| The Museum’s collection covers: archaeological remains from prehistoric and Roman times; an exhibition of pictures and ground plans of the island’s many chapels; artefacts such as a copy of the Povlja lintel (see below) and the figurehead from a cargo ship owned by the Blaca monastery which played a key part in defending Split harbour from an English pirate ship. An ethnographic collection includes an old pasta-making machine, an ancient photocopier from the Postira sardine factory, a decorative cypress dowry chest, a beautiful grey wedding suit and velvet jacket which any fashionista worth her salt would kill to get her hands on, and travel chests used by émigrés starved out by the phylloxera blight for their passage to South America.
The exhibits are well labelled in Croatian and English, and the museum guide is friendly, knowledgeable and will tell you more than you’ll ever be able to remember about the museum and its exhibits in perfect English. We definitely recommend you visit Škrip and learn more about the island’s past in this delightful little museum. |