The custodian of the museum, Rizah Kulenovic, is
the Head of the Kulenovic Family originating from the 12th century
Bosnia / Croatia / Republic of Venice.
Art has been the great passion of the Kulenovic family for hundreds of years, as shown in
historical records.
The museum, inaugurated on the 6th
of June 2009, is situated in a Swedish cultural heritage site, the Water Castle
Vattenborgen - built in 1863 to supply water to the Royal Swedish Navy in Karlskrona.
Karlskrona, established in 1680 in the southeast of Sweden,
is surrounded by its archipelago of 1650 islands and inlets. With its historic naval
installations, it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1998.
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