Ljepota lažnog sjaja
Exhibition
"Fool`s Gold Beauty" - exhibition of forgeries from the Police Museum collection

The purpose of the exibition of the forgeries from the collection of the Police Museum conveniently entitlet Fool`s Gold Beauty is to warn about the unscrupulousness of the black market intentionally aimed at deceiving well-intentioned, yet naive and inexpert art buyers.

free entrance
L4 — Multifunctional Hall 4
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Dubrovnik, A Scarred City
„Dubrovnik, A Scarred City“ Exhibition

Exhibition 'Dubrovnik, A Scarred City: The Deconstruction and Restoration of Dubrovnik 1991-2000' was opened on October 1st 2019 in the 2nd hall of the renovated Lazareti Complex as part of a program to commemorate the 28th anniversary of the start of the attack on Dubrovnik.

20 kn
L2 — Multifunctional Hall 2
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Linđovi koncerti
Concert
Linđo Concert

Every Tuesday and Friday at 21:30 h, from August 25th on, enjoy Linđo Concerts in Lazareti.

120 kn
L6 — Linđo
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Mirko Ilić: The Second Before the Catastrophe – Comic Strip, Illustration and Design
Exhibition
Mirko Ilić: The Second Before the Catastrophe – Comic Strip, Illustration and Design

With the exhibition Mirko Ilić: The Second Before the Catasrophe – Comic Strip, Illustration and Design curated by Marko Golub & Dejan Kršić Dubrovnik public will have a chance to find out why is Mirko Ilić after more than four decades still one of the most interesting graphic designers and illustrators and why he is a global star.

slobodan ulaz /free entrance
L4 — Multifunctional Hall 4
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Alternative Biographies

Dubrovnik is a small city with great accomplishments and rich history. It has birthed many interesting historic figures, which have spread his fame worldwide.

If you want to study famous Dubrovnik citizens through history, you have hit the right spot!

Marin Držić

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Marin Držić

(Dubrovnik, 1508? – Venice, 2 May 1567) Comedy writer Marin Držić, nephew of poet Džore Držić, was born (probably) in 1508 in Dubrovnik in a plebeian merchant family, who lost their nobility status and went bankrupt because of “five thousand ducats” of debt. He had five brothers and six sisters, but we have no reliable information about his childhood, youth and education in Dubrovnik. He was nicknamed Vidra (Otter) after that intelligent animal.
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Marin Getaldić

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Marin Getaldić

(Dubrovnik, 2 October 1568 – Dubrovnik, 8 April 1626) After mathematical notation was standardized and introduced into the 16th century mathematics during the age of Renaissance, algebra finally became the basis for development of analytical geometry. Its principles were espoused by René Descartes in 1637 who showed how to solve geometrical problems using algebraic methods. On this road between modern algebra and Descartes’ analytical geometry, we find the work of Dubrovnik mathematician Marin Getaldić (Ghetaldi).
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Marino Groppelli

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Marino Groppelli

(Venice, 28 July 1662 – Venice, 10 June 1728) One of the most dominant positions in the centre of Dubrovnik, at the junction of two sides of Placa (Stradun), is occupied by the church of Dubrovnik’s celestial protector St. Blaise, erected at the beginning of the 18th century in Baroque style. There would be nothing unusual about this if the church was designed by an architect and not a sculptor, who was also a Venetian, i.e. from Dubrovnik’s rival Venice.
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Marko Bruerević

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Marko Bruerević

(Tours or Lyon, c. 1770 – Cyprus, 25 November 1823) Marc Bruère Desrivaux was a poet and a diplomat. He came to Dubrovnik as a boy with his father René, the French Consul, where he received an excellent education. He was taught by the famous poet and Latinist Đuro Ferić, who is better known for his Latin than his Croatian poetry.
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Mato Celestin Medović

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Mato Celestin Medović

MATO CELESTIN MEDOVIĆ (Kuna-Pelješka, 17 November 1857 – Sarajevo, 20 January 1920) Mato Celestin Medović, a simple priest with a powerful artistic inspiration, which was the cause of occasional clashes with his superiors, was one of the most prominent personalities of the first generation of painters in Croatian modern art. He was born in the village of Kuna on the peninsula of Pelješac, where the famous Franciscan monastery was located. Already as a child he decided to become a Franciscan priest.
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Mato Vodopić

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Mato Vodopić

(Dubrovnik, 13 December 1816 – Dubrovnik, 13 March 1893) The Dubrovnik Bishop, theologian and writer Mato Vodopić was born in the family of the naval captain Nikola and mother Jela, neé Maškarić. Instead of life at sea, dum Mato as he was fondly called, chose to become a priest and after studying theology in Zadar, he spent his life in various parishes where he was well-respected, while the sea remained his powerful and constant inspiration and theme.
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