Un paseo por la vida en la Yugoslavia comunista.

Old School very nice small museum - great place away from the crowded old city - our son enjoyed it as well as us grown ups. You probably don’t spend hours there - fair price.

A tremendous little museum. Informative and engaging. The AR exhibits are superb

Very enjoyable experience lots to look at and see, expectations where met,

excellent well laid out tour with great information

Worth a trip. Very interesting.

My partner is always interested in communist era things so this was high on our to do list whilst in Dubrovnik. We decided to walk from the Old Town to the museum which took us around 40 minutes. Doable but not much fun on a very hot and sunny day. We got the bus back and that is probably the best and most affordable option both ways really. The museum itself is pretty small and calls itself ‘interactive’, which just means you can open certain cupboards and snoop inside really. It was very informative and there was a lot of reading, possibly too much. I’m interested but I don’t want to read a book on the subject were my main thoughts. It did have a small area playing a couple of videos from the era but I think a video introduction to the history of Yugoslavia would have been really beneficial. The highlight of this museum was the area wherein they’ve replicated an apartment from the communist era but now I’m in my late 40s I have to say it just looked like an apartment from my childhood in the UK. Same furnishings and everything so what am I learning here exactly re communism?! I’ve visited 3 other museums on this same topic in other European ex-communist countries and I’m afraid to say the others did it better. This museum isn’t bad but for the ticket price I didn’t get as good an experience as I gained at a similar museum elsewhere. It was mainly reading a book on communism displayed in an exhibition

Fantastic, engaging museum that walks you through different dimensions of Croatia’s socialist and communist history, from the larger international context to key political figures to economic conditions and development to people’s everyday lives. A highlight is the recreation of an apartment, down to the medicine cabinet. My one quibble is that a placard about women’s position was in the apt kitchen behind some pots. Either intentionally ironic or an afterthought?

A REALLY, REALLY good museum. Interesting and incredibly interactive, the exhibition guides you through from the origins of communism/socialism, to WWI and WWII, into Tito's Yugoslavia, the independence wars, and to the modern Croatia of today. All of the displays have interactive elements as shown by a green circle on those that can be opened, touched, listened too etc. There is a significant focus on the political and military development of the Yugoslav and Croatian state, but this is nicely balanced by social history exhibits like the entire apartment set up as it would have been in mid-20th century Yugoslavia, and a section on the rise of popular culture including music, literature, and sport in the 1980s. There is also a VR headset tour of the old factory that the museum is now based in and AR elements spread throughout - culminating in a photo booth that will place your image in a historical scene such as a tram ride, socialist workers cooperative, or meeting non-aligned world leaders. These photos can then be shared to your email address and have no extra cost. We were particularly touched by the room wherein the experience of the governor and prisoner of one of the post-WWII prison camps was directly contrasted - with the former largely denying any atrocities, and the latter derailing the torture he received. This museum is suitable for most people - kids will likely find messing about with the interactive bits entertaining (though I'm pretty sure most of the history will go over their heads), and even those who lived through these events from a distance (e.g. Westerners) will likely find a whole new perspective of this aspect of the cold war. The woman at the entrance desk was friendly and gave us a top to make sure we saw all the exhibits, and tickets were easy to buy from the desk or the card only machine at the door. There is a small gift shop with some fun and reasonably priced souvenirs. There are also places to stop and sit and engage with the exhibits at different points through the museum for those who may have difficulty standing too long I would highly recommend a visit and think this is an excellent stop for those based in the Gruz area or those travelling out from the old town/Lapad.

Really interesting museum, definitely worth a visit, a real throwback in terms of seeing lots of old things that probably make you recall your youth or for younger people to see a glimpse of how life was in that era. Costs about 9 euros to get in but worth it I would say. Was not that busy when we went, no parking on site but you can find parking close by. Also this where I discovered their Cockta drink (their answer to Coke) which you hear about in the museum but not realising it was still being made and sold in Croatia.

Very different and unique museum - quite a bit of reading to retell the story of Yugoslavia and communism. Had some interactive exhibits which we did not try. Learned a lot. Spent an hour. No additional time needed. $42 for four. Close to cruise port. Would need a bus from Old Town area. Open until 7 pm in September when we visited.