Born in Zagreb, Croatia (1948). Studied Art history in Zagreb, Museology in Zagreb and Paris, and Journalism in Zagreb; PhD in Museolgy, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

director@thebestinheritage.com

Professional history:

• Curator of a major art museum in Zagreb;
• Director of Museum documentation centre in Zagreb;
• Member of ICOM Executive Council (International Council of Museums/World Museums Organisation/, Unesco);
• Chairman of the National Committee of ICOM; organiser of the three major international ICOM conferences;
• Regular teaching in Catalonia and Finland; guest lecturer at University of Ljubljana
• working post in the National Museum of Denmark
• International summer school for heritage studies, Jyvaskyla, Finland
• Jury member of the European Museum of the Year Award (EMF-EMYA);
• Member of the Steering committee of MA, UK for the future of collecting.
• Head of Department of Information Sciences, Faculty of Philosophy, Zagreb
• lecturer at the University of Dubrovnik and University of Sarajevo;

At present:

• Professor of Museology at the University of Zagreb; Head of the Chair on Museology and Heritage Management; Head of the post-graduate study of Museology, University of Zagreb; guest lecturer at Art University in Belgrade, European University, Budapest;
• Museum consultant (Croatia and abroad)
• Founder of NGO European Heritage Association and the founder & organiser of "The Best in Heritage", the international, annual review of awarded museum and heritage projects and "The Best in Heritage Club of Excellence" at Koelnmesse in Cologne.
• Member of the Advisory Editorial Board of three international professional magazines (Museum International, Museum Practice, International Journal of Heritage Studies)
• Books: Museums and Their Theory- towards the cybernetic museum, Finnish Museums Association, Helsinki 1997; Marketing in Museums or about virtue and how to make it known, Croatian Museum Society, Zagreb, 2001), chapters in five books in UK, a few hundred articles and lectures on theory of heritage, internationally;
• Advisory Board member of the Association of Peace Museums

see for activities and details: www.TheBestInHeritage.com