Muzej Nikole Tesle

Nikola Tesla Museum - basic information

The Museum of Nikola Tesla, one of the greatest scientists the world has had the opportunity to see, is located in Belgrade, in Krunska Street. It is housed in a building erected in 1929, which today is one of the cultural monuments under state protection. The museum works on preserving and showing the life and work of Nikola Tesla through personal items that remained after his death.

History of the Nikola Tesla Museum
After the death of Nikola Tesla in America, the things that remained behind him belonged to Sava Kosanovic, the son of Tesla's youngest sister. Through his efforts, those things were transferred to Serbia in 1951, after which they were handed over to the state as a gift. It was decided to use them for a museum, so in 1955 the first technical museum in Serbia was opened, which was dedicated to Nikola Tesla. After Tesla's urn was transferred to Belgrade in 1957, it was also placed in a museum, which completed the museum collection.

Permanent exhibition of the museum
A large number of personal items of Nikola Tesla and his urn are kept in the museum, but also a rich archive material consisting of his writings, documents, drafts, ideas, letters, as well as his urn. The permanent exhibition is located on the ground floor of the building and is divided into two parts. The first concerns the life of Nikola Tesla, while the second part presents his inventions and working models. The archive material consists of:

Over 160,000 original documents
Over 2000 books and magazines
Over 1500 photos and glass photo plates
Over 1000 plans and drawings

Opening hours and ticket prices

Working hours: weekdays from 10 am to 5 pm, and weekends from 10 am to 6 pm.
Ticket prices: a single ticket for a guided tour in Serbian is 400 dinars, while a group ticket (more than 10 people) is 250 dinars. There are also guided tours in English, and ticket prices in that case are 800 dinars individual and group 500 dinars. Admission is free for children up to 7 years old.

How to get to the Nikola Tesla Museum?
The museum is located at 51 Krunska Street.

On foot: from Trg republike in 20 minutes, via Terazije, Andrićev venac and Krunska ulica.
By taxi: Pink taxi - 19803; 0800 11 9803; 065 488 99 77 Safe Tax BG - 060 8801010, Lux Taxi -011 3033 123
By public transport: There are bus stops 27, 74, A1, E1, EKO 1 and tram 7 nearby.