian people during the Early Middle Ages. Swords, spears, knives, arrows, axes and spurs have been found in graves of soldiers, all of which, according to their make, belong to the Carolingian cultural circle. The most countless grave findings are dissimilar froms of jewelry : earings, rings, necklaces, diadems, buttons and such-like. These can be sorted into several types encompassing a long time period from the VIIth to the XVth century and are, essentially, products made in local workshops and by local pros. Findings of gold Byzantine and other Medieval coins are also valuable. In the area around the Museum foundations of 3 base sorts of pre-Romanesque churches from old Croatian times and a considerable number of standing tomb-stones from the XIVth and XVth centuries are displayed recalling the appearance of a necropolis of that time.

The Town Museum Of Split

The Town Museum of Split was founded in 1946. It is found in the northeastern part of Diocletian’s palace, in the compound of Medieval buildinqs at whose center is the Gothic palace of the Papalic family designed and built by the local master Juraj of Dalmatia and his stonecarvers and builders circle. Beautifully excuted are the yard with its luxuriously decorated portal and loggia, the first floor hall with its extravagant four-light, two-light and one-light windows and with the well saved wooden ceiling. The Renaissance building with a fine window decoration completes the ensemble of the courtyard.

Within, the permanent museum exhibition relates a slice from the history of the town, the period when Split was an autonomous town commune (XIIth-XlVth centuries).

The town statute, seal and coins and the Romanesque sculpture from the belfry of the cathedral stand proud among the items. In the period of Venetian rule (XVth- XVlth centuries), a central place is given to the Marulic’s literary circle. Mention should additionally be made from Libro d’Oro, Gothic-Renaissance coffers. In the armoury are exhibited the weapons from the XVth to the XVIIIth centuries, utilised for the defence of Split.

The Ethnographic Museum

It was founded in 1910. The ethnography of the whole of Dalmatia is on show. The commonest costumes of the area, some of which excel with their embroidery, are exhibited (the pieces from Ravni Kotari, Knin, Vrlika, Imotski, Poljica ). Some feature a characteristic white embroidery ( from Sinj, the Dalmatian hinterland) or lacework (from Primosten, Novigrad and Pag).

Various trades are on view in the museum : pottery, knitting, handiwork (woodcarving, basketry, the making of footwear). The museum presents the basic froms of industrial life. One can also see Various instruments, silver jewelry and kinds of weapons.

Treasury Of Split Cathedral

The treasury contains an outstandingly valuable and precious collection of sacral designs.

On view are ob jects from the qoldsmith trade from the XIIIth to the XIXth century, paintings on panel from the XIIIth century, mass vestments from the XIVth to the XIXth centuries and famous books from the period between the VIIth and XIth centuries.

Of the second, mention should be made from the Book of gospels (VIth century), the Supetar charater (XIth century) and the Hishria Salonitana by Thomas the Archdeacon from Split (XIIIth century), writes tagza.

In a talk last year at Tufts University in Massachusetts, TV newshound Lisa Ling shared one of her very own private FAQs : No, she wasn’t in “Charlie’s Angels.” That’d be Lucy Liu.

Then she told students what formed her world view. “The best education I have ever received was thru travel. You’ll become more conversant, poised and smarter,” she revealed, according to Abroad101, a study abroad blog that summed up the speech.

Ling, who hosts the TV show “Our America” on OWN and often reports on CNN, will appear at this weekend’s L.A. Times Travel Show at the L.A. Convention Center. I asked what places are on her bucket list this year, and she sent an e-mail with “four places I am dying to visit.”

Cuba : Since the 1959 Revolution, Cuba’s been shrouded in intrigue, off limits to most American visitors. But now, the country is about to open its doors just a bit broader, and the uber-curious can get a license to go. What’s there to see? Everything — classic American autos, bongo-playing locals, Havana’s eighteenth century homes, Spanish Colonial buildings — but often it’s about soaking up the sights and culture of a long forbidden land.

Croatia : It’s time to venture outside of the “euro zone.” That is advice from Travelzoo senior editor Gabe Saglie, who asserts, “Croatia is an ideal example of a place that’s exotic but still off the radar.” Dubrovnik, Split (where modern-day apartment dwellers live elbow-to-elbow with history in the spectacular Diocletian’s Palace) and the Dalmatian Coast? Yes, yes and yes. And it’s a short hop to islands like Brac and Hvar for a quiet beach stint. Saglie announces Croatia is still a top value for USA citizens, except in crowded July and August, because of course , Europeans do know about it.

Morocco : Last year’s Arab spring pushed the country’s king to hover pro-democracy measures and enact a new constitution. Politics apart, the issue isn’t whether to go, but where to go : the Sahara Desert on a four-wheel trip ; Fez, Casablanca and Tangier to visit souks and sites the Berbers, Roman Empire, French and Spanish wanted as their own ; or beaches along the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts. Marrakech too is an option, particularly on a night tour of its exotic markets.

Mongolia : It is not that remote anymore, but still beautiful. That is Lonesome Planet’s take on the Asian nation that retains the untouched wonder of the Gobi desert juxtaposed against 21st century herders talking on mobile phones and Internet cafeterias in capital Ulan Bator. “Since the decline of communism, Mongolia has done pretty much everything in its power to open itself up to the world,” the firm’s website says. Don’t be disturbed, there’s still time to sleep in a ger (traveling tent), take a camel ride or go on a high-altitude trek — all far from the cellphone chatter.

Ling also identified 3 places she encourages Americans to go to this year : Nepal, for the gorgeous Himalayas ; China, which changes each day ; and the Greek island of Santorini, one of the most “beautiful places on the planet,” she writes, and likely pretty cheap because of the nations debt crisis, writes tagza.com.