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Chronology of Belgrade city Museum activities

Click on each year and see what was happening in our capital city that influenced the development of its Museum.

1894.

Samuilo Stefanović offered his collection for sale to the Belgrade Municipality

1902.

The first collection acquisitions for the Municipal Museum

1903.

The establishment of the Museum

1911.

The letter in which the Belgrade Mayor Ljuba Davidović (Čika Ljuba) urged the municipal authorities to house the Municipal Museum in the Residence of Princess Ljubica

The Decision of the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of Serbia to put the Residence of Princess Ljubica at the disposal of the Municipal Museum              

A book was published in which the Residence of Princess Ljubica is identified in the image legend as the Museum of the City of Belgrade (Muzej varoši Beograd)

1929.

The Museum and the Library operated as a single institution

The management of the Museum was entrusted to Marija Ilić Agapova

The activities of the Museum at the premises of the Municipality in No. 1 Uzun Mirkova Street

1930-1931.

The Museum was moved into new premises in No. 26 Kralja Petra Street

Belgrade Mayor Milan Nešić gave to the Museum a collection of original photos by I. V. Groman as a present

1932.

The first topical exhibitions

Đorđe Weifert's present to the Museum

1935.

Another temporary dislocation of the Museum

New permanent exhibition

1937.

The first one-artist exhibition at the Museum: A. Balaž, Belgrade through Images

1940.

The Museum working as a separate institution

The establishment of the Cultural Centre (Dom kulture)

Visit of Princess Olga

1941.

Dr. Miodrag Grbić, the first acting Director of the City Museum

Devastation of the Museum in World War II

1942.

The Art Pavilion at Kalemegdan was incorporated into the City Museum

1944.

Allied Forces bombing raids

1945.

The Museum Commission for the Assessment of Damage made in World War II

The new name of the Museum and the first post-war permanent exhibition

1948.

The first archaeological excavations

1941-1949.

The expropriation of museum objects during and after the war

1950.

The Museum's Specialized Library as a separate department

The Museum of Illegal Partisan Printing-Houses became a part of the Belgrade

The Fourth of July Museum became a part of the Belgrade City Museum

1952.

The Legacy of Paja Jovanović became a part of the Belgrade City Museum

1954.

Journal Godišnjak Muzeja Grada Beograda (Annual of the Belgrade City Museum) was published; the name of the journal was subsequently changed to Godišnjak Grada Beograda (Annual of the City of Belgrade)

The announcement of the competition for the project of a new museum building

Музеј 4. јула у саставу Музеја града Београда

1961-1964.

The last three exhibitions at the Museum's premises at No. 1 Zmaj Jovina Street

1963.

The Museum of Toma Rosandić was open to public

1965.

In the Register of the Trade Court in Belgrade, October 15, 1903, was recorded as the founding date of the Belgrade City Museum

The Memorial Museum of Jovan Cvijić was established

1966.

The Club of the Admirers of Belgrade's History

1967.

The exhibition Belgrade in the 19th Century was set up at the Old Royal Court

1968.

The Zemun National Museum was integrated into the Belgrade City Museum

The decision to house the City Museum in the Old Royal Court

The Documentation Centre was formed

The Memorial Museum of Jovan Cvijić was opened to public

1968-1980.

Activities of the Museum at Manak's House

1969.

The Museum of the Banjica Concentration Camp was established

Petar Popović bequeathed his collection the Belgrade City Museum

1970.

The Department of Public Relations, Publishing and Education was established; the Museum's logo was created

The Museum of Paja Jovanović was opened to public

The Legacy of Pava and Milan Sekulić was opened to public

1970-1979.

The visiting exhibition Belgrade: Past, Present and Future within Belgrade's Week

1973.

The celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Belgrade City Museum

The Belgrade City Museum was awarded the Order of National Merit with Silver Rays by the President of the SFR Yugoslavia, Josip Broz Tito

Trade Company Yugoexport gifted to the Museum its collection of paintings – the Yugoexport Legacy was formed

1975-1989.

Trans-national cooperation with the Historical Museum of Warsaw

1976.

A new competition for the project of the building of the Belgrade City Museum

The Memorial Museum of Ivo Andrić was opened to public

1980.

Конак кнегиње Љубице је у саставу Музеја

1981.

Легат Паве и Милана Секулића улази у састав Музеја града Београда

1985.

Музеј Младеновца је у саставу Музеја града Београда

1999.

"Merciful Angel"

2001.

The Legacy of Pava and Milan Sekulić was opened to public

2003.

The Celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Belgrade City Museum

The Publishing of a representative illustrated monograph of the Belgrade City Museum

2006.

The building of the New Military Academy at No. 40b Resavska Street was allocated to the Belgrade City Museum

2007.

The Belgrade City Assembly excluded the bequests of Veljko Petrović, Nedeljko Gvozdenović and Risto Stijović from the Belgrade City Museum

The letter in which the Belgrade Mayor Ljuba Davidović (Čika Ljuba) urged the municipal authorities to house the Municipal Museum in the Residence of Princess Ljubica
 
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