“Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium” opens with medieval maps of Croatia in the spotlight
On 14 April 2025, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) launched Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium, its 2025 programme aimed at the popularisation of Croatian cultural heritage which it preserves as part of Croatica, Croatia’s national library collection.
Starting with a lecture by historian and geographer Dr Dubravka Mlinarić from the Croatian Institute for Migration Research (IMIN), the programme first spotlighted the invaluable cartographic material documenting Croatian statehood.
CroAtrium – bringing Croatica closer to everyone
Immersing the programme participants in the fascinating world of 16th-century cartographers Lazarus Secretarius and Wolfgang Lazius, Dr Mlinarić presented the lecture at CroAtrium, which offers NSK’s users, visitors and the general public opportunities to interact with the treasures making Croatica, curated by NSK as the Croatian national library collection.
In a follow-up to the lecture the programme visitors were able to see first-hand a selection of 16th– and 17th-century maps from the NSK Map Collection, which this year celebrates the 80th anniversary of its founding and whose digitised holdings are available on the NSK Digital Collections website.
The Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium programme continues in May, with a special presentation focusing on Faust Vrančić, “the Croatian Leonardo da Vinci”.
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