Prigorje Museum
Sesvete
The Prigorje Museum was founded in 1977. in Sesvete, and is located in a late Baroque manor house from the 18th century. century. Its holdings consist of archaeological finds from the Kuzelin site, objects from the prehistoric, Roman and medieval periods, and collections related to the modern history of the region. The ethnographic collection contains textiles, ceramics and wooden objects, and the art collection includes around three hundred works, mostly by local artists. The museum researches, preserves and interprets the cultural heritage of the eastern part of Zagreb – the Sesvete Hills. It offers visitors a glimpse into the layered past of this region, told through objects, stories, and space.
Address
Trg Dragutin Domjanića 5, Sesvete
Contact
info@muzejprigorja.hr
Website
Related Programmes
Thursday3/9
Event time
18:00–20:00
- Location
- Trg Dragutina Domjanića 5
Who Is Petrica Kerempuh?
Workshop
Limited capacity – sign up required
Through a short expert introduction, participants will get to know the character of Petrica Kerempuh, the tradition of puppetry and different types of puppets and theatrical forms. Special emphasis will be placed on shadow theatre and the...
Event time
18:00–20:00
- Location
- Trg Dragutina Domjanića 5
Friday4/9
Event time
17:30–18:30
- Location
- Kelekova ulica 2
Secrets of the Sesvete Bunkers
Discursive programme
Discursive programme
Limited capacity – sign up required
A lecture based on many years of research by Damir Fofić and Ivo Pavičić into the Sesvete defensive belt will be held in situ – beside the heavy anti-tank bunker no. 8.
Event time
17:30–18:30
- Location
- Kelekova ulica 2
Friday4/9
Event time
17:00–18:00
- Location
- Kelekova ulica 2
Secrets of the Sesvete Bunkers
Cultural city walk
Cultural city walk
Limited capacity – sign up required
The walk reveals the hidden world of fortification structures built in the 1950s in the area of Sesvete. Through a layered approach, careful planning and the integration of different branches of the armed forces, the Cold War bunkers on...
Event time
17:00–18:00
- Location
- Kelekova ulica 2
Friday4/9
Event time
18:00–20:00
- Location
- Trg Dragutina Domjanića 5
The Magical World of Puppets
Workshop
Limited capacity – sign up required
After viewing the exhibition of the same name, participants will discuss how a puppet can become an artistic object and a bearer of a story. Inspired by Old Slavic mythology, Prigorje motifs and nature, participants will design their own...
Event time
18:00–20:00
- Location
- Trg Dragutina Domjanića 5
Saturday5/9
Event time
16:00–17:00
- Location
- Senjska ulica 1
New Patrons for Sljeme – a proposal for an artistic intervention in the space of the former factory, a conversation with citizens
Discursive programme
The artist Sanja Bistričić Srića, the mediator Maša Štrbac and the Sljeme for All initiative, together with a group of citizens in the role of patrons, invite all those interested to the first presentation of a proposal for an artwork for...
Event time
16:00–17:00
- Location
- Senjska ulica 1
Saturday5/9
Event time
10:00–12:00
- Location
- Trg Dragutina Domjanića 5
Perica or tenka gibanica: a gathering, a conversation and breakfast the Kajkavian way
MUV on site
Petrica? Or Perica? Those who know, know. And those who don’t will find out right here. As part of the Zagreb Museum Weekend we invite you to a gathering with the Kajkavian word, conversation, stories from Prigorje and, of course, tenka...
Event time
10:00–12:00
- Location
- Trg Dragutina Domjanića 5
Saturday5/9
Event time
All day
- Location
- Trg Dragutina Domjanića 5
Dragutin Domjanić, A Century and a Half
Exhibition
Dragutin Domjanić (1875–1933) is one of the most important Croatian poets of the first half of the 20th century and one of the greatest poets writing in the Kajkavian dialect. His work strongly marked the cultural space of Prigorje, and...
Event time
All day
- Location
- Trg Dragutina Domjanića 5
Saturday5/9
Event time
All day
- Location
- Trg Dragutina Domjanića 5
Dragutin Domjanić, exegi monumentum
Exhibition
How do you commemorate a poet who has already raised his own monument in words? The exhibition “Exegi monumentum” presents Milivoj Šegan’s proposal for a memorial to Dragutin Domjanić, conceived for Dragutin Domjanić Square in Sesvete. The...
