Doctoral dissertation with the title City Puppet theatre in Rijeka and the Croatian puppetry scene (1960.–2004.) wants to show the activity and the contribution of City Puppet theatre in Rijeka to the contemporary Croatian puppetry during second half of 20th century. The dissertation is structured in chapters. After the review of literature about the City Puppet theatre in Rijeka and its formal constitution, in chronological orders are described the activities of the theatre, from the beginnings in the late fifties up until the year 2004. by comparing it with the activities of other Croatian puppet theatres in Split, Zagreb, Zadar and Osijek in the same period. Between many exceptional artistic results, it is the performance of The Musical miniatures that was performed in 1966. with the music of Liszt, Debussy and Musorgski, directed by Berislav Brajković and with the puppets created by Ladislav Šošterić that stays remembered in the history of Croatian puppetry. It was for the wery first time that the luminescent version of black theatre was used on one of Croatian puppet stages at all. From its constitution up until today the City Puppet theatre in Rijeka continues to fulfil its mission: to be the theatre for the youngest audience and in the same time to explore the countless possibilities of theatrical expression that offers the art of puppetry.