House of Marin Drzic
House of Marin Drzic
2.5
9:00 AM - 8:30 PM
Tuesday
9:00 AM - 8:30 PM
Wednesday
9:00 AM - 8:30 PM
Thursday
9:00 AM - 8:30 PM
Friday
9:00 AM - 8:30 PM
Saturday
9:00 AM - 8:30 PM
Sunday
9:00 AM - 8:30 PM
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Marin Drzic (Dubrovnik, 1508 - Venice, 1567) is the greatest Croatian playwright of all times, one of the most prominent Croatian writers and one of the most important authors of European renaissance comedy. He is to Croats what Dante is to Italians, Cervantes to Spaniards and Shakespeare to Englishmen. House of Marin Drzic is a dynamic cultural institution aspiring to become a scientific & research center to study and promote the name and work of Marin Drzic, through its exhibitive, publishing, pedagogic and educational activities, as well as its special events. We aim to bring Drzic closer to modern audiences and become a place where every visitor will travel back in time to the age of renaissance and experience life in Dubrovnik at the time.
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Jon
Cirencester, UK94 contributions
July 2023 • Family
This little museum was the one that made the most impact on me - we went to all the museums included with the Dubrovnik pass and, whilst all were fun, Marin Drzic’s house was the most eye opening. I had never heard of Drzic, but the plot and prose of his books and plays and the similarities to our own William Shakespeare were remarkable.
What the museum has done with the available space was ingenious and I came away very impressed. If you go here, I’d recommend taking the time to read everything. If you enjoy Shakespeare, Drzic will certainly resonate.
What the museum has done with the available space was ingenious and I came away very impressed. If you go here, I’d recommend taking the time to read everything. If you enjoy Shakespeare, Drzic will certainly resonate.
Written 1 August 2023
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Teuta M
2 contributions
Oct 2023 • Solo
This was the best experience of all of the museums that I visited in Dubrovnik . I specially liked the presentation of the lady in the MND and I am very gratefull for her premiere presentation . I highly recommend everybody that visit Dubrovnik also visit MND. Kind regards from Slavica Spremo from Zenica ( Bosnia i Hercegovina).🌼😊
Written 20 October 2023
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Ellen S.
Georgian Bay, Canada3 contributions
Sept 2023 • Solo
Truly the most beautiful museum in all of Dubrovnik based around the infamous writer, actor and playwright Marin Drzic. It’s the only museum i’ve visited that had english-croatian translations. The neatest and most organized museum i’ve visited. Compliments to the director and the employees! ❤️ Absolutely beautiful!❤️
Written 16 September 2023
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David and Heath... M
West Vancouver, Canada101 contributions
Oct 2023 • Couples
Excellent display of the writer, playwriter, priest from the 1500’s in Dubrovnik. Informative entertaining, easy to follow in several languages including English. Focuses on his life, influences and career path with interesting displays.
There are stairs so not great for persons with disablilities as is most of the Old Town.
Free admission with the Dubrovnik Card.
There are stairs so not great for persons with disablilities as is most of the Old Town.
Free admission with the Dubrovnik Card.
Written 8 October 2023
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James R
1 contribution
Sept 2017
One star or five stars? One star because it is a worthy winner of the title "worst museum I have ever visited" or five stars, as it is so comically bad that the visit proves rather entertaining. Information is presented in an opaque, jumbled manner with such dense prose that you'll need to be a Professor of antiquities, with a penchant for deciphering archaic manuscripts, to glean any useful information about this man. I guarantee that the only fact you'll remember after the event, is that the man was known as the Otter due to his ability to evade creditors, but only because as a wildlife metaphor comment on a person's character it seems a touch obtuse. Random waxwork figures may, or may not, have been depicting a scene from one of his plays. Ascending the first flight of stairs there is a date stamped on each step going back in time, leading to the erroneous belief that you are about to be transported to the sites, sounds and smells of 16th century Dubrovnik. Expectations cruelly dashed by another modern interior room, so spartan you'll think you've taken a wrong turn - museums are supposed to contain things. A glass case, empty save for a pile of rock salt is either an exhibit under construction or an amusing literary reference to one of the great man's works - only the history Professor knows. You are invited to experience what his bed chamber would have looked like, maybe, possibly, from the roped off doorway entrance to the boudoir lest you nip in there and make off with his bed - or to be more accurate a bed. There is a desk in there as well - he was a writer he probably used one. Then there is the not insignificant fact that this is not his room. Not only does the building not contain anything remotely connected with the man, the very bricks and mortar are where he wasn't born, didn't live, produced no works of artistic merit, and finally didn't die. It is like the polar opposite of the definition of a museum. It might be more accurately described as a shop, but for the fact they don't sell anything. Before you leave this surreal world make sure to check out the amusing comments in the visitor's book - no you're not going mad, it really was that bad. And in the unlikely event that the experience leads you to want to seek out more information, any information, about the man's life seek out his statue elsewhere in the city. Is this a representation of the human form in the naive school of artistic tradition or did the unfortunate man actually look like that? It seems this poor man's legacy is - everything connected to his memory shall be Eurovision Song Contest bad. Unintentionally amusing, but not quite five stars.
Written 22 September 2017
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NickyLeeds
Leeds9 contributions
Sept 2017 • Couples
We stumbled across this gem on our way back to the hotel one evening after dinner and were delighted to find it was open until 10pm and was free on our 3 day Dubrovnik card.
