Ferdinand Budicki Automobile Museum Explained

Ferdinand Budicki Automobile Museum (Croatian: Muzej automobila "Ferdinand Budicki") is an automobile museum in Zagreb, Croatia, the first one in the country.[1] It is located on Zaprešićka 2, Jablanovec as a part of the Westgate shopping center. It was opened on, and features more than 100 antique and classic cars, motorcycles and bicycles, as well as several thousand photos from family albums of first Croatian drivers.[2]

The museum was founded by car enthusiast Valentino Valjak, and named after Ferdinand Budicki, owner of the first car to drive through Zagreb streets, in April 1901. Among the museum's exhibits are a 1916 truck from Prague, the oldest in Croatia, an expensive Jaguar E-Type, a 1922 Ford Model T, a rare 1967 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow worth more than €100,000, a Citroën 2CV, known locally as "spaček" and a Zastava 750 ("fićo"), as well as a blue ZET tram.[3] [4] [5] It also showcases the history of automobilism in Croatia through photographs and several hours of documentary film.[6]

The museum took part in the 2015 Museum Night, bringing in 14,500 visitors. On 17 April 2015, it started to organise a weekly car exhibition on Britain Square in the city centre.[7] [8] Its first non-permanent exhibition lasted from September 1 to November 1 and featured six Citroën 2CV cars in honour of the 65th anniversary of 2CV.[9]

Opening hours

The museum entrance fee is 30 kuna (around €4) for adults and 20 kuna (around €2.60) for children, as it is privately funded. It is open seven days a week.

Change of location

In 2018, the museum moved from the former Pluto factory in Zavrtnica neighborhood to Westgate Shopping City, a large shopping mall north-west of Zagreb in Zaprešić.[10] [11]

It closed its doors on the original site in 2018 due to a lack of public funding and disagreements between mayor Milan Bandić and manager Valentino Valjak.[12] [13] [14]

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The first automobile museum in Croatia. Zagreb Tourist Board. 12 August 2015. 1 March 2013.
  2. Web site: Muzej automobila Ferdinand Budicki. Croatian Radiotelevision. 10 August 2015. hr. 3 July 2013. 25 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210125151255/https://vijesti.hrt.hr/215133/muzej-automobila-ferdinand-budicki. dead.
  3. Web site: Ferdinand Budicki Auto Museum. Time Out. 10 August 2015. 24 April 2014.
  4. Web site: Muzej automobila Ferdinand Budicki otvara svoja vrata. hr. Tportal.hr. 11 August 2015. 4 July 2013.
  5. Web site: Legin. Tina. U Zagrebu izložili stare rijetke automobile koji vrijede milijune. 24sata. 11 August 2015. hr. 3 July 2013.
  6. Web site: Frlan Gašparović. Irena. Zavirite u Muzej automobila "Ferdinand Budicki"!. Novi list. 11 August 2015. hr. 15 July 2013.
  7. Web site: Vlašić. Tajana. hr. Pričali smo s voditeljem Muzeja auta u Zagrebu kojem prijeti zatvaranje. Telegram. 11 August 2015.
  8. Web site: Budicki at Britanac. Zagreb Tourist Board. 11 August 2015. 5 May 2015.
  9. Web site: Muzej automobila Ferdinand Budicki postao pravi ljetni hit. hr. Večernji list. 11 August 2015. 21 August 2013.
  10. Web site: Ferdinand Budicki Automobile Museum (In Your Pocket: Essential City Guides). 8 April 2023. https://archive.today/20230408163317/https://www.inyourpocket.com/zagreb/ferdinand-budicki-automobile-museum_168064v. 8 April 2023.
  11. News: Muzej Budicki na novoj lokaciji. 3 April 2018. magazin.hrt.hr. Croatian Radiotelevision. hr. 4 April 2018. 19 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210119033813/https://magazin.hrt.hr/437230/muzej-budicki-na-novoj-lokaciji. dead.
  12. Web site: Muzej automobila Ferdinand Budicki. Ferdinand Budicki Automobile Museum. 4 April 2018. hr.
  13. Web site: (FOTO) Grad i država okrenuli im leđa: Zatvara se Muzej automobila Ferdinand Budicki - Zagreb.info. hr. (PHOTO) City and state turn their backs on them: Ferdinand Budicki Car Museum closes - Zagreb.info. https://web.archive.org/web/20230402010310/https://www.zagreb.info/aktualno/zg/foto-grad-i-drzava-okrenuli-im-leda-zatvara-se-muzej-automobila-ferdinand-budicki/170460/. 2 April 2023.
  14. Web site: Ferdinand Budicki Automobile Museum in Zagreb Closing Down at the End of February?. Iva. Tatić. 18 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20230402010639/https://www.total-croatia-news.com/zagreb-blog/24571-ferdinand-budicki-automobile-museum-in-zagreb-closing-down-at-the-end-of-february. 2 April 2023.

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