National Museum in Belgrade | Museums of Serbia

After nearly two decades of reconstruction, accompanied by a lack of continuity, the National Museum in Belgrade reopened its doors to interested visitors, enthusiasts, and admirers of our history and art in 2018.

After fifteen long years, Belgrade and Serbia once again have a permanent museum exhibition that encompasses over 400,000 exhibits from various civilizations throughout our country's territory, spanning from the earliest civilizations of the Paleolithic period on our land, through the Neolithic cultures of Vinča and Lepenski Vir, ancient Greece and the Roman civilization, the Byzantine and Ottoman empires, to the achievements of the Middle Ages and modern times.

The organization of the permanent exhibition allows visitors on the ground floor to become acquainted with the chronologically oldest exhibits, from prehistory to the ancient period. The first floor is reserved for national art from the Middle Ages and modern times, while the second floor showcases works of Yugoslav art from the first half of the 20th century, paintings, and sculptures by the greatest Serbian and Yugoslav artists. The second floor also houses a section where the Collection of Foreign Art will be exhibited.

The Most Valuable Exhibits of the National Museum

Among the most attractive and significant exhibits in the Museum is certainly the hominid jaw of an individual who lived in our area, dating back between 300 and 500 thousand years, monumental sculptures from Lepenski Vir from the 7th millennium BCE, Vinča figurines from the 5th and 6th millennia BCE, a bronze portrait of Constantine the Great from the 4th century CE, the personal seal of Stefan Nemanja, the coin of King Radoslav - the first currency minted in Serbia, as well as medieval icons and frescoes from Orthodox churches and monasteries, the preserved Miroslav's Gospel (primarily kept in the Department for Protection, Restoration, and Conservation of the National Library), and more.

A significant part of visitors will undoubtedly find the artworks of Serbian and Yugoslav authors from the 19th and 20th centuries most interesting, such as paintings by Uroš Predić ("Orphan on the Mother's Grave", "Merry Brothers", etc.), Steve Todorović ("The Drowned Woman", "Anatomist"), Paja Jovanović ("Dressing the Bride", "Crowning of Dušan"), Sava Šumanović ("White Vase", "Autumn Road"), Nadežda Petrović ("Kosovo Peonies", "Self-Portrait"), as well as impressive sculptures by Ivan Meštrović ("Miloš Obilić", "The Widow"), and others.

At the end of the tour, visitors to the Museum will also have the opportunity to see some original masterpieces within the Collection of Foreign Art, such as paintings by Auguste Renoir ("The Bather"), Jan Brueghel ("Flowers"), Francesco Guardi ("St. Mark's Square"), Canaletto ("Grand Canal"), Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, Toulouse-Lautrec, Mondrian, Rubens, and many others.

In addition to the permanent exhibition of the National Museum, visitors can also see guest exhibitions from renowned world and European museums.

The basic ticket price for visitors will be £3, while admission to the National Museum will be free on Sundays.