MUSEUM OF VOJVODINA – Novi Sad

MUSEUM OF VOJVODINA – Novi Sad

The Museum of Vojvodina is a widely branched institution, with a rich collection of around 400,000 items and a library holding over 50,000 publications. Its regular museum publication, ’Rad Muzeja Vojvodine’, has been issued since 1952 and was known as ’Rad vojvođanskih muzeja’ until 1994.

To establish an extensive museum network, branch locations were created—Ethno-House “Brvnara” in Bački Jarak and the Agricultural Museum in Kulpin, which has been part of the Museum since 2004.

The Museum of Vojvodina presents a comprehensive permanent exhibition, covering the development of human society in today’s Vojvodina over eight thousand years. On an area of 3,000 square meters, 6,000 representative exhibits are displayed from archaeology (Paleolithic to Antiquity), general history and art history (15th to the second half of the 20th century), and ethnology. The permanent exhibition provides a synthetic view of the region’s millennial past. Exhibited items trace human communities and cultures from the Paleolithic and Mesolithic, including the first human traces near Irig around 70,000 years ago, through Starčevo, Vinča, and other Neolithic cultures, the multi-layered sites of Gomolava, Feudvar, and Kalakača, to the mythical times of ancient Greece and the grand monuments of Imperial Rome, and from the migrations of people to the succession of ethnic communities—Slavic, Hungarian, Serbian, and others.

The first part of the permanent exhibition is accompanied by an extensive monograph of the Museum of Vojvodina. The second part, covering Vojvodina’s history from the mid-19th to mid-20th century, is located in the building of the former Historical Museum.

Three Roman ceremonial helmets are unique examples in Europe and have long been recognized as informal symbols of the Museum.

Numerous permanent exhibitions are also displayed elsewhere: a pedagogical exhibition at J. J. Zmaj Grammar School in Novi Sad; a memorial exhibition to historian and writer Jovan Rajić (1726–1801) in Kovilj Monastery; exhibitions dedicated to world-renowned scientist Mihajlo Pupin (1858–1935) in Idvor; local history museums in Čerević, Ruski Krstur, and Hrtkovci; in the birthplace of Miloš Crnjanski (1893–1977) and in the library in Čongrad, Hungary; in the birthplace of Dositej Obradović (1740–1811) in Čakov, Romania; the birthplace of Sava Tekelija in Arad, Romania; and in the Batina Battle Museum.

The Museum of Vojvodina also serves as the central authority for all institutions protecting movable cultural assets, museums, galleries, and collections in Vojvodina, overseeing their professional work.

Opening hours:

Tuesday – Thursday: 09:00–19:00

Saturday – Sunday: 10:00–18:00

Monday: closed

Dunavska Street 35-37, Novi Sad
+381 (0)21 526 555 +381 (0)21 420 566
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www.muzejvojvodine.org.rs
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