Things to do in Istria, Croatia: The Best Specialty Museums

Ecomuseum is The unique place where tradition, culture and local products meet. In rustical ambient, respecting the traditions and customs of our ancestors, we create a new experience of the town: we combine the flavors, smells and customs, giving the visitor an unique and inovative way of sightseeing.Working hours of museum is every day from 10 to 22.

A family owned olive estate in Istria. Olive mill (est. 1927) and extra virgin olive oil. Guided visits. Tasting and education. Showroom - Museum

In an area that served as an intersection for communication and roads ever since, besides the Baredine cave as a natural monument, you can also visit an ethno story devoted to agriculture. It shows various items, machines and numerous photographs and documents closely linked to the history of this area and its people. The story starts with a threshing floor, next to which there is an exhibition on wheat threshing and the invention and development of threshing machines. The exhibition continues with a permanent exhibition of about fifty historic tractors and various types of engines called ,,Tractor story". Particularly prominent is an old Fordson tractor from 1923, the first tractor in our village, as well as an old engine with a heated head, which was used to run a mill in Porec at the beginning of the last century. In the exclusive area of the Konobon Gallery you can learn more about the story of the Mediterranean trilogy - bread, wine and olive oil, all present in this are from the period of Antiquity, the medieval period until the present moment. Along with these exhibitions, the central part is an area, where various other exhibitions are presented and the wine cellar where guest can savour authentic products of this area.

An interactive museum dedicated to the everyday life of Pula from the 50's till the end of the 80's; presents the life and home of a typical family; a time machine which transports our visitors into an era of black and white TV, vinyl records and typewriters, evoking a sense of nostalgia in our older visitors and showing what everyday life looked like ''back in the day'' to our younger visitors.

This museum honors the late Yugoslav Communist ruler Josip Tito. Josip Broz Tito na Brionima (“Josip Broz Tito on the Brijuni Islands”) photography exhibit showcases the activities of the Yugoslavian president on the island from his arrival on 20 June 1947 to his last visit on 29 August 1979. There are over 200 photographs on display grouped into 5 categories, covering his private and professional life on the island.