Museum of the District of Jelsa
The museum is made up of several collections at several locations that comprise rich ethnographic and historically artistic materials. Three collections can be visited in Jelsa, one in Vrboska – the Fishing Collection and one in Humac – the Winegrower Collection. The museum space is unique for its content, in the family home of the artist Juraj Dobrović located on St. Ivan Square. Inside the house, which was built at the end of the 19th century and maintains its original ambience. There are exhibits of objects and documents that reveal a middle-class family and social life at the beginning of the 20th century. Additional value with a culturally historical collection in the Dobrović home is provided by a collections of graphics, pictures, and reliefs donated by Juraj Dobrović, which is vividly described by Višnja Zgaga, the director of the Museum Document Center: the chronology and homogeneity of individual cycles are the basic principles of the settings, discreetly suggesting Pythagoras's heritage, which imbues the work of this artist. The museum is open Monday – Sunday 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.