ABOUT THE MUSEUM

Museum and Memorial Center Dražen Petrović was opened on 7 June 2006 after a joint effort led by Dražen Petrović Foundation in collaboration with Croatian government, City of Zagreb and Croatian Sports Museum.

Museum was Dražen's parents, Biserka and Jole Petrović, idea and was architecturally designed by Andrija Rusan and Ante Nikša Bilić. Generous donations were given by Croatian government, City of Zagreb and numerous sponsors whose support helped opening this Museum.  

Museum and Memorial Center Dražen Petrović was a private museum for 12 years led by Dražen's family via Dražen Petrović Foundation. In 2017 founding rights were transferred to City of Zagreb. (Agreement on the transfer of the funding rights over Museum and Memorial Center Dražen Petrović: Class: 612-04/17-003/1, Registry number: 251-10-21/14-17-1; April 20 2017) thus making the Museum the tenth  museum  under the administration of the City of Zagreb.