page_title: Betina
section_title: Culture and sport
hierarchical_section_title: Betina / Culture and sport
caption_attribution_description: English: The lateen sail and the boat equipment
context_page_description: Betina is a village located on the Croatian island of Murter, seven km from Tisno, where a drawbridge connects the island and the mainland. The largest of the Šibenik archipelago islands, and the closest to the mainland, it has been populated since the time of the Illyrians. Remains of the Roman settlement of Colentum as well as many ruins of Roman villas, murals, and mosaic testify to its occupation during the period of the Roman Empire.
context_section_description: In Betina there is an active folklore and cultural association, "Zora" which preserves the cultural customs of the village. A folklore festival is held every summer. Other associations are the Boccia club "Betina", the men's futsal club "Kalafat", the water polo club "Brodograditelj" and the women's futsal club "Betina"
  "Betina museum of wooden shipbuilding" was officially opened on 14 August 2015. Museum preserves traditional knowledges of small wooden shipbuilding, which takes place in Betina, island Murter, from the middle od 18th century. Betina has a long continuing tradition of shipbuilding, and today is one of a few remaining centers of small wooden shipbuilding in Croatian Adriatic coast. There are many types of ships that were built in Betina, from small boat kaić (4m long) to  cargo ships (27m long). 
  	Highlight of shipbuilding skills of Betina's shipbuilders is Betina gajeta, five to eight meters long boat, two to 2,6 m wide, with the sail as the elementary navigation asset. The shipbuilding art of this wooden boat is protected as intangible cultural heritage, and is registered in the Register of Cultural Goods of the Republic of Croatia.
  	Museum is located in protected cultural and historical whole of Betina, in the building of cultural, historical and architectural importance. Today the Museum building combines elements of modern and traditional. Permanent exhibition is located inside habitat of the stone architectural complex, linked with old brick terrace, paved the same way that it was done during the 19th century.
  	There are 268 exhibits in Museum's permanent exhibition. Museum is divided in two wings. One presents techniques of wood treatment and processing, design and construction of the ships, tells the story of shipbuilding in Betina. The other wing contains exhibits from the fields od agriculture, fishery and daily life. Those ethnographic items depict the context of the old way of life in which the wooden ships of Betina shipbuilding were created. In the central part of the Museum there is a two-story gallery with marine equipment installation.
caption: Museum of wooden shipbuilding
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