Senoa House in Zagreb The Museum of August Senoa described by Lady Jadranka Beresford-Peirse

Last year, the first exhibition, THE DAYS OF AUGUST ŠENOA, was organised, which showed original documents from the birth to the death of August Šenoa. in May this year, they held the exhibition of love letters of August Šenoa and his wife, Slava, marking their 150th wedding anniversary. Both exhibitions proved very popular. For november and December this year they plan to show august Šenoa’s manuscripts during the second exhibition entitled THE DAYS OF AUGUST ŠENOA.
The house and and its collection is on the register of the moveable and immoveable cultural heritage of the Republic of Croatia. the collection contains documents dat- ing from the beginning of the 19th century to the present day, all very relevant to the history of Zagreb and the Republic of Croatia. There are over 6000 books that August Šenoa had in his library and all of his personal belongings are still there, carefully kept for many years. the documents also relate to the children of august and Slava. Milan, their oldest son, a university professor and a writer in his own right, who built the present house in 1928/29, where the Šenoa family have lived ever since. There is a touching story about Milan and the house that he built. this story would require a special article. there was a daughter, Dragica, a fine musician, to whom Ivan Zajc dedicated his opera “Nikola Šubić Zrinski“. the Museum holds his signed score, one of only two original copies. the second is in the University and national Library in Zagreb. then, there was their youngest son, Branko, who was only two years old when his father died aged 43. Branko was a well known painter and printmaker and in 1934 Branko painted in one of the rooms of the house a large mural, measuring 2.6m x 7,8m, as a birthday present to Zdenko, Jasmina’€™s step-father, when Zdenko was 16 years old. This room is today dedicated to the memory of Branko Šenoa.
Jasmina and her family have applied and are applying again to the Ministry of Culture for funding and so far the Ministry has helped them to conserve five most valu- able prayer books from the collection of August Šenoa. a collection of love letters between august and Slava is at present under conservation in the Croatian State Archives with funding from private donations that ŠENOA HOUSE has received.
They have applied to other sources for funding. there is a great deal which needs to be done which they alone, from the sale of tickets, at 20 and 30 kunas per person, can never accomplish.
There are big and small things which need attention. For example, the roof needs to be repaired at the estimated cost of round 350.000 kunas. They need to install video, fire and theft protection systems, which are also costly.
THE BRIDGE – Christmas, 2017

• Two piano recitals and a concert by Maestro Ivo Pogorelich, the Royal Festival Hall in 1992 and 1999 and in Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels, in 1994, in aid of Dubrovnik and Vukovar.
• “The Art for Art Auction”, held at Bonhams in 1994 in aid of the cathedrals in Sibenik and Osijek.
• The exhibition “Royal Academicians in Dubrovnik”, Royal Academy of Arts in 1996, in aid of Dubrovnik.
• Three exhibitions devoted to the painter Vlaho Bukovac, 1855 – 1922, held at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool in 2005 and in the Mercer Art Gallery in Harrogate and at Bonhams in London in 2006.
• The exhibition dedicated to the work and life of the Croatian soprano Milka Ternina, 1865 – 1943, held at the Royal Opera House in 2006/2007.
• Lecture by John Julius Norwich on Alfred Gilbert held at the Royal Geographical Society in2003.
• Lecture by Sherban Cantacuzino on damage to architecture in Croatia held at the Royal Institute of British Architects in 2000.

Steinway and Sons kindly mounted an exhibition in support of our work in Croatia. Please click here for further information.
The Trust has supported restoration of churches, cathedrals, museums, libraries and works of art. With the help of British specialists we have helped with book and paper conservation in Croatia and established a stained glass workshop in Osijek. We have revived the growing of flax and established a Flax and Linen Workshop in Ivanic Grad. In particular, we have helped with the education and training of young conservators and restorers at institutions of excellence in Great Britain. We believe that investing in young conservators and restorers is our best investment and for that purpose funds are still needed.

Kako bi se tradicija tkanja lanenih ručnika nastavila i dalje i osuvremenila baština posavskog kraja, Pučko otvoreno učilište iz Ivanić grada pokrenulo je projekt pod nazivom “Lan i tkanje”. Projekt je inicirala ugledna Hrvatica Lady Jadranke Beresford-Pierse iz Londona, gdje se laneni ručnici već i prodaju s prepoznatljivim znakom MADE IN CROATIA.

Kreativne tkalačke radionice u Ivanić Gradu najbolji su način da se tradicijske vještine posavskih tkalja i vezilja prenesu na mlade naraštaje, te svakako poticaj revitalizacije uzgoja i proizvodnje lana na prostoru Zagrebačke županije
opis: LANENI RUČNICI
izrada: ručno tkanje
materijal: domaće laneno platno
dimenzija: više dimenzija
završetci: rese, čipka ili ažur
pakiranje: mogučnost
privjesnica: da
podrijetlo: hrvatski proizvod
Kontakt: info@ppr.hr
Source www.made-in-croatia.com.hr