Instruments of Art Music in Croatian Museums

This doctoral dissertation presents the results of several years of research ( fi eld work from September 2016 to February 2019) on art music instruments in Croatian museums. Since this topic is relatively unknown, this is the fi rst work that treats it in a systematic way. 50 Croatian museums and 80 collections were processed and their analysis in the dissertation was divided into four main parts, corresponding to four geographical regions. The fi rst part – Central and North-west Croatia – included 17 museums: the Museum of Arts and Crafts, the Croatian Music Institute, the Franjo Schneider Museum, the Zagreb City Museum, the Croatian History Museum, the Samobor Museum, the Varaždin City Museum, the Trakoš ć an Castle Museum, the Veliki Tabor Castle, the Peasants’ Revolt Museum, the Me đ imurje Regional Museum in Č akovec, the Jastrebarsko Town Museum and Gallery, the Karlovac City Museum, the Ozalj Regional Museum, the Sisak City Museum, the Križevci Municipal Museum, and the Koprivnica Municipal Museum. The second part – Slavonia, Baranya, and Syrmia – includes 11 muse-ums: the Virovitica Municipal Museum, the Slatina Local History Museum, the Požega Town Museum, the Nova Gradiška Town Museum, the Brodsko Posavlje Museum, the Našice Local History Museum, the Museum of Đ akovo Region, the Museum of Valpovo Region, the Museum of Slavonia, the Vinkovci Town Muse-um, and the Ilok Town Museum. The third part – Dalmatia – covers 11 museums: the Zadar City Museum of the National Museum Zadar, the Biograd na Moru Local History Museum, the Šibenik City Museum, the Drniš Town Museum, the Trogir Town Museum, the Museum of the Town of Kaštela, the Split City Museum,