Event time
All day
- Location
- Trg Dragutina Domjanića 5
Saturday5/9
Event time
All day
- Location
- Trg Dragutina Domjanića 5
Dragutin Domjanić – Petrica Kerempuh and the Clever Donkey
Exhibition
In 1920 Dragutin Domjanić wrote the marionette play “Petrica Kerempuh i spametni osel” (Petrica Kerempuh and the Clever Donkey), considered one of the beginnings of professional puppetry in Croatia. The exhibition presents rich documentary...
Event time
All day
- Location
- Trg Dragutina Domjanića 5
Saturday5/9
Event time
10:00–12:00
- Location
- Trg Dragutina Domjanića 5
Bringing the Puppet to Life
Workshop
Limited capacity – sign up required
Participants will explore how a puppet moves, how character is created and how movement and voice build a stage story. Through simple theatre exercises and improvisation, participants will bring to life the puppets made on the previous...
Event time
10:00–12:00
- Location
- Trg Dragutina Domjanića 5
Saturday5/9
Event time
13:00–14:00
- Location
- Trg Dragutina Domjanića 5
At Jan and Petrica’s
Play
Limited capacity – sign up required
The multimedia event “At Jan and Petrica’s” takes place in a stage space evoking the garden of a wayside inn – a place of socialising, conversation and song. There Jan Halubjan and Petrica Kerempuh meet and address the audience, in the...
Event time
13:00–14:00
- Location
- Trg Dragutina Domjanića 5
Saturday5/9
Event time
11:30–12:00
- Location
- Trg Dragutina Domjanića 5
Exhibition opening “Gabrijela Šimić and Marijana Županić Benić: The Puppet – Where Myth Meets Reality”
Opening
In the Kurija Gallery of the Prigorje Museum, the artists Županić Benić and Šimić present the puppet as a distinctive artistic object. While Gabrijela Šimić models puppets in polymer clay imbued with Old Slavic mythology and Prigorje...
Event time
11:30–12:00
- Location
- Trg Dragutina Domjanića 5
Saturday5/9
Event time
12:00–12:30
- Location
- Trg Dragutina Domjanića 5
Exhibition opening “Dragutin Domjanić – Petrica Kerempuh and the Clever Donkey”
Opening
In 1920 Dragutin Domjanić wrote the marionette play “Petrica Kerempuh i spametni osel” (Petrica Kerempuh and the Clever Donkey), considered one of the beginnings of professional puppetry in Croatia. The exhibition presents rich documentary...
Event time
12:00–12:30
- Location
- Trg Dragutina Domjanića 5
Saturday5/9
Event time
11:15–11:30
- Location
- Trg Dragutina Domjanića 5
Exhibition Opening “Dragutin Domjanić – Exegi monumentum”
Opening
How do you commemorate a poet who has already raised his own monument in words? The exhibition “Exegi monumentum” presents Milivoj Šegan’s proposal for a memorial to Dragutin Domjanić, conceived for Dragutin Domjanić Square in Sesvete. The...
Event time
11:15–11:30
- Location
- Trg Dragutina Domjanića 5
Saturday5/9
Event time
11:00–11:15
- Location
- Trg Dragutina Domjanića 5
Exhibition Opening “Dragutin Domjanić, A Century and a Half”
Opening
Dragutin Domjanić (1875–1933) is one of the most important Croatian poets of the first half of the 20th century and one of the greatest poets writing in the Kajkavian dialect. His work strongly marked the cultural space of Prigorje, and...
Event time
11:00–11:15
- Location
- Trg Dragutina Domjanića 5
Sunday6/9
Event time
All day
- Location
- Trg Dragutina Domjanića 5
Gabrijela Šimić and Marijana Županić Benić: The Puppet – Where Myth Meets Reality
Exhibition
In the Kurija Gallery of the Prigorje Museum, the artists Županić Benić and Šimić present the puppet as a distinctive artistic object. While Gabrijela Šimić models puppets in polymer clay imbued with Old Slavic mythology and Prigorje...
Event time
All day
- Location
- Trg Dragutina Domjanića 5
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