4 Best Sights in Central Dalmatia, Croatia

Occupying a splendid location within the walls of Diocletian's Palace, this museum displays traditional Dalmatian folk costumes and local antique furniture, among other objects that give visitors a look into everyday life in historic Dalmatia.

Born in Šibenik, Faust Vrančić (1551–1617) was an inventor, polymath, philosopher, and lexicographer whose legacy is examined in this modern museum in Prvić Luka. He is thought to have invented the first functional parachute, outlining it in a drawing titled "Homo Volans–Flying Man" in his book of inventions Machinae Novae (New Machines). Born well-off, Vrančić spent summers in his family mansion on Prvić, where he also escaped to avoid the plague that hit Šibenik several times during this period. He passed away in Venice, but he was buried on Prvić according to his wishes.

This is the island's regional museum, located within its oldest settlement, called Škrip. Škrip comes from the Latin scrupus, referring to large sharp stones. The area was inhabited by the ancient Illyrians around 1400 BC and later by a Roman community. Today the museum displays artifacts from both of these eras and much more.

One of the oldest Croatian museums houses more than 20,000 Croatian archaeological artifacts, only a quarter of which are regularly on display. Among the most interesting exhibits are fine stone carvings decorated with traditional plaitwork designs. In the garden are several stećci, medieval monolithic tombstones. The museum also conducts archaeological excavations in the southern Croatian regions between the Cetina and Zrmanja rivers and has a large collection of cultural and historical guidebooks on early medieval monuments in Croatia.