Vuk and Dositej Museum
 The facade before the renovation |
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| place | Belgrade , Serbia |
| architect | unknown |
| opening | 1949 |
| management |
Ljiljana Čubrić
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The Vuk and Dositej Museum ( Вуков и Доситејев музеј ) in Belgrade is a museum about the life, work and legacy of the reformer of the Serbian language Vuk Stefanović Karadžić '(1787–1864) and Dositej Obradović ' (1742–1811), writers and first Minister of Education of Serbia. The museum is considered a symbolic place for understanding the revival of Serbian culture during the time of the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire . Since 1979 it has belonged to the National Museum of Serbia.
history
The Vuk and Dositej Museum was founded in 1949. It is located in an Ottoman style building of the former Belgrade University, the first University of Serbia and later University of Belgrade . This was founded in 1808 by the key figure of the Serbian Enlightenment and then Minister of Education Dositej Obradović . Karadzic was one of her first students. The building was probably the residence of the Belgrade Defterdar (head of the Ottoman provincial treasury). According to certain assumptions, it was also once a harem.
architecture
The building, erected in 1739, is considered to be the oldest surviving residential building in Belgrade in the typical Turkish townhouse style and is therefore an important cultural and historical monument in Southeast Europe. It consists of two floors with an attic. The wooden ceiling construction was restored in 2010.
interior
The upper floor is dedicated to Vuk Stefanović Karadžić and was designed by his daughter Mina Vukomanovic. On display are personal legacies of the writer (travel bags, glasses, stilt walkers, pole, holsters , smoking accessories), documents from the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (diplomas, business cards, invoices, receipts), portraits, correspondence and books from his personal library, including one Copy of John Bowring 's English translation of Karadžić's poems from 1827.
The ground floor is dedicated to Dositej Obradović . In addition to the museum library, some belongings and a large number of his manuscripts are kept. The exhibits include a copy of the plaque commemorating Obradović's stay in London in 1784 at St. Clement's Court EC4. Only a small part of his personal property survived the bombing of Belgrade in 1813 and is on display.
Enterprise
The museum also presents thematic exhibitions outside the permanent exhibition. Some of them are part of the outreach program throughout Serbia. It organizes lectures with the participation of scientists, writers and historians, as well as musicians and actors.
Since 1958, the museum has published materials and articles on Dositej Obradović and Vuk Karadžić and their impact in an annual journal entitled " Small Case ". In addition to the " Small Case ", the museum sells publications such as guides, monographs and catalogs of special exhibitions in Serbian and English.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Fischer Wladimir, The Role of Dositej Obradovic in the Construction of Serbian Identities During the 19th Century , spacesofidentity.net, Vol 1, No 3 (2001)
- ↑ Milani Andrea, Belgrade with the Eyes of a Tourist: Museums and Temples , Version 1.2 (1997). Retrieved 2010.
- ↑ Prosvetitelji u novom ruhu , Večernje Novosti Daily Newspaper, May 23 of 2005.
- ↑ SEEcult.org , Southeastern Europe Culture Portal. Retrieved 2010.
- ^ Museum of Vuk and Dositej Closed for Renovation , Politika, July 21, 2009.
- ↑ a b Музеј Вука и Доситеја. ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on: narodnimuzej.rs
- ↑ SEEcult.org , Southeastern Europe Culture Portal
- ↑ Prosvetitelji u novom ruhu , Večernje Novosti, May 23 of 2005.
- ↑ Mitchell Laurence, Bradt Travel Guide Serbia , 2007, pp. 158–159.
- ↑ Prosvetitelji u novom ruhu , Večernje Novosti, May 23 of 2005.
Coordinates: 44 ° 49 ′ 17 " N , 20 ° 27 ′ 31.5" E