In the capital of Croatia, Zagreb, which was affected by the 2020 earthquake, restored museums are reopening.
In July of this year, the Archaeological Museum began welcoming visitors again. The renovation work here took four years. The reconstruction was carried out floor by floor and in several phases. According to a report by museum director Ivan Radman, this effort cost 2,000,000 euros. The funds were provided by insurance companies, the Solidarity Fund, as well as private sponsors who are art enthusiasts.
In addition to the building structure, the facade of the museum was damaged in March 2020, along with around two hundred unique exhibits. Approximately 3,000,000 euros will be needed to restore these artifacts, and the funding for this has been decided to come from the Zagreb city budget.
According to Ivica Poljicak, State Secretary of the Croatian Ministry of Culture, reconstruction of several other museums in the city is still ongoing. The Natural History Museum is planned to reopen for visitors in the fall, while the revamped Croatian School Museum is expected to start operating by the end of the year.
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