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The Rovinj town museum

Housed in a Baroque building in the town centre has an exhibition of modern art and a fine permanent collection including:

a collection of old masters which includes works of art and polychromatic sculptures from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries;
archeological artifacts from prehistory to the medieval;
archaeological collection: Vistrum: the finds of an antique tomb in Veštar, Dvigrad and Limska gradina (ruins): medieval finds of jewellery, ceramics and sculptures
the "Stancoviciana" library which exhibits books and other rare printed matter from the beginning of the sixteenth to the nineteenth century;

a collection of modern Croatian sculptures and paintings created in the last few decades. A large part consists of the works of Vilko Seferov, who donated about a hundred of his paintings to the town.
the priceless ethnographic collection of folk costumes, tools and other artifacts and memorabilia. (at ulica S. Chiurco 1.)
in Žminj, in the town tower near the parish church, there is another interesting ethnographic collection.

Every July the so called "Artists Colony of Rovinj" and exchanges of exhibits with other museums and galleries are organised in the exhibition hall of the Rovinj town museum. This summer there will be a new exhibition every fifteen days.
Another feast for the eyes and soul is "Grisia", the traditional open air art festival which is held every August in the street of the same name.
In nearby Bale the "Castrum Vallis" exhibition is organised every summer.
Original souvenir from Rovinj, the bronze figurine of St. Euphemia - the Piazzetta Gallery, Casale street 17.