Technical Museum Zagreb
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Technical Museum Zagreb - a large museum complex dedicated to science and technology. For the first time the creation of such a museum started talking at the end of the 19th century, but only by 1954, ideas were put into practice when the decision to start construction was made final.

Since 1959 the Zagreb Technical Museum is located on its present site on the street. Sheba. Initially, the role of the pavilions carried wooden buildings erected by the Zagreb Fair in 1948. These buildings today are in the territory of the museum, which periodically hosts various social events. The architect of the modern Technical Museum in Zagreb is Emil Vichits.

Bozo Tezhak former grounds of the museum during a university professor, is considered the founder of the Zagreb Technical Museum. He first headed the Council of the museum. Predrag Grdenich - the first director of the Technical Museum in Zagreb.

Part of the Technical Museum exhibits numerous Zagreb represented in the permanent exhibition, and some carefully preserved in the vaults. Today in the Zagreb Technical Museum has collected more than five thousand of various exhibits representing various scientific and technological inventions and technologies. The foundation was laid in 1963 with the foundation of department dedicated to the transformation of energy, transport and mining implements. The following year, was established a department dedicated to the oil industry. A year later - the Planetarium and the Department of Space. Showroom cabinet representing activities Nikola Tesla appeared in the museum in 1976. Since 1981, the Department of Agriculture is working. The last, in 1992, founded a department dedicated to fire safety. A year later, Alley was opened with sculptures of Croatian scientists who have made significant contributions to the development of technology.

Since 1994, there has been some expansion of departments. For example, in the Department of Agriculture created apiarium, ie scientific apiary. And in the department of energy conversion in 1999, there was a collection of devices that produce heat. Since 2006 it has been renovated showroom cabinet of Nikola Tesla.

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