Wax Figure Museum in Jagodina | Museums in Serbia

Wax Figure Museum is located in Jagodina and, like similar museums around the world, it showcases important historical and contemporary figures, as well as the environments in which they lived and created, in the form of wax sculptures.

The figures represent prominent rulers, politicians, artists, scientists, and athletes from Serbia and Yugoslavia, and the Jagodina museum also features wax sculptures of foreign statesmen.

Belgrade art historian Vladimir Tomčić gifted Jagodina with the first wax copies in 2008, giving birth to the first and only wax figure museum in our country. Apart from London, Madrid, and Prague, Jagodina is the sixth city in Europe to have such a museum.

The Museum currently has a permanent exhibition of thirty wax sculptures. The most famous personalities from the worlds of politics, science, literature, film, and sports have their replicas displayed. Emperor Dušan the Mighty, Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović, Vožd Karađorđe, Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Dositej Obradović, Nikola Tesla, Ivo Andrić, and Patriarch Pavle are just some of the exhibits available to the public.

The Wax Figure Museum showcases both domestic and foreign statesmen, with wax copies of lifelong President of the SFRY Josip Broz Tito, Slobodan Milošević, King Peter I Karađorđević, Bishop Petar Petrović Njegoš, former and current presidents of Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi standing out.

The Museum also features Serbian heroine Jovanka Orlean, a participant in the Balkan Wars and World War I, Milunka Savić. Among the personalities of contemporary history, there are also Vojislav Koštunica, Zoran Đinđić, Vlade Divac, Saša Đorđević, Vuk Bojović, Pavle Vuisić, and others.

The wax replica of Russian President Vladimir Putin usually attracts an older audience, while the youngest visitors linger longest by the athletes. Children eagerly take photos next to the figure of Novak Djokovic.

In addition to wax copies, the Wax Figure Museum showcases original weapons and their replicas, costumes, oleographs, models of Serbian monasteries, war flags, and copies of rare books. The exhibited items provide insights into the time and environment in which each individual lived and created.

Among the museum exhibits, the carriages of King Milan from the 19th century stand out. Despite being made of cherry and rosewood over 150 years ago, the closed-type carriages are excellently preserved and in working condition. Everything on them is original except for the upholstery.

The former luxurious fiacre was manufactured in Paris and belonged to the court of King Milan Obrenović, as confirmed by the royal coat of arms on its doors. The carriages remained functional until the 1960s and are now owned by the Josanica Monastery near Jagodina. Although one of the biggest attractions of the Museum, their owner, King Milan, will have to wait a little longer for his wax replica.

The Wax Figure Museum is open to visitors every day from 8 am to 8 pm. The admission ticket costs 200 dinars, while children aged 6 to 12 can enter for 150 dinars.