Why and how museology represents moreska as intangible cultural heritage

Korcula s Moraka sword battle dance with elements of drama was declared an intangible cultural heritage of Croatia in 2007. With modern media in its promotion with posters, brochures, and postcards especially after the Second World War, Moregka becomes an object of special interdisciplinary national and international research. All this contributes to the knowledge of the historical elements of intangible cultural heritage. This paper observes Korcula s Moregka within the development of museological conceptions of the mid-twentieth century to the present. According to archival and other available materials, efforts are being made toward a permanent display within contemporary museological concepts.