Sarajevo Museum
The Museum of Sarajevo ( Bosnian : Muzej Sarajeva ) is a public institution in Sarajevo , the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina . It was founded in 1949 as the city's museum and consists of six separate museum buildings in the city center, which present the individual historical segments and cultures of the way of life of the citizens of Sarajevo as well as collections on specific events.
Svrzina kuća
The "Svrzo House" ( location ) has been part of the museum since 1965 and is located in the historic old town district of Baščaršija . It is an example of the residential architecture of the Ottoman period in Sarajevo and the residential culture of a Muslim family at the end of the 18th century. The complex consists of several buildings built in stages, the oldest part dating from the 18th century. The house was built by the Glođo family, who belonged to the upper class of society at the time. This family had no male descendants and passed through marriage to the wealthy Svrzo family.
The house differs from the buildings of that time because of its adaptation to the hilly landscape in and around Sarajevo. It is also asymmetrical, in contrast to the symmetrical houses in flat areas. The complex is divided into the public ("male") part, where the men of the house receive guests and conduct negotiations, and the family part, where normal life was lived with all manners and customs. The house is also furnished with the original inventory.
Brusa Bezistan
This monumental object ( location ) is also located in Baščaršija and was built in 1551 by Rüstem Pascha . The object was used to sell silk, which the builder produced there himself. Brusa Bezistan has a dimension of 29.5 × 20.5 m and was built of stone. It consists of six large and two smaller domes covered with domes. The massive pillars within Besistan have a constructive role. Above were small domes which were used to store important documents. During the siege of Sarajevo 1992-1995 the Brusa Besistan z. Partly badly damaged.
After restoration work, the museum's exhibition was opened there under the name “Development of Sarajevo from prehistory to Austro-Hungarian rule”.
Despića kuća
The "Despić house" ( location ) was built in several stages and three different periods of time and received its final appearance from the merging of two existing buildings in 1881, which makes it an architecturally interesting object. The oldest parts of the building date from the 17th century. It is located in the city center on the Miljacka riverside , near the Latin Bridge .
The house belonged to the wealthy, Serbian Orthodox merchant family Despić, who emigrated to Belgium in 1696 . She donated the house to the city of Sarajevo with the wish that a museum be built there. The importance of this object is, among other things, that the city's first theater performances took place in this house. Despite the size of the projection room, the performances were only organized for close friends of the family and members of the Sarajevo diplomatic circle at the time.
Muzej Jevreja
The “Jewish Museum” ( Lage ), opened in 1966, is housed in the oldest synagogue in Bosnia, the “Stari Hram” in Baščaršija. It was built in 1581 and is one of the most important exhibitions on this subject in the successor states of the former Yugoslavia .
On the ground floor and in two galleries it shows the life of the Jews in Bosnia since their arrival from Spain , the coexistence with other religions, their customs and culture as well as their contribution to the development of the country.
Muzej Sarajeva 1878-1918
The Sarajevo Museum ( Lage ) shows the capital at the time of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy . The exhibition begins with events that were fundamental for the acquisition of the mandate for the occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. It is also dedicated to cultural life, societies, publishing houses and printing houses, industry, architecture and the resistance against the occupation.
A large part of the exhibition is the assassination attempt on the Austrian heir to the throne Franz Ferdinand and his wife, which made a significant contribution to the beginning of the First World War . The museum is located directly on the Latin bridge , where the assassination attempt took place on June 28, 1914.
Muzej Alija Izetbegović
This small museum ( location ) is part of the old town fortress of Vratnik and was only opened in 2007. It is housed in the former fortress tower Ploča kula and is dedicated to the life and work of Alija Izetbegović , the first president of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was declared independent in 1992.
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