Calling all culture vultures. The European Year of Cultural Heritage is putting on a range of cool initiatives celebrating the best of the continent. In Zagreb, six major museums and galleries have signed up to a project to make entry free all week. Yep, that's right - totally, 100% free! Here are 6 fantastic Zagreb museums and galleries you can visit this week without spending a single penny.
Croatian Museum of Naive Art, May 7 - 13
One of Zagreb's most unique collections, this museum features an array of incredibly bold and colourful works by Croatia's self-taught peasant painters from the late 1930s to the mid-1980s
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Dražen Petrović Memorial Center, May 7 -13
Off-the-beaten-path, this museum is dedicated to the basketball legend who died in car crash at the age of 28, taking you on a trip through his short-lived career with medals, trophies and memorabilia.
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Nikola Tesla Museum, May 8 - 13
This museum houses aircraft, a 1930s snow-mobile, a World War II mini-submarine, 19th-century fire engines and a Dubrovnik tram from 1912, and the lab of the cult inventor and internet folklore hero Nikola Tesla.
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Museum of Contemporary Art, May 8 -11
Ride Carsten Höller's slides, get to know the '50s Croatian abstract generation and the Zagreb-based New Tendencies movement from the '70s, plus watch performances from artists Tom Gotovac and Vlasta Delima. You'll also see extravagant murals by Croatian street artists on your way in.
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Archeological Museum, May 8 -13
An extensive collection includes a 4th-century-BC mummy wrapped in rare Etruscan texts and the Vučedol Dove, a 4,000-year-old ceramic vessel found near Vukovar and a symbol of peace in recent times; Greek and Roman artefacts; and coins through the ages.
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Museum of Arts and Crafts, May 9 - 11
Set in a grand Hermann Bollé-designed palace, this museum's collection spans work from the Renaissance to Art Déco. Check out the fabulous Sixties in Croatia exhibition.
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