RED HISTORY MUSEUM
Ever since the end of the Homeland War, the Croatian public has been deeply divided by its own socialist history. This division, sharpened by the traumas of war, gradually grew due to the lack of reasonable discussion about Croatian society in Yugoslavia.
The lack of a national consensus about our past meant that in Croatia there was no specialized museum (state or private) that would deal with the complete history of socialism in the country, and the topic itself was considered better forgotten than solved - until the opening of the Red History Museum.
All the changes that took place during the socialist rule influenced the development of today's Croatian society, which is why the goal is to encourage dialogue, further research and learning about the history of socialism in order to bridge the divide of the past and responsibly move forward. For greater social impact, the community is involved in the development of the exhibition, and the local team behind the museum is focused on enriching Dubrovnik beyond the Old Town. Given that the museum itself is transforming the only remaining socialist factory in Dubrovnik, other projects are being developed alongside it as innovative urban interventions in culturally impoverished parts of the city.
The Museum of Red History was founded in 2018, is located on the ground floor of the former factory of carbon graphite products 'TUP' in Gruž (Port of Dubrovnik), and since 2022 it has been officially entered in the Register of Museums of the Republic of Croatia as one of the rare private museums in Croatia. Through occasional exhibitions, the museum strives to explore, valorize and highlight the social, design, architectural, artistic heritage, as well as the political and economic system from the socialist period in Croatia and its interpretation in the contemporary context.
An extremely rich heritage, often unfairly but with a certain time lag neglected, with the launch of such a project again becomes interesting to the general public, now it has become available to the public in the extreme south of Croatia - Dubrovnik. In this relatively short period of existence, it is the project that has been recognized by professionals and visitors, and has become an indispensable place in the cultural offer of the city of Dubrovnik.
Until now, the museum has produced numerous projects and collaborations through educational, exhibition and entertainment programs.
CREDITS
Exhibition authors: Ivan Lujo, Krešimir Glavinić, Kristina Mirošević, Nino Glavinić
Texts: Ivan Lujo, Krešimir Glavinić
Architectural design: Tomi Šoletić
Graphic / Product design: Kristina Mirošević
Lighting design: Marko Mijatović
Exhibition producers: Krešimir Glavinić, Nino Glavinić, Željko Henezi, Marin Glavinić
Translation: Katarina Bijelić Beti
Installation: Nino Glavinić, Marin Glavinić, Željko Henezi
Printing: Fotostar
Photography: Hrvoje Margaretić
PR: Nino Glavinić, Marko Soče
Artifacts on loan from the Homeland war museum Dubrovnik
Photographic material provided by: Imperial War Museum London, Museum of Architecture and Design (MAO) in Ljubljana, Homeland war museum Dubrovnik, Profesor Baltazar association, private donations
Audiovisual materials provided by: the Croatian Radio and Television Archives, director Darko Bavoljak
OPERATED BY
Majeutika d.o.o. , Svetog Križa 3, 20000 Dubrovnik
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