We must have happened upon the lady in charge on a good day as she was not at all hostile as indicated in other reviews, just somewhat dismissive in pointing the way to the exhibits down the few steps on the first level whilst uttering not a word.
An interactive touch screen gave access to a summary of the life of Croatia's foremost playwright but was rather earnest and wordy and soon lost our interest. Hoping for more engaging exhibits upstairs we read the information on the wall displays and learnt that Marin Drzic had never lived in this house, nothing on display had any direct link with him and he spent alot of time in Italy and much energy dodging his creditors.
We were mystified by the cases exhibiting piles of rock salt and a representation of Marin Drzic's 'room' based entirely on speculation as to how his lodgings may have looked!
We skipped through this whole 'museum' in under 10 minutes and had to exit fairly quickly due to a fit of the giggles as we pondered whether this was the worst museum we had ever been to- it won that accolade by a country mile in our view. However we were on our way home after a 'good dinner' so admit we may have been influenced by our slightly giddy mood.
So why the 'excellent ' review? I have to say we have never enjoyed talking about a museum so much after visiting or reading the reviews of others which had us crying with laughter as they expressed disbelief, outrage and mirth.
Also, on reflection, we have to thank the museum curators for making us stop and ponder deep philosophical questions such as 'what is a museum'? Did Marin Drzic actually exist ? This purported 'home' and these 'possessions' had nothing to do with him so what was the point of the experience if not to question the nature of reality perhaps represented by the empty glass cases with little heaps of salt in them? (Salt tears or the sands of time?-now I really am getting carried away!)
On a serious note- if Marin Drzic is a significant Croatian cultural figure ( and on the information in the museum I have no way of telling) he is very poorly served by this exposition of his life.
However if a) it is free on your Dubrovnik card and b) you need a good laugh we would urge you to go!
We must have happened upon the lady in charge on a good day as she was not at all hostile as indicated in other reviews, just somewhat dismissive in pointing the way to the exhibits down the few steps on the first level whilst uttering not a word.
An interactive touch screen gave access to a summary of the life of Croatia's foremost playwright but was rather earnest and wordy and soon lost our interest. Hoping for more engaging exhibits upstairs we read the information on the wall displays and learnt that Marin Drzic had never lived in this house, nothing on display had any direct link with him and he spent alot of time in Italy and much energy dodging his creditors.
We were mystified by the cases exhibiting piles of rock salt and a representation of Marin Drzic's 'room' based entirely on speculation as to how his lodgings may have looked!
We skipped through this whole 'museum' in under 10 minutes and had to exit fairly quickly due to a fit of the giggles as we pondered whether this was the worst museum we had ever been to- it won that accolade by a country mile in our view. However we were on our way home after a 'good dinner' so admit we may have been influenced by our slightly giddy mood.
So why the 'excellent ' review? I have to say we have never enjoyed talking about a museum so much after visiting or reading the reviews of others which had us crying with laughter as they expressed disbelief, outrage and mirth.
Also, on reflection, we have to thank the museum curators for making us stop and ponder deep philosophical questions such as 'what is a museum'? Did Marin Drzic actually exist ? This purported 'home' and these 'possessions' had nothing to do with him so what was the point of the experience if not to question the nature of reality perhaps represented by the empty glass cases with little heaps of salt in them? (Salt tears or the sands of time?-now I really am getting carried away!)
On a serious note- if Marin Drzic is a significant Croatian cultural figure ( and on the information in the museum I have no way of telling) he is very poorly served by this exposition of his life.
However if a) it is free on your Dubrovnik card and b) you need a good laugh we would urge you to go!
Written 21 September 2017
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Gregory T
London595 contributions
Apr 2016 • Couples
Poor thought out exhibition that honors the 16th century Dubrovnik playwright. It was not his old house, just contains mainly modern exhibits. Nothing of interest for us and certainly not worth paying to see.
Written 18 April 2016
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vampireweekend
United Kingdom400 contributions
Oct 2015
Nothing logical about the museum/house. Dominated by modern art displays and no real info about the playwright at all. And the lady front of house accosted us trying to sell CDs and maps. We got out as quickly as possible. Thank goodness it was part of the DB card and we did't have to pay. Just go and have a rest in a cafe and people watch- much more interesting!
Written 1 November 2015
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Kelly39
west yorkshire149 contributions
Oct 2015 • Couples
We only visited here as we had the " buy 1 get 8 other entrances free ticket".Unless you are an expert on Croatian 16th century drama, I doubt there's much to hold your interest. Apparently Marin Drzic actually never lived here. So, OK for 10 minutes, but you haven't missed anything exciting if you don't get here.
Written 24 October 2015
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Kirk E
Santa Fe, NM985 contributions
Oct 2015
Surely the home of Croatia's leading playwright, a man who was composing plays when Shakespeare was three, and anticipated not only the Bard, but Moliere and Goethe as well, deserves better than this tacky tchotchke shop, which holds precious little in the way of actual Drzic history and is mostly given over to perplexing art exhibits intended to demonstrate the playwright's important place in the history of western theatre. It's ultimately an unfortunate headscratcher. Only the barest biographical information is provided, and the minimal gift store offers no useful texts -- nothing on the author beyond a poorly translated brochure, and none of his plays. We left wanting to know so much more, and will seek out real information elsewhere.
Written 10 October 2015
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