The glass collection with over 6,000 items is one among the largest of its kind in Croatia. It allows us to follow the history of glass making from the 16th to the 20th c.

The history begins by Venetian (Murano) glass collection, mostly from the 16th and 17th c.

Countries to the north of the Alps are - in the period from the 16th-18th c. - represented by welcome cups, glasses and jars decorated by various techniques.

The Baroque and rococo periods in Germany and the Czech Republic are characterized by crystal glass jugs, objects made of ruby glass, and double-walled glasses with engraved gold leaves.

Glass manufacturing from the end 18th/beg. 19th c. is represented by the works of famous masters J. Mildner, S. Mohn and A. Kothgasser, and a collection of Biedermeier glasses decorated by the so called coated glass technique.

Historicism and Secession are represented by products from both European and American glassworks: J. Lobmeyr, A. Salviati, E. Galle, L. C. Tiffany, Daum Freres, Loetz Witwe, etc.

Croatian glass making is represented by the products of glassworks in Mrzle Vodice (beg. 19th c.), Osredek, Zvecevo and Ivanovo Polje. Of enormous cultural and historical importance is the set of welcome cups, often of unusual shape (barrels, boots, guns) with patriotic inscriptions, coats of arms, and adequate texts intended for famous families and individuals from the Croatian past.

Contributions to the artistic glass making towards the beginning of the 20th c. were also made by the following local artists: Tomislav Krizman, Antonija Krasnik and Ivan Gundrum.

Modern industrial design is represented by the works of local artists R. Goldoni, Lj. Kocica Ratkajec, M. Rosenberg, G. Turkovic, as well as by those of famous European designers: Tapio Wirkala, Tim Sarpaneva and Kaj Franck.