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The History of Dubrovnik’s Tramway

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To celebrate the 115th anniversary of the Dubrovnik tramway a major exhibition has been organised by Dubrovnik Museums in the Rector’s Palace.

The accompanying catalogue tells the tramway’s story from the initial concept up until the recent full restoration of a handful of tramcars and trailers that have survived. Over 300+ pages it details every possible aspect of its history from the original blueprints to the tickets, to the signs and even the conductors’ apparel. This is surely the most comprehensive collection dedicated to one of the city’s most memorable periods.

It was my honour to be the English language translator for the exhibition panels and catalogue for such an iconic page of Dubrovnik’s history.

The exhibition is open to the public from 27th August 2025 until 31st March 2026.

Well worth a visit!

More info: https://www.dumus.hr/en

Dubrovnik Museums Zbornik

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The 5th edition of Zbornik Dubrovačkih muzeja celebrates the 150th anniversary of the Museums’ founding. This latest volume feature hundreds of articles, reviews, archaeological finds as well as the history and activities of each of the four Dubrovnik Museums throughout their 150 years.

Over 398 pages the book features lavish photographs of paintings, diagrams, letters, documents and previous publications by the Museums, as well as past and present archaeological digs, ground plans, illustrations and finds. It was a honour for me to provide the English translations for the majority of the summaries for each section in this impressive volume.

Publisher: Dubrovački muzeji 2022.
ISSN 1849-8876

Chess Olympiad commemorative catalogue

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The 9th Chess Olympiad – Nations Tournament of 1950 was held in Dubrovnik, Croatia in 1950 and the team of the hosting country – FPR Yugoslavia – won. This catalogue of the exhibition published by Dubrovnik Museums commemorates this special occasion in the history of chess.

The exhibition catalogue is a superb commemorative edition.

The book features the whole story of the competition, the competitors, the ceremonies and the results. The highlight of this edition is the catalogue section of the postage stamps, first day covers, postcards, posters, chess sets – the Dubrovnik set later became a standard – and much more that were issued during and after the tournament.

As the English translator for the catalogue it was especially interesting to learn about the event and particularly about the philately part because I was an avid stamp collector as a schoolboy 🙂

The authors of the text are Tonko Marunčić and Zdenko Krištafor.
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…. there is more info about the tournament here.