RIJEKA NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
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Address: Lorenzov
prolaz 1, 51 000 Rijeka
Telephone: 051/
33-49-88, 051/33-47-44
Fax: 051/ 33-49-88, 051/33-47-44
E-mail: primuzri@ri.tel.hr
County: Primorsko-goranska
Founder: Primorsko-goranska county
The founding year: 1945.
Type of museum: special - natural science
Museum area: 610 sqm
No admission charges
An appropriate access for the visitors with special needs has not been provided
The curator - pedagogue should be contacted one day in advance for organized guided tours; phone: 051/ 553-674
There is a parking for 8 vehicles in the museum garden
Collections:
Geological
collections:
Collection
of minerals
Collection
of rocks
General paleontological
collection
Collection
'Evolution of man'
Paleontological
collection according to localities
Geological
stratigraphical collection of the Rijeka region
Collection
of the Quaternary fossil fauna from the caves of the Rijeka region
Malacological
collection
Ichthyological
collection
Collection of amphibians and reptiles
Collection
Invertebrate - Porifera
Collection
Invertebrate - Cnidaria
Collection Invertebrate - Echinodermata
Collection Invertebrate - Tunicata
Collection of birds
Collection of mammals
Botanical collection
Collection
Crustacea
Collection Anellida
Collection Tentaculata
Malacological
collection (terrestrial - Dobijaš)
Regional collection in Dobrinj on the island of Krk
SPECIAL LIBRARY
Head of the library: Željka Modrić
PERMANENT DISPLAY
The permanent display of the Rijeka Natural History Museum
contains the following collections: Metodology of oceanograpfhic research,
Geological history of the Adriartic, Geology of the Rijeka region, Systematics
of minerals, Sea invertebrate, Sharks and rays, osteichthyes and sea invertebrate,
Multimedia centre – aquarium, and Reptiles and amphibians of the Rijeka
region. The permanent display collection Insects of the Rijeka region
and the Botanical garden are currently under construction.
Professional staff:
Koraljka Klepač, museum adviser
Milvana Arko Pijevac, senior curator; Head of the museum
dr. Marcelo Kovačić, museum adviser
Marin Kirinčić, curator
Željka Modrić, curator
Lado Bartoniček, preparator
