Infeld gallery
Location: DOBRINJ, N 45 07.818, E 14 36.217
At the beginning of the 20th century, one of the main Dobrinj attractions was the house of sailor Franjo Vušković. From the outside, it attracted attention with the style of construction and the colourfulness of the façade, while from the inside one could hear the sounds which intensified the general impression. Those were the mixed sounds of the gramophone music and the song of a parrot that Franjo Vušković brought from one of his journeys. Ninety years later, one of the greatest world art collectors restored the house’s original exterior and expanded its interior to more than 400 sq m. Thanks to now deceased Peter Infeld, the so-called “Lady of Dobrinj” (“dobrinjska dama”) attracts with its beauty once again, alluring an increasing number of visitors.
Religious museum
Location: DOBRINJ, N 45 07.828, E 14 36.201
Who/what connects Dobrinj and London? The answer is: Paolo Veneziano, a famous artist. His antependium called the Coronation of Mary (Krunjenje Djevice Marije) dating from the 14th century is a priceless work of art proclaimed a cultural monument and the most significant exhibit of the religious collection housed within the Parish Building. An identical antependium designed by the same artist is found in London’s Victoria and Albert Museum. In addition to the antependium (which was found by coincidence as a doormat in a family home), the Dobrinj Religious Collection also preserves old scripts written in the Glagolitic alphabet, the reliquary of Saint Ursula (Sveta Uršula) and procession crucifixion crosses presenting crucified Jesus on one side and his mother Mary on the other as collection curiosities!
Ethnographic collection
Location: DOBRINJ, N 45 07.859, E 14 36.206
As many as seven churches or chapels existed in the Dobrinj Region in the past centuries. The Ethnographic Collection owned by the Barbalić family is found today at the site of one of them, namely the Church of Saint Laurel (Crkva Svetog Lovre). The tangible evidence of the former life of Dobrinj and the Dobrinj Region together with the stories about the individuals who gave their contributions to the Dobrinj Region have been passed on from one generation to another, from the father onto the son, from the grandfather onto the grandchild. Worth seeing and remembering!
Ethnographic museum
Location: DOBRINJ, N 45 07.815, E 14 36.231
His name is Ivo Sučić. He managed to combine his two great loves, i.e. journalism and teaching. He was so dexterous that he even managed to get an interview with Charles Lindberg, while his knowledge helped him start a Language School in Zagreb. His third great love was Dobrinj, a town to which he bequeathed his birth house. By collecting various objects from across the island of Krk, the people of Dobrinj turned Sučić’s house into one of the largest ethnographic collections in Croatia, into a collection that takes one back into the past, enriches the present and warns of the future.
