Original scientific paper

Museum of the Aletin Family in the 18th Century Dubrovnik

Josip Balabanić ; Prirodoslovni muzej, Zagreb, Hrvatska

Abstract

The paper gives an account of the founder, contents and the history of the Aletin family museum in the 18th century Dubrovnik. It presents the basic information on Natali Aletin’s family and Ivo Aletin the founder of the museum (1670-1743).
The author gives account on the museum collections and the library with particular emphasis on natural science collections. The author also analyses the circumstances that made the Senate of the Dubrovnik Republic give the collections to Emperor Joseph II in Vienna in the 1770s.

Keywords

museum; Aletin; Dubrovnik; 18th century

Hrčak ID:

240933

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/240933

Publication date:

30.6.1991.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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