The Nikola Tesla Museum ( sr-cyr, Музеј Николе Тесле, Muzej Nikole Tesle) is a

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located in the central area of

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. It is dedicated to honoring and displaying the life and work of

Nikola Tesla Nikola Tesla ( ; ,"Tesla"
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as well as the final resting place for Tesla. It holds more than 160,000 original documents, over 2,000 books and journals, over 1,200 historical technical exhibits, over 1,500 photographs and photo plates of original, technical objects, instruments and apparatus, and over 1,000 plans and drawings. Very little is on display in the small ground floor exhibition space. The Nikola Tesla Archive was inscribed on

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of the world and future technological advancements in this area.

History

The Nikola Tesla Museum is housed in a residential

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built in 1927 according to the designs of Dragiša Brašovan, a distinguished Serbian

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. The building was used for various purposes until December 5, 1952, when the Nikola Tesla Museum was founded in accordance with the decision of the Government of the

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. Certain items for the museum were shipped from

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to Belgrade, Yugoslavia, on September 7, 1951, as a result of efforts by Sava Kosanović, Tesla's nephew and closest relative and his attorney Philip Wittenberg.

Exhibitions

The permanent exhibition was arranged in 1955. It consists of four rooms on the ground floor. From time to time there have been some modifications, but for many years the basic concept has remained the same. Its first part is primarily a memorial exhibition, while the second part is an interactive one, with 3D computer generated models of Tesla's inventions. From time to time, the museum organizes thematic exhibitions of documents, photographs and other material in order to display some periods from Tesla's inventive life.

Reconstruction

Reconstruction of the Nikola Tesla Museum started on November 3, 2006. The first phase of the project was scheduled to have been complete by the end of 2006. The garden on the roof of the museum was designed to be enclosed by glass windows, which would turn the roof into a computer room. This reconstruction is now complete, and the museum is available to visit.

Gallery

File:Nikola Tesla birth certificate.png, Baptismal record of Nikola Tesla, c. 24 July 1856. File:Moteur à induction.jpg, A copy of the two phase

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from 1887. The original Tesla induction motor from 1887 is in

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. File:Générateur électrique.jpg, Cross-section of asynchronous motor built on Tesla's principles File:Expérience de l'oeuf de Colomb.jpg, Induction motor with an egg shaped rotor, popularly called the

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. This is a copy of the original shown at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 File:Générateur et ligne à haute tension.jpg,

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. Showing an example of generation, transmission and utilization of electrical energy. File:MNT Brodic.JPG, Model of a boat operated by

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File:La première télécommande.jpg, Telecommand unit for model boat File:Nikola Tesla Museum 030.jpg, Tesla coil File:Urne-Tesla-MuseedeBelgradedeTesla.jpg, Tesla's urn File:Nikola Tesla Museum 011.jpg, Personal items File:Nikola Tesla Museum 024.jpg, Bust of Tesla File:Nikola Tesla Museum 012.jpg, Tesla's suit File:Nikola Tesla Museum 029.jpg, A demonstration being conducted for tourists File:Nikola Tesla Museum 003.jpg

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