The first exhibition room gives an insight into the earliest days, childhood and early school days of Petar Preradović by providing information about the characteristics of his homeland (which he will leave). The purpose of this room is to show characteristics of the homeland in the time in which Preradović lived, with an emphasis on the characteristics of life at that time at the political and linguistic border (the border of military reserve and everyday rural life, the border between the multi-ethnic Slavic and monarchy Austrian population, the border between Croatian and German languages). Visitors begin to “get to know” Preradović as a poet (and writing with a goose feather as an interactive element in the composition accompanied by scents and sounds achieves engagement and multisensory effect).

The second exhibition room presents visitors with the “military paths” of Petar Preradović, which are imbued with constant “slippages” into the written word and with the exploration of language and poetic expression through meeting and socializing with Croatian Illyrians.

The third exhibition room is entirely creative in character because it is dedicated to Preradović’s poetry. Flowers, Herbs and Seedlings (as the poet himself divided his poems in the Seedlings collection) are the basis for interpreting Preradović’s work. Each of these three segments shows the characteristics of Preradović’s poetic motives (romantic love, homeland, language, national pride …) arising from his attitude and thinking about life and the world. Interactive content such as completing a poem, jointly composing verses or quizzes about poetic interpretations can further engage and entertain the visitors.

The basement space (entitled Encounters) is, as the title itself says, an encounter between the visitor and Petar Preradović in a holographic form, but perhaps also of the visitor and his own consciousness and views that are the same or different from the poet’s. The ways in which these encounters are accomplished are by means of questions (predetermined) that visitors can choose from and receive answers from the “living” poet by means of a direct quote from his poetry, autobiography, letters or answers that make up the interpretation of the poems.

The attic is the place where the content of others about Preradović is presented. It consists of fine arts, music, theory and other written works that talk about or present Preradović and his work. It also presents Preradović’s family and heirs as well as a homage to the first museum exhibit from 1968 and the people who created it. It is a place where a visitor can enjoy audio-visual records of Grabrovnica and the poet, listen to compositions based on Preradović’s poems, and browse through his poetic collections.

We also suggest all visitors to watch the feature documentary “I, Preradović” which lasts about 20 minutes.

What we offer here is a different approach based on multimedia content animation with expert guidance to meet all visitor requirements.

You can visit the Petar Preradović Interpretation Center from Tuesday to Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm. Visiting is also possible outside of business hours, but with a mandatory advance notice.

Organized group visits can be arranged through following contacts: