In the new TEHIC handbook, the Betina Museum of Wooden Shipbuilding is highlighted as an example of best practices in heritage interpretation in Europe, among other prominent examples, including the Istra Inspirit project from Pula, Croatia. You can read the handbook at the following link: TEHIC-Handbook_of_best_practices The handbook elaborates on the parameters by which the…
Visiting Murter island? Do not miss to visit our museum! Discover the magic of wooden boats and learn more about the past of the island of Murter in the authentic environment of the centuries – old stone house. The museum is located in the heart of Betina, and in the close vicinity is a unique…
We wish all our dear guests and friends of the museum a Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year! We would also like to inform you that until the 2nd of January the museum will be opened only for previously arranged group visits. We would like to thank all our friends, visitors, volunteers and supporters…
For the 4th time the museum is the organizer of The days of wooden shipbuilding. The event will be open on August 3 with the exhibition Island Visions by the author Ana Troskot Bajić. Ana, in her own words – a self-styled, free-styled artist, will show us her vision of the island Murter through beautiful sculptures of island’s scenes. Maritime…
Brkan & Betina – Photography Exhibition from the Collection of the Gallery of Fine Arts of the National Museum in Zadar, provides an insight into Ante Brkan’s impressions of Betina, captured during his three visits to the town in the second half of the 1950s. Besides the photographs depicting the landscapes of the town, residential,…
The European Museum of the Year Award (EMYA), was presented on the 12th of May, at the 2018 Award Ceremony held in Warsaw, Poland at the Museum of the Polish Jews. European Museum Forum has awarded Betina Museum of Wooden Shipbuilding with the Silletto Prize! We were stunned and overwhelmed with emotions hearing the name of our Museum and asked…
The President of the Republic of Croatia visited our museum. She took a tour around the museum, got the chance to know a little more about the village and met a lot of local people from Betina and the entire island Murter who came to welcome her.
Our 3rd Night of the Museums is focused on the history of sports in our little village in the second half of the past century until present time. There are 5 different sport clubs in Betina that we chose to present to visitors through our exhibition and a couple of presentations. There is lot to…
During the weekend on the 28th September till the 01st October we visited Skopje in Macedonia for the annual EMA Awards Ceremony. We were so proud to be there among all other beautiful museums from all over Europe. It was a great achievement to find ourselves as one of the 10 best museums among all…