THE PROJECT FOR LINKING THE CROATIAN MUSEUM OF TOURISM AND PRIVATE COLLECTORS

U sklopu obilježavanja Međunarodnog dana muzeja 2014. Hrvatski muzej turizma u Opatiji organizirao je projekt povezivanja s privatnim opatijskim kolekcionarima na način da su na temelju terenskih posjeta pojedinim kolekcionarima izrađeni popisi i snimljene fotografije njihove građe, koja je kasnije inventirana u novoosnovanu zbirku pod nazivom Zbirka opatijskih kolekcionara. Također, uspostavljena je bolja komunikacija s kolekcionarima, a organizirana je i izložba kao dio obilježavanja Dana muzeja te proslave 170. obljetnice turizma u Opatiji.The Croatian Museum of Tourism in Opatija, while commemorating International Museum Day in 2014, organised a project to link up with private collectors in Opatija, by the making of visits to individual collectors and making lists and photographs of their material, which was later on inventoried in a newly formed collection entitled Collection of Opatija Collectors. After work for several months, the results were contacts made with 20 or so private collectors, most of whom agreed to cooperate; over five hundred objects were examined and photographed; lists of the collectors’ collections were drawn up, becoming part of the database of the Croatian Museum of Tourism, and from all this stemmed an exhibition in the Juraj Šporer Art Pavilion called Opatija History from Private Collections, 170 Objects of Opatija Collectors for the 170 years of Opatija Tourism. It can well be said that the objective of having good quality connections with the collectors and of obtaining an insight into their collections was met. In future projects, exhibitions and papers, what is more, the Croatian Museum of Tourism will find the data about the material from private collections related to the tourist history of Opatija very useful. Thus in a single place, all the necessary data about material related to the Opatija past will be brought together, and privacy will be respected at the same time