The villages Betina and Murter on the island of Murter were formed in the 14th and 15th century. Domestic population has practiced almost exclusively agriculture and cattle breeding since their inception. In the coming centuries, they expanded considerably their possessions by leasing the surrounding islands and the mainland as well as the Kornati and Žut…
The Days of Wooden Shipbuilding
For the 4th time the Museum is the organizer of The days of wooden shipbuilding. The event will be open on August 3 with the exhibition Island Visions by the author Ana Troskot Bajić. Ana, in her own words – a self-styled, free-styled artist, will show us her vision of the island Murter through beautiful sculptures of island’s scenes. Maritime…
Summer in the Museum 2018
We switched to our summer mode ⛵☀️ Visit us in July and August from 10am to 10pm every day! There are interesting events in our museum. We have two exhibitions this summer. The first of them, Ante Brkan’s photo exhibition, is actually introducing the summer schedule. The exhibition is executed in collaboration with the Gallery…
EXHIBITION: BRKAN & BETINA
Brkan & Betina – Photography Exhibition from the Collection of the Gallery of Fine Arts of the National Museum in Zadar, provides an insight into Ante Brkan’s impressions of Betina, captured during his three visits to the town in the second half of the 1950s. Besides the photographs depicting the landscapes of the town, residential,…
Launching of the new Betina gajeta
The Winner of the Silletto Prize Award 2018!
The European Museum of the Year Award (EMYA), was presented on the 12th of May, at the 2018 Award Ceremony held in Warsaw, Poland at the Museum of the Polish Jews. European Museum Forum has awarded Betina Museum of Wooden Shipbuilding with the Silletto Prize! We were stunned and overwhelmed with emotions hearing the name of our Museum and asked…
The visit of the President of the Republic of Croatia
The President of the Republic of Croatia visited our Museum. She took a tour around the Museum, got the chance to know a little more about the village and met a lot of local people who came to welcome her.