Development of Museological Thought in Croatia and Vladimir Tkalčić’s Place in It

The paper first provides an overview of the historical level of museology and the history of museology as its special aspect because researching the work of a personality from the history of museums in Croatia belongs exactly to this level and aspect of museology. Next, successive stages of the development of museological thought are given, and persons who made contributions in Croatia are identified. In conclusion, it is determined that although Tkalčić cannot be called the initiator of the Croatian museology, as provided in the entry in the Croatian Encyclopaedia, he was an expert on basic theoretical museological concepts, even more so in the field of practical museology, who not only kept track of foreign thought but also laid in practice many foundations related to the furnishing of museum buildings, the principles of good exhibition, and the use of various means of communication, all with an aim to allow also the least educated audience to find museums to be places of education and learning