Technical Museum Zagreb Photo: Technical Museum Zagreb

Technical Museum Zagreb – large Museum complex devoted to science and technology. For the first time about the creation of this Museum was started at the end of the 19th century, but only by 1954, the idea began to be realized when the decision to start construction was final.

Since 1959, the Zagreb technical Museum is located at its present location on street of Sheba. Initially the role of the exhibition halls were performed wooden buildings, erected by the Zagreb fair in 1948. These buildings remain at the Museum, they periodically held various social events. The architect of the modern Technical Museum Zagreb is Emil Visits.

Bozho Teak, the former during the founding of the Museum a University Professor, is considered the founder of the Zagreb technical Museum. He first headed the Board of the Museum. Predrag Grzinich the first Director of the Technical Museum in Zagreb.

Part of numerous exhibits Technical Museum Zagreb are presented in the permanent exhibition, and part is carefully stored in the vaults. Today in Zagreb technical Museum contains more than five thousand kinds of artifacts representing the various scientific and technical inventions and technologies. It all started in 1963 with the founding of the Department, is dedicated to the transformation of energy, transport and mining tools. The following year she founded the section devoted to the industry. Through the planetarium and the Department of Astronautics. Showroom-office, representing the work of Nikola Tesla, appeared in the Museum in 1976. Since 1981, work agricultural Department. Last, in 1992, founded the Department dedicated to fire safety. And a year later was open walkway with sculptures of Croatian scientists who have made significant contributions to the development of technology.

Since 1994, there was an expansion of some departments. For example, in the Department of agriculture has created apiarium, i.e. scientific apiary. And in the Department of energy transformation in 1999, there was a collection of devices that produce heat energy. 2006 and was renovated showroom-Cabinet of Nikola Tesla.

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