Galerija AMZ

07/02/2026

29/08/2025

25/04/2023

Do 28. travnja u Galeriji Arheološkog muzeja u Zagrebu otvorena je izložba [Žene u Iberoamerici. Fotografski pogledi za novo stoljeće - Las mujeres en Iberoamérica. Miradas fotográficas para un nuevo siglo - As mulheres na Ibero América. Olhares fotográficos para um novo século].
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Izložba posjetiteljima omogućuje pogled u široku lepezu iberoameričke kulture i načina života predstavljenih kroz objektive dvadesetpetoro umjetnika iz 16 zemalja. Nastala u suradnji austrijskih veleposlanstava koja djeluju u Južnoj i Srednjoj Americi, Karibima, Meksiku, Andori, Španjolskoj i Portugalu, kao i Ujedinjenih naroda i međunarodnih organizacija koje su članice Bečkog Iberoameričkog kluba, svrha ove izložbe je približiti iberoameričku kulturu svima koji je ne poznaju i time osvijestiti njeno postojanje, probleme i osobitosti, a time i podržati njenu tradiciju.

Nakon Zagreba, izložba će posjetiteljima biti predstavljena u Bratislavi (Slovačka).

Osvrt na izložbu nalazi se na linku: https://croatian-photography.com/text/zene-u-iberoamerici-fotografski-pogledi-za-novo-stoljece/

14/03/2023

U Galeriji AMZ, 13.3. u 19 sati otvorena je izložba [Kud plovi ovaj brod? Brodolom iz 4. st. pr. Kr. u podmorju otoka Žirja].
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Izložba predstavlja rezultate arheoloških istraživanja odlično očuvanog tereta potonulog broda iz 4. st. pr. Kr., otkrivenog 2015. godine u podmorju otoka Žirja. Na morskom dnu pronađen je teret manjeg trgovačkog broda, koji se sastojao od amfora i keramičkog posuđa, a pronađeni su i keramički predmeti iz brodske kuhinje.
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Pojava amfora u funkciji transportnih posuda na prostoru današnje Dalmacije vezana je uz prisutnost grčkih trgovaca ili uz uvoz namirnica koje potječu iz grčkih proizvodnih centara. Najranije amfore koje su do sada otkrivene u hrvatskom podmorju pripadaju 4. st. pr. Kr. i mogu se vezati uz grčke kolonije na otocima Visu i Hvaru.
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Do 2015. godine jedini primjer pomorskog prijevoza robe u 4. st. pr. Kr. duž hrvatske obale bio je opljačkan lokalitet kod hridi Krave pred ulazom u višku luku. No, situacija se promijenila otkrićem potpuno očuvanog tereta potonulog broda u podmorju otoka Žirja.
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Arheološka istraživanja vodila je izv. prof. dr. sc. Irena Radić Rossi s Odjela za arheologiju Sveučilišta u Zadru. Konzervatorsko-restauratorski radovi na arheološkim nalazima provedeni su na Odsjeku za konzervaciju restauraciju Umjetničke akademije u Sveučilišta u Splitu pod mentorstvom izv. prof. dr. sc. Mione Miliša i doc. art. Filipa Rogošića, u okviru nastave iz stručnih predmeta.
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Izložba je za posjetitelje otvorena do 12. travnja.

