A Museum of Anthropology - A Conceptual Design

U radu je predstavljen idejni koncept muzeja antropologije uklopljen u hrvatski društveni i tržišni kontekst. Koncept se temelji na suvremenim muzeološkim teorijama, a najvažniji je segment suvremenog poimanja muzejskih institucija promjena fokusa s muzejske zbirke na korisnike muzeja. Muzej antropologije samom se tematikom uklapa u ciljeve koje suvremeni muzeji žele ostvariti. Rad obuhvaća teorijski okvir suvremene muzeologije, predstavljanje antropologije kao holističke znanosti koja proučava ljudsku vrstu u vremenu i prostoru, komparativnu analizu muzeja antropologije u svijetu te razradu idejnog koncepta Muzeja antropologije u Hrvatskoj. Cilj Muzeja antropologije bio bi upoznati posjetitelje s različitim aspektima ljudske vrste, pridonijeti međukulturnom razumijevanju i toleranciji, potaknuti društveni angažman kod pojedinaca i stvoriti mjesto koje bi služilo kao pokretač društvenih promjena. Cilj je rada predstaviti kako bi muzej antropološke tematike pridonio ostvarenju ciljeva suvremenih muzeja – stvaranju mjesta koje služi kao središte u kojemu se brišu granice i stvaraju društvene veze, razmjenjuju iskustva i ideje i u kojemu se gradi bolja budućnost – bez diskriminacije, predrasuda i nejednakosti.This thesis presents a possible concept of an anthropology museum within the Croatian social and market context. The concept is based on contemporary museological theories and the most important part of the contemporary understanding of museum institutions is the change of focus from museum collections to museum public. The museum of anthropology fits into the goals that contemporary museums aim to achieve with its central themes. The paper includes the theoretical framework of contemporary museology, the representation of anthropology as a holistic science that studies human species in time and space, the comparative analysis of anthropological museums around the world and the elaboration of the idea for the Museum of Anthropology in Croatia. The aims of the Museum of Anthropology would be to familiarize the public with different aspects of the human species, to contribute to the intercultural understanding and tolerance, to encourage the individuals' social engagement and to create a space that would serve as an instigator of social changes. The purpose of this thesis is to show how a contemporary museum of anthropology would contribute to fulfilling the aims of contemporary musem – creating a space that would serve as a hub where borders get erased, social relationships are made, experiences and ideas are exchanged and better future is created – without discrimination, prejudice and inequality