Croatian Fraternal Union of America and NSK presenting a joint project spotlighting Croatian emigrant heritage
4 November 2025, 14.00, CroAtrium, conference hall Judita & online
On 4 November 2025, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) and Croatian Fraternal Union of America will jointly present From Pittsburgh with love: music and written heritage of Croatian emigrants, a project focusing on fostering cultural connections between Croats in the US and Croatia.
Starting at 14.00 at CroAtrium (conference hall Judita), our multimedia lab and heritage interpretation centre, the presentation will be held as the last event of Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium, the Library’s 2025 programme aimed at the popularisation of CROATICA, Croatia’s national library collection which NSK curates as an integral part of Croatian cultural heritage.
Joining efforts to safeguard the heritage of Croatian Americans
The project, which ran in 2024, will be presented by the Head of the NSK Music Collection Dr Tatjana Mihalić, Head of the NSK Preservation and Storage Department Dr Sanda Milošević and Senior Archivist and Curator at the NSK Manuscripts and Rare Books Collection Dr Tamara Štefanac. They will demonstrate the results of their onsite research into the written and musical heritage of Croatian emigrants preserved by the Union and elaborate on the challenges associated with efforts to protect and preserve this heritage as well as with securing the necessary conditions for its digitisation.
Focusing on the strengthening of cultural ties between Croatian Americans and their Croatian homeland and on the preservation of the heritage of the Croatian emigrants in the United States, NSK’s and the Union’s cooperation on the project was supported by Croatia’s Central State Office for Croats Abroad.
The project results confirmed the significance of cooperation with emigrant communities for understanding and protecting Croatian cultural heritage originating abroad and for its integration into the national cultural identity.
Please register for attending the programme at osj@nsk.hr, entry and participation is free of charge, or join the programme online.
The programme is expected to last for about an hour, by 15.00.