Radno vrijeme
utorak - petak 12 - 18 sati
subota 10 - 13 sati
ulaz besplatan

02/02/2023

[BESTIARIVM ANTIQVVM]
CICERO'S LETTERS TO ATTICUS - EPISTULAE AD ATTICUM

In something that may be considered as the world's oldest recorded awkward correspondence, the Roman orator Marcus Tullius Cicero spent much of his term as governor of Cilicia trying to ignore a very specific request from his former legal client, Marcus Caelius Rufus. In several letters sent during most of 51 BC, Caelius repeatedly begged Cicero to capture and send him a group of panthers (leopards). He explained that he needed the animals because he was trying to launch his political career - and nothing won the hearts of voters more than hunting exotic animals in the arena. Caelius' opponent Curio had no problem collecting exotic animals from his governor friends - why couldn't Cicero have a few of his own local beasts hunted?
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In a letter to his friend, Titus Pomponius Atticus, Cicero explains that he is simply not comfortable taking advantage of his position in this way: "I said it was not in keeping with my character that the people here should hunt at the public expense while I was in charge." Caelius did not allow himself to be dissuaded, and his letters became more and more desperate. In one he wrote: "You'll be ashamed if I don't have Greek panthers." In another, “In almost every letter I have mentioned to you the subject of the panthers. You will be ashamed that Patiscus has sent ten panthers to Curio, and you should send many times more."
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These vague threats to his reputation obviously started to get on Cicero's nerves. His last answer is rather sarcastic: “As for the panthers, the professional hunters are busy, working on my orders. But there is an extraordinary scarcity of beasts, and it is said that those panthers we have here bitterly complain that they are the only creatures in my province whose lives are endangered. Accordingly, they decided to leave this province and go to Caria."
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Although Cicero was reluctant to hunt wild beasts for Caelius' benefit, bloody public spectacles with wild animals were unfortunately already an important part of Roman culture.
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Epistulae ad Atticum (Letters to Atticus) is a collection of letters from the Roman politician and orator Marcus Tullius Cicero to his close friend Titus Pomponius Atticus. The letters in this collection, along with Cicero's other letters, are considered the most reliable sources of information for the period leading up to the fall of the Roman Republic.
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Letters to Atticus are special among Cicero's works, because they provide an honest view of his personal character - they contain a confession, an honest self-disclosure, and a record of his moods from day to day, without alteration. It traditionally includes 16 books, and the collection contains letters from 68 to 44 BC. The notable lack of early references to these letters suggests that they may not have been published until the middle of the 1st century AD, considerably later than Cicero's other letters and well after the deaths of both Cicero (43 BC) and Atticus (32 BC).
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Francesco Petrarca rediscovered the manuscript containing the collection, together with Epistulae ad Quintum Fratrem (Letters to Brother Quintus) and Epistulae ad Brutum (Letters to Brutus) in 1345 in Verona. Both the original and Petrarca's copy are now lost, but a copy made for the Italian humanist, polemicist and orator Colucci Salutati is preserved in the Laurentian Library (Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana) in Florence.
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View the exhibition [Bestiarium Antiquum] until February 16, 2023 in the AMZ Gallery, Pavla Hatza 6
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Working hours
Tuesday - Friday 12 pm - 6 pm
Saturday 10 am - 1 pm
free entrance

31/01/2023

[BESTIARIVM ANTIQVVM]
VERSES FOR THE PETS GONE OVER THE RAINBOW

Not everyone in antiquity had a dog as a pet. In fact, pet dogs were mostly kept by members of the elite - having pets was a sign of wealth and prosperity and therefore was not as widespread as it is today. According to archaeological findings, some dogs were buried in cemeteries, receiving their own tombstones and inscriptions.
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This shows a strong emotional bond between man and animal, those dogs were undoubtedly considered as pets. In addition, analyses of dog bones show that some of them had numerous health problems but died after reaching a very old age. This can only be explained by the care of their human.
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An epitaph (Greek: ἐπιτάφιον) is a tombstone inscription, a verse, a poem on the occasion of someone's death, carved on a tombstone. In antiquity, there is a custom of writing a shorter prose or verse tombstone inscription that refers to the transience of life and the character of human destiny, and sometimes refers to the virtues of the deceased or to some of his prominent features. The expression strives for brevity and thoughtfulness, and is often witty and satirical.
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The abundance of dog tombs found in Ancient Greece and Rome proves that the pain of losing a beloved pet knows no chronological or cultural bounds. Based on these two millennia old verses dedicated to pets, make your own opinion on what they meant to their owners during their lifetime, and beyond.
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