VELI IŽ ETHNOGRAPHIC COLLECTION
The Veli Iž Ethnographic Collection houses 781 items. It was established in 1975 through the efforts of Veli Iž residents who, in collaboration with the museum's Ethnology Department, organized an exhibition featuring items donated from their own homes.
The exhibition occupies the ground floor and two upper floors of the building, vividly illustrating nearly every aspect of traditional island life: a kitchen with cookware, folk costumes, weaving and knitting, shoemaking, local and imported ceramics, domestic living, agriculture, fishing, livestock farming, family life, religious customs, and folklore. The diversity of its holdings makes it unique among the Dalmatian islands. The collection was incorporated into the Zadar National Museum in 1994.
The collection is housed in the former manor of the Fanfogna noble family from Zadar—known locally as "Polača"—which was originally built in the Romanesque style and later modified. The family held estates on Iž from 1302 and was the largest landowner in Veli Iž during the 17th century. In 1870, the manor was converted into a boys' school, and a girls' section was opened in 1893.
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The building is currently undergoing renovation, which is expected to be completed within the next few years.
For more information visit the National Museum Zadar’s website
COLLECTION ↓ GUESTBOOK (1975-1982) ↓
The building housing the museum collection