Etnografski muzej

Ethnographic Museum - the most important information

The Ethnographic Museum is a cultural institution in which objects of ethnographic cultural heritage are collected, preserved and researched.

History of the Ethnographic Museum

The museum was officially founded in 1901, but the collection of ethnographic objects began in the middle of the 19th century and there was an Ethnographic Department within the National Museum. The collection from the Ethnographic Department was moved to a building donated by Stavca Mihailovic, a merchant from Jagodina, and so the Ethnographic Museum began its work.

Immediately after the opening of the Museum, the collection of objects and field research began, and the first permanent exhibition was opened on September 20, 1904. Unfortunately, during the First and Second World Wars, many items were destroyed, but the systematic collection of new items was immediately resumed.

In 1951, the Museum was moved to the building in which it is located today. It is a building that was built during 1933 and 1934 for the needs of the former Belgrade Stock Exchange.

Exhibition of the Ethnographic Museum

Permanent and temporary exhibitions can be seen in the Museum. The permanent exhibition occupies three floors. Some of the exhibitions you can see are:

Folk culture of Serbs in the XIX and XX century - on the ground floor you can see the ceremonial folk costumes, and on the first one what was the housing in the village and in the city.
With a frame across the road - an occasional exhibition of frames, wooden objects that prevented the transferred load from slipping off them.
Ornamental heritage - two-thread socks of Serbia - an occasional exhibition where you can see various two-thread socks and collections of drawings and patterns.

Manak's house

The Museum of Manak's House also operates within the Ethnographic Museum, which houses the Ethnographic Memorial Collection of Hristifor Crnilovic. On the first floor you can see the permanent exhibition "Folk costumes and jewelry of the Central Balkan area from the XIX and the first decades of the XX century" in which the costumes of the Shopsko, Moravian and Vardar complex are exhibited. The ground floor of Manak's house is a gallery space where occasional exhibitions and various program activities inspired by the Serbian national culture are organized.

Opening hours and ticket prices

The working hours of the Ethnographic Museum are from Tuesday to Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm and on Sundays from 9 am to 2 pm.
The working hours of Manak's house are from Tuesday to Sunday from 10 am to 5 pm.
The ticket price is 200 dinars, and for children under 6, the entrance is free.

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