Croatian Maritime Museum

The Croatian Maritime Museum in Split is housed in a historic 19th-century building constructed within the 17th-century Gripe Fortress. The institution was founded in 1997 and carries on the tradition of several predecessor institutions, including the Maritime Museum that opened in 1925, the Military and Maritime Museum established by the Yugoslav Navy in 1960, and the collection of the Maritime Museum of the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts, which existed from 1956 to 1985. Here you can explore the region's maritime history in an impressive historic setting.