St. Nicholas Fortress in Šibenik

In 2017, St. Nicholas Fortress in Šibenik was added to the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site list

Tapestry «July-August» from the Zagreb Archdiocese

Extremely valuable cycle of six tapestries "Months in the Year" from 1710 was the gift from the Empress Maria Theresa to Franjo Thauszy, Bishop of Zagreb

Polyptych of St. Bernardino of Siena

Polyptych of St. Bernardino of Sienna from the church of St. Bernardino in Kampor is the work of brothers Antonio and Bartolomeo Vivarini from 1458

Polyptych of St. Martin

Polyptych dedicated to St. Martin for the cathedral of St. Anastasia in Zadar is the work of Vittore Carpaccio, a master painter of the Italian Renaissance, from the 15th century

Island of Mljet, shipwreck with Iznik pottery

The ship of Venetian origin was discovered in 2006 in the Shallows of St. Paul off the coast of Mljet. Ottoman pottery from the town of Iznik is part of the outstanding archaeological finds from the site.

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During the European Year of Cultural Heritage, completed conservation and restoration of the high altar of St. John the Baptist from the Church of St. John the Baptist in Varaždin will be presented on Friday, 7th December 2018 at the Church of St. John the Baptist in Varaždin (Franjevački trg 8).

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During the European Year of Cultural Heritage, the results of the completed phase of conservation and restoration research of the cavalier of the Brod Fortress in Slavonski Brod will be presented.

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During the European Year of Cultural Heritage, the results of research of the archaeological site Sveti Martin na Muri will be presented. The exhibition opening and a lecture on the work that had been carried out will be held on Friday, 16th November 2018 at 18 o’clock in the Gallery above the Municipality office (Trg svetog Martina 7, Sveti Martin na Muri).

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During the European Year of Cultural Heritage, results of the completed conservation and restoration of the altar and antependium of the Holy Cross from the church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Kaštel Štafilić will be presented. The exhibition of posters and a lecture on the work that had been carried out will be held on Tuesday, 13th November 2018 at 18 o’clock at the Muzej grada Kaštela (Dvorac Vitturi, Kaštel Lukšić).

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During the European Year of Cultural Heritage, Croatian Conservation Institute presents the results of previous research, as well as other numerous activities within the international project “Claustra+ - Cross-border Destination of Cultural and Green Tourism” (OP Interreg V-A Slovenia-Croatia 2014-2020).

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During the European Year of Cultural Heritage, the results of conservation and restoration of documents from the Republic of Ragusa will be presented. The project is the result of a trilateral agreement between the Croatian Conservation Institute, State Archives in Dubrovnik and the Society of Friends of Dubrovnik Antiques, which started in 2015. The exhibition, that will be opened on Monday, November 5th 2018 at 18 o’clock at the Sponza Palace in Dubrovnik, will present the way this type of cooperation contributes to the protection and preservation of Croatian and European written heritage.

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During the European Year of Cultural Heritage, Croatian Conservation Institute presents completed conservation and restoration of the altar of the Blessed Virgin Mary from the Chapel of St. Wolfgang in Vukovoj. Presentation will be held on 31st October 2018 at 16 o'clock at the chapel of St. Wolfgang, after the procession of the Blessed Virgin Mary from Klenovnik to Vukovoj that starts at 14 o'clock.

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It is with great pleasure that we invite you to the opening of the “Krk, church of St. Francis of Assisi, conservation of the Sacra conversazione altarpiece“ exhibition which will be held on 30th October 2018 at 19 o'clock at the Galerija Garbas in Rijeka, Užarska 26.

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Presentation of the results of the completed conservation and restoration of wall paintings in the shrine, altarpieces, and sacristy cabinet will be held on Tuesday, 30th October 2018 at 17 o’clock in the church of St. Nicholas in Pazin.

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Presentation of the results of interdisciplinary research of the church and monastery, as well as conservation and restoration research of wall paintings will be held on Friday, 19th October 2018 at 12 o’clock in the church of St. Nicholas.

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During the European Year of Cultural Heritage, Croatian Conservation Institute presents the results of the completed conservation and restoration of the altar of the Holy Cross from the church of the same patrocinium in Križevci.

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Events organized by the Croatian Conservation Institute

'Portal' Journal

Postal

Croatian Conservation Institute's periodical, Portal, is a peer-reviewed academic journal published annually since 2010. Directed at presenting research and professional papers on investigations, treatments, results, theoretical reflections and historical overviews, Portal is open to all those who wish to contribute, professionally and scholarly, to the reflection and promotion of art conservation and restoration. Owing to its comprehensive abstracts in English, the basic content of each paper is also available to international experts.

International Projects

Tracing the Art of the Straub Family

The Claustra Project – “Stone Barriers of the Roman Empire” Approved by the IPA Cross-Border Cooperation Programme Slovenia-Croatia

EwaGlos – European Illustrated Glossary for Conservation Terms of Wall Painting and Architectonic Surfaces

Selected Topics

Secrets of Colours. A 15th-Century Handbook on the Preparation of Paints

Segreti per colori [Secrets of colours] is a collection of recipes for the preparation of paints, translated into Croatian for the first time in this Croatian Conservation Institute’s edition. The text, also known as the Bologna Manuscript, is a valuable source of insight into the technology of paint manufacture in the late Middle Ages.

 
Iznik – Ottoman Pottery from the Depths of the Adriatic

The bilingual catalogue was published to accompany the exhibition of the same name held at the Mimara Museum (May 18th – Sep 13th, 2015) and the Ethnographic Museum in Dubrovnik (Jul 15th – Sep 30th, 2016). The exhibition raised much interest among both the general and international professional public, presenting valuable archaeological material from a merchant ship that sank in the late 16th century in the Sveti Pavao shallows, off the island of Mljet.

 
The Renovation of St. James's Cathedral in Šibeniksvjakov_blog

Croatian Conservation Institute began in 2012 with the documenting, investigating and conservation trials on the stone sculpture in the interior of the presbytery and the main apse of St. James’s Cathedral in Šibenik. A major architectural achievement of the 15th and 16th century in Croatia, the Cathedral of Šibenik has won its global recognition in 2000, when it was entered in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Church of St. Mark in Zagreb: architecture, history, conservation

svmarko_mThe collection of six papers on the history of St. Mark’s Church was published to mark the completion of its year-long renovation. Croatian Conservation Institute, which supervised the larger part of the renovation, initiated the monograph, aiming to compile all existing insights into the construction history of the church, which revealed it to be a particularly multi-layered monument.

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