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Major cultural events:
Zagreb Summer Festival (Zagrebački ljetni festival)
International Folklore Festival (Međunarodna smotra folklora)
International Children’s Festival (Međunardoni festival djeteta) in Šibenik
Dubrovnik Summer Festivalj (Dubrovački ljetni festival)
Đakovo Embroideries (Đakovački vezovi)
Split Summer (Splitsko ljeto)
Musical Evenings in St. Donat (Muzičke večeri u Sv. Donatu) in Zadar
Musical Evenings (Muzičke večeri) in Osor
Sinj Tilting at the Ring (Sinjska Alka)
Rijeka Carnival
Vinkovci Autumn Festival (Vinkovačke jeseni)
Varaždin Baroque Evenings (Varaždinske barokne večeri)
Makarsko kulturno ljeto (Makarska cultural summer)

Major museums:
Dubrovnik - Archaeological Museum, Ethnographic Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Maritime Museum, The Cathedral Vault, Home of Marin Držić.
Čakovec - Museum of Međimurje
Gospić - Museum of Lika (in the nearby Smiljan, there is the Nikola Tesla collection)
Hlebine -Gallery of Naive Art and the Collection of paintings by Ivan Generalić
Krapina - Museum of Evolution and the Hušnjakovo site of the Early Man, Museum of Ljudevit Gaj
Kumrovec - The Old Village (ethno-museum), the native house of J.B. Tito
Makarska - Malacological Museum (collection of shells), Town Museum
Pula - Archaeological Museum, Historical Museum of Istria
Split - Museum of Croatian archaeological monuments, Archaeological Museum of Split, Gallery of Ivan Meštrović.
Trakošćan - Castle-Museum Trakošćan (collection of old weapons)
Varaždin - Town Museum in the Old Town
Zadar - Archaeological Museum, Popular Museum of Zadar, Maritime Museum, Permanent Display of Sacral Art
Zagreb - Archaeological Museum, Ethnographic Museum, Croatian Museom of Naive Art, Modern Gallery, City of Zagreb Museum, Mimara Museum, Museum of Art and Crafts, Natural History Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Strossmayer Gallery, Technical Museum

Major sanctuaries:
Marija Bistrica - Mother of God of Bistrica
Trsat (Sušak) - Mother of God of Trsat
Sinj - The Lady of Sinj
Aljmaš - The Lady of Consolation
Vepric (Makarska) - Mother of God of Lourdes

Cultural-historical monuments:
There are numerous medieval castles with cultural-historical monuments in Croatia. The best known of them aer Diocletian’s Palace in Split, the old city of Trogir, Basilica Eufrasiana in Poreč, the Cathedral in Šibenik and the town of Dubrovnik, which are under the protection of UNESCO.