Established 1901 Address Belgrade, Serbia Founded 1901 | Director Mirjana Menković Phone +381 11 3281888 | |
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Location Studentski trg 13, Belgrade, Serbia Website www.etnografskimuzej.rs Hours Closing soon · 10AM–5PMWednesday10AM–5PMThursday10AM–5PMFriday10AM–5PMSaturday10AM–5PMSunday9AM–2PMMondayClosedTuesday10AM–5PM Similar National Museum of Serbia, Military Museum - Belgrade, Yugoslav Film Archive, Museum of Vuk and Dositej, Museum of Applied Arts - Belg Profiles | ||
The Ethnographic Museum in Belgrade, Serbia is one of the oldest museums in the Balkans. The Ethnographic Museum in Belgrade fulfills its mission together with the efforts of various stakeholders in the domain of presentation, revitalization and development of crafts in Serbia.
History
The Ethnographic Museum in Belgrade was founded in 1901, when the Ethnographic Department was separated from the National Museum of Serbia. The inauguration of the first permanent exhibition of the museum was organized on 20 September 1904, during the centennial of the First Serbian Uprising. During the first years of its work, the activities of the Ethnographic Museum were focused on the purchase of museum items and the presentation of the Kingdom of Serbia abroad.
In World War I, a large number of museum items were destroyed, as well as the documentation and the library. The museum library was re-established in 1920. Today, its holdings contain about 60,000 publications: 33,000 books and about 27,000 journals dealing with ethnology, anthropology and related scholarly disciplines.
During World War II, museum objects were packed and removed from the building in which the museum was housed at that time. After the war, the museum was moved into the building of the Belgrade Stock Exchange at No. 13 Studentski Trg (Square).
The museum collections currently contain about 200,000 items, 56,000 of which are ethnographic objects.