Gracijano Kešac

Gracijano Kešac was born in 1965 in Vinež – Labin. He completed primary school in Sutivanac and Barban, and secondary school in Pula. He completed his studies in History at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ljubljana. He had his degree recognized at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Zagreb, where he passed examinations in national history from the Early Middle Ages to the 20th century, and completed a pedagogical-psychological education programme at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Pula. Since 1996, he has been employed at the Historical and Maritime Museum of Istria – Museo storico e navale dell´Istria in Pula, where he manages the Collection of Orders, Medals, Plaques, Diplomas, Seals and Coats of Arms, the Numismatic Collection, the Collection of Weapons and Military Equipment, the Collection of Film and Video Recordings, and the Newspaper and Periodical Archive. From 2009 to 2010, he served as acting director, and from 2010 to the present, he has been the director of the Historical and Maritime Museum of Istria – Museo storico e navale dell´Istria.