City of Gospić - The Nikola Tesla Memorial Center
The Nikola Tesla Memorial Center was established on July 10th, 2006 by the City of Gospić, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Nikola Tesla's birth. The Center preserves the life and work of Nikola Tesla. The Birth house has a permanent interactive exhibit that was introduced by the Croatian History Museum and the Technical Museum of Zagreb with the coordination of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia. The top floor of the house holds replicas of Tesla’s inventions that changed the world forever and are the foundation for cutting edge technologies even today.
Smiljan 87/1 Smiljan - Croatia/ Lika-Senj county
Tourist experience: In The Nikola Tesla memorial center visitors get to know with life and work of Nikola Tesla. The Center was created in such a way that it unites culture, science and tourism. The visitors can enjoy the intact Lika nature which stimulated Tesla to create his first inventions.
Spoken languages: English, Croatian
Experience duration: 2 hours
Booking: Booking required
Less than 20 min by walk from the nearest accommodation, car parking or bus station
Accessibility: Accessible to everyone
Tourist contact: The Nikola Tesla Memorial Center
Cultural material heritage: Museum
Natural heritage: Naturalistic itineraries
Form filler: Tamara Božić Smojver
City of Gospić - The statue of Nikola Tesla
A new monument of Nikola Tesla has been erected in Gospić in April 2021, twenty-nine years after still unknown perpetrators destroyed his old monument with explosives during the Croatian War of Independence, together with the museum and the birth house. The new monument was not returned to the same place in the center of Gospić, but a little further, to the newly named Nikola Tesla Square.
Gospić - Croatia / Lika-Senj county
Tourist experience: Visitors can see a statue of Nikola Tesla made according to the casting of a monument by sculptor Fran Kršinić. Such a monument can be found on the American Niagara Falls and in front of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Belgrade.
Spoken languages: English, Croatian
Experience duration: 30 min
Opening: Always available
Less than 20 min by walk from the nearest accommodation, car parking or bus station
Accessibility: Accessible to everyone
Tourist contact: Cultural information center, Gospić
Cultural material heritage: Historical monument
Form filler: Tamara Božić Smojver