Inside the Franciscan Monastery of St. Anthony of Padua on Humac the oldest museum in Bosnia and Herzegovina is located, founded in 1884. Although the Archaeological Museum on Humac has the legacy of the earliest institution of this type in the country, unfortunately, during its rich history, the Museum was closed several times due to war, economic and other problems.
The museum presents objects collected in the wider area of Herzegovina, chronologically belonging to the period from the Upper Paleolithic to the late Middle Ages, in a period of almost 16,000 years.
The largest collection of finds consists of objects from the near Roman military camp in Gračine, which was investigated in the period from 1977 to 1980. year. “Humac plate” (Humačka ploča) is the Museum’s most popular exhibit, it is dated from the period from 10th to 12th century, and represents the oldest written track of the Croatian language in today’s Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Working hours
The museum is open to visitors every day from 1 October to 31 March working hours from 10 to 17h, or from 1 April to 30 September with a slightly longer working time from 10 to 19h.
Tickets
You can buy them as an individual ticket for the Museum on Humac at the price of 2 BAM (for the period from 1.1. – 15. 6. / 15. 9. – 31. 12.) or 4 BAM during the summer season (for the period from 15. 6. – 15. 9.), or in the locality of the waterfall Kravica in a joined ticket package.
