The Establishment, Organization and Operation of the Commission for Gathering and Protection of Cultural Monuments and Antiquities

Abstract

On the basis of a comprehensive archival research of the records of the Commission for Gathering and Protection of Cultural Monuments and Antiquities (Komisija za sakupljanje i očuvanje kulturnih spomenika i starina – KOMZA) kept in the archival holdings of the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of Croatia in the Croatian State Archives and in the Old Records Collections of the Central Archives for Cultural Heritage of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia, the author presents the circumstances of the formation and operation of KOMZA and considers the extent of its authority and the specificity of its role.

Keywords

• Commission for Gathering and Protection of Cultural Monuments and Antiquities (KOMZA)
• Museum of Arts and Crafts
• transfer of artwork
• private art collections
• Independent State of Croatia
• People’s Republic of Croatia