PRESIDENT TUDJMAN VERY IMPRESSED BY ZAGREB MUSEUM

ZAGREB, March 6 (Hina) - Croatia's President Franjo Tudjman, accompanied by his wife Ankica, on Saturday visited the Museum of the City of Zagreb. At his arrival, Tudjman was greeted by the Museum's head, Vinko Ivic. Tudjman saw the new permanent exhibition of the Museum which had been reconstructed from June 1993 to November 1998. The latest permanent show includes 2,500 exhibits bearing witness to 3,000-year-long history of Zagreb. The author of the exhibition, Neda Premerl, informed the President and his entourage of most valuable and important elements of this show. After the tour, Tudjman signed the visitors' book writing that everything he saw was exceptionally beautiful and beyond all expectations. In a response to reporters after the visit, Tudjman said one can hardly believe that such another museum covering the period from pre-history to date can exist anywhere else in the world. He thanked and congratulated to those who had created such a project. During the visit to the Zagreb Museum, the Croatian President was also accompanied by a Deputy Prime Minister Ljerka Mintas-Hodak, a Deputy Culture Minister, Ivan Saric, Tudjman's culture advisor, Dasa Bradicic, Zagreb Mayor Marina Matulovic-Dropulic and the President of Zagreb Assembly, Zlatko Canjuga. (hina) ms