The Museum is one of Croatia’s fundamental national cultural institutions. It houses the finest collections of fine and applied art that date from 14th to 20th century with an emphasis on presenting the culture of living in nobility’s castles and palaces in the countryside and in the cities, as well as depicting the everyday life of higher levels of citizenry. MUO has the largest and richest holdings in Croatia of fine and applied art: in total over 100,000 items are cared for by the Museum. In the permanent exhibition visitors have a chance to see nearly 3000 exhibits, at about 2000m² of exhibition area, from the collections of furniture, ceramics, glass, metal, textiles, painting, sculpture, clocks and watches, photography, graphic and product design, ivory, bookbinding and painted and gilded leather, which provide the insight into historical changes in styles which reflect special features of the Croatian cultural space and the wider spiritual and intellectual movements of time.
