Modern Gallery

The Modern Gallery in Zagreb is a museum dedicated to Croatian modern and contemporary visual art, located in the City of Zagreb. It holds a national collection of paintings, sculptures and works on paper from the 19th and 20th centuries.

The collection emphasizes major movements and artists from Croatia’s modern period and typically contains paintings, sculptures and graphic works across multiple rooms. Exhibition highlights include chronologically arranged permanent displays and rotating temporary exhibitions that focus on specific artists or themes.

The gallery grew from 19th- and 20th-century collecting initiatives and has been developed as a public museum collection over the 20th century. It has been adapted and reinterpreted through successive curatorial reorganizations to present Croatian modern art in a museum context.

The museum sits in central Zagreb in the city’s museum quarter, within walking distance of Ban Jelačić Square and other cultural institutions. It is easily reached on foot from the main tram lines that serve the city centre.

• Nearby museums: Housed in Zagreb's central museum district close to the Croatian Museum of Naive Art and the Natural History Museum, making it easy to combine visits on foot.
• Opening hours: Check opening hours before visiting - many Zagreb museums close one weekday and have reduced hours on Mondays.