# Technical Museum - Museum of Nikola Tesla Zagreb

Technical Museum - Museum of Nikola Tesla Zagreb

The Technical Museum of Nikola Tesla in Zagreb is located on the north-south highway. It is based on the existing large scientific-technical museums in the world, as the name suggests - as a specialized museum of techniques. The museum shows us the development of technical solutions that man through his history always strives to overcome space and time.

In fact, the idea of ​​establishing this kind of museum originates from the end of the 19th century. Thus, for a time, Zagreb had a trade-craft museum, or more precisely - the history of the Technical Museum in Zagreb started back in 1954. Namely, a decision was made on its founding, and in 1959, the Museum used its premises at Savska cesta 18.

The originator and the author of the whole story about the founding of the Technical Museum in Zagreb was the University Professor Dr. Božo Težak. Later, he served as chairman of the Council of the Museum, and the realtor and first director of the Museum was Predrag Grdenić. The exhibition was made by the architect Emil Vičić, and the building was designed by Marijan Haberle.

On June 5, 2015, by a decision of the City Assembly, the then Technical Museum in Zagreb, at the proposal of the mayor of the City of Zagreb (Milan Bandic), changed its name to the Technical Museum of Nikola Tesla.

What can you see at the Nikola Tesla Technical Museum in Zagreb? You assume that works of this world-famous inventor are exhibited at the Museum. You can take a closer look at the actual work of Nikola Tesla, and so from the first hand see and articulate the image of the inventor, during his greatest discoveries.

Departments of the Technical Museum in Zagreb

Exhibitions in the Museum - The first sections of the Technical Museum provide insight into the topics: Transformation of Energy, Transport and Mining. These departments were open to the public in 1963, and thereafter the 1968 collection of Naphtha was opened, the 1965 Planetarium, the Nikola Tesla demonstration cabinet in 1976, the Department of Farming in 1981, the Fire Department in 1992, the Apisary 1994 , and the Museums of Zemljamjerstvo - cadastre in 1994.

Energy Transformation Department - This department gives us a realistic insight into the historical development of expert solutions in the effort to transform less valuable forms of energy into better quality and human needs much more useful.

Transport Department - This section presents the development of transport equipment in water, land and air. It is certainly interesting for people of all ages. It will delight even the younger, even the older ones.

Department of astronautics with the planetarium - The Department of astronaut exhibits models of the most famous spacecraft. Here you can see the rockets and orbital stations that show the beginning of astronaut development.

Department of Geology, Mining and Oil - The Mining Collection presents the development of exploitation techniques of mineral raw materials. Also, this department should show ways of breeding and processing the ore. Particularly interesting for visitors is a mining model with a total length of 300 m long mining corridors, built below the museum building.

Fire Department - In this section you will see special fire brigades, from firefighting equipment to specially equipped vehicles. The development of firefighting techniques, with particular emphasis on the territory of Croatia, is also presented.

Department of Agriculture with the Apisary - The exhibits presented in this section are clearly showing the historical development of technical solutions for different digging and plowing machines. Particularly interesting is an exhibition - a glass hive of bees, or apisary with live bees, whose life and work can be freely watched live.

Department of the great Croatian natural sciences and techniques - The department has so far realized the exhibition about Faust Vrancic and the demonstration cabinet of Nikola Tesla. The full aisle of sculptures of the greats of Croatian natural sciences and techniques is one of the largest part of this department in the open, in the Museum Park.

Demonstration Cabinet of Nikola Tesla - The permanent exhibition of the Demonstration Cabinet, total area of ​​260 square meters, was opened to the public in 1976. The date is not accidentally selected, as it is also marked by the 120th anniversary of Tesla's birth. Exhibitions are made at Museum Workshops. The permanent exhibition was rebuilt in 2006, marking the year of Nikola Tesla (2006) under the auspices of the Croatian Parliament.

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