The National Museum of Montenegro ( cnr, Народни музеј Црне Горе, Narodni muzej Crne Gore) is the largest museum in Montenegro. The museum was established in 1896 and is located in

Cetinje Cetinje (, ) is a town in Montenegro. It is the former royal capital (''prijestonica'' / приjестоница) of Montenegro and is the location of several national institutions, including the official residence of the president of Montenegro ...

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Departments

The museum is divided into five departments: *Historical Museum of Montenegro *Ethnographic Museum of Montenegro *Artistic Museum of Montenegro *

King Nikola's Palace The Cetinje Royal Palace is located in Cetinje, Montenegro, and for more than 50 years served as the seat of the Montenegrin Royal family. In 1926, it became a museum and from 1980, it was one of the departments in the National Museum of Mont ...

Biljarda Biljarda ( Serbian and Montenegrin Cyrillic: Биљарда) is a (former) royal residence in Cetinje, the historic capital of Montenegro. The palace is located in the historic center of Cetinje, near the Cetinje Monastery. Prince-Bishop Peta ...

, Museum of

Petar II Petrović Njegoš Petar ( sr, Петар, bg, Петър) is a South Slavic masculine given name, their variant of the Biblical name Petros cognate to Peter. Derivative forms include Pero, Pejo, Pera, Perica, Petrica, Periša. Feminine equivalent is Petra. ...

Possessions

The museum possesses the Oktoih Prvoglasnik, a significant printed work from the late 15th century. It also host the original icon of ''

Our Lady of Philermos Our Lady of Philermos (also ''Phileremos, Philerme, Filerimos''; el, Εικόνα της Υπεραγίας Θεοτόκου της Φιλερήμου, russian: Филермская икона Божией Матери) is a Byzantine icon of th ...

'', which had been in the possession of the

Order of St. John The Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem ( la, Ordo Fratrum Hospitalis Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani), commonly known as the Knights Hospitaller (), was a medieval and early modern Catholic military order. It was headqu ...

since the

Crusades The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The best known of these Crusades are those to the Holy Land in the period between 1095 and 1291 that were in ...

. Around 3000 artifacts owned by the museum can't be located and they are presumed to be stolen over the years.

Bibliography

References

External links

National Museum of Montenegro website

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Cetinje Museums in Montenegro