About

The fundamental guidelines of the Institute's activities were defined during the 1960s by art historians Milan Prelog (1919-1988), for research of historic city cores and built cultural heritage, and Grgo Gamulin (1910-1997), for the field of visual arts. Under the guidance of its founders, the Institute affirmed both its key role and its position as the point of coordination of all art-historical research in Croatia

The Institute of Art History in Zagreb is a public institution founded in 1961 with the goal of improving and systemizing scientific activity in the field of national artistic and historical heritage.

The Institute of Art History (IAH) is organized through departments, research units and administrative services (units).

The subsidiary of the Institute of Art History in Zagreb was founded on June 1, 2010.