The Historical Museum of Serbia ( sr, Историјски музеј Србије/Istorijski muzej Srbije, ) is a public institution dedicated to documentation of
history of Serbia
The history of Serbia covers the historical development of Serbia and of its predecessor states, from the Early Stone Age to the present state, as well as that of the Serbian people and of the areas they ruled historically. Serbian habitation ...
from prehistory up to the present. The museum was established in 1963 and today it preserves over 35,000 exhibits in its collection. Over the years the museum was located at different locations around the capital city of
Belgrade. In 2020, as a part of the
Belgrade Waterfront
Belgrade Waterfront, known in Serbian as Belgrade on Water ( sr, / ), is an urban renewal development project headed by the Government of Serbia aimed at improving Belgrade's cityscape and economy by revitalizing the Sava amphitheater, a neglec ...
development project, the museum was granted the historical building of the
Belgrade Main railway station as its new permanent base. The museum is one of the leading institutions of its kind in the city and the country.
History
The first unsuccessful initiative to establish the museum was taken in 1950 with the enactment of the ''Decree on the establishment of the History Museum of the People's Republic of Serbia''.
The proposal was reinitiated in 1954 with the establishment of the
Serbian Revolution
The Serbian Revolution ( sr, Српска револуција / ''Srpska revolucija'') was a national uprising and constitutional change in Serbia that took place between 1804 and 1835, during which this territory evolved from an Ottoman prov ...
Museum (hosted by the
Residence of Prince Miloš
The Residence of Prince Miloš () is a royal residence in the Topčider municipality of Belgrade, Serbia. It was originally used as the palace of Prince Miloš Obrenović. It was built in 1831, after Serbia was given autonomous status in the Ott ...
) commemorating the 150th anniversary of the
First Serbian Uprising
The First Serbian Uprising ( sr, Prvi srpski ustanak, italics=yes, sr-Cyrl, Први српски устанак; tr, Birinci Sırp Ayaklanması) was an uprising of Serbs in the Sanjak of Smederevo against the Ottoman Empire from 14 February 1 ...
.
The Historical Museum of Serbia was established by the decision of the
People's Republic of Serbia
, life_span = 1944–1992
, status = Constituent state of Yugoslavia
, p1 = Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia
, flag_p1 = Flag of German Reich (1935–1945).svg
, p2 ...
authorities on 20 February 1963 with the new institution absorbing the Serbian Revolution Museum.
The task of the Museum was defined in 1966 as follows: ″to collect, record, store, arrange, study and exhibit material from the history of the Serbian people and Serbia from the earliest times to the present day″.
Until 2003 the museum published the scientific journal ''Zbornik Istorijskog muzeja Srbije''. Initially, from 1954 to 1965, it was published by the Serbian Revolution Museum.
In November 2020 the Serbian government made the decision to relocate the museum to a far bigger building, which formerly served as
Belgrade Main railway station.
See also
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List of museums in Serbia
References
External links
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History museums in Serbia
Museums in Belgrade
Museums established in 1963