List of programs

Međunarodni dan muzeja

On Saturday, May 18, museums around the world celebrate International Museum Day. The Day was established by ICOM (International Council of Museums) to promote the role and importance of museums in modern society. The topic of this year’s manifestation Museums for Education and Research highlights the importance of museums as institutions that encourage active learning, cooperation and understanding among members of different cultures.

In accordance with the theme, the Museum of Yugoslavia has prepared a diverse program.

 10:00 a.m.  Tito – the Last Witnesses to the Testament, directed by Lordan Zafranović (in the cinema hall of the May 25 Museum building)

11:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m.  Professional guided tour of the Museum of Yugoslavia complex in English (at 11:00 a.m.) and in Serbian (at 12:00 p.m.)

1:00 2:00 p.m. Public conservation of the painting Sketch for the monument in Ivanjica by Đorđe Andrejević Kun (within the May 25 Museum)

6:00 7:00 p.m.  Guided tour by authors of the exhibition Hedgehog’s Home – Inventing a Better World

The Museum of Yugoslavia will be open to visitors from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and entrance will be free for individual visits.

More information about the program

10:00 a.m. Tito – the Last Witnesses to the Testament, directed by Lordan Zafranović (screening of the film Tito – the Last Witnesses to the Testament, directed by Lordan Zafranović begins in the cinema hall of the May 25 Museum building)

In cooperation with the Yugoslav Film Archive, in the May 25 Museum’s cinema hall, the screening of a documentary series about Josip Broz Tito will take place as an insight into his personality and an entire era. The closest family members, friends, and colleagues, as well as political opponents were interviewed openly and unreservedly. They tell about their experiences of living and working with Tito. Two episodes of the series will be shown every day (except on May 20 and 21). The series ends on May 25, when the last three episodes will be presented.

11:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m.  Professional guided tour of the Museum of Yugoslavia complex in English (at 11:00 a.m.) and in Serbian (at 12:00 p.m.)

During the guided tour, visitors will have the opportunity to hear basic information about the history of the museum complex, being closely connected with the history of Yugoslavia itself. Bilingual guiding in English and Serbian, in the peak periods of visits, is envisaged as a dialogue with the tour participants to achieve authentic guiding.

1:00 2:00 p.m. Public conservation of the painting Sketch for the monument in Ivanjica by Đorđe Andrejević Kun in the May 25 Museum (the right hall)

Within ​​the May 25 Museum building, visitors will have the opportunity to learn about the restoration process of this more than 70 years old work of art, as well as to learn more about Kun’s work. Public conservation of the painting Sketch for the monument in Ivanjica is part of the preparatory activities for the exhibition Kun: Artist – Worker – Fighter. The exhibition is jointly organized by the SANU Gallery, the Museum of Yugoslavia, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, on the occasion of the 120th anniversary of the birth of Đorđe Andrejević Kun, a prominent Yugoslav artist, member of SANU, revolutionary and professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade.

Kristina Horjak, senior restorer, and Jovan Petronijević, MA conservator-restorer, are working on the painting’s conservation.

6:00 p.m.  Guided tour by authors of the exhibition Hedgehog’s Home – Inventing a Better World

Although the exhibition was created as a meeting place for all generations, this guided tour is intended for adults who want to learn more about the process of working on the exhibition, its conception, the life and work of the famous writer and other topics to be addressed in a dialogue with the curators and authors of the exhibition, Sara Sopić and Mirjanom Slavković.

Hedgehog’s Home, a poem by Branko Ćopić has a special place in the childhood memories of numerous generations born in Yugoslavia. Even today, seven decades after it was published, this literary work represents a place of identification, shared memory and a strong trigger for nostalgia. Starting from its iconic status in the collective memory and the turbulent history of the reception of this poem and its writer, the exhibition was created to initiate a dialogue about the common intangible cultural heritage and its potentials so that we can reconsider our identities today, and at the same time open up questions about the importance of home, attitudes towards the recent past, communities we belong to, xenophobia, memory, nostalgia, mental health.

  • Day: 18.05-18.05.2024
  • Time: 10:00

The Origins: The Background for Understanding the Museum of Yugoslavia

Creation of a European type of museum was affected by a number of practices and concepts of collecting, storing and usage of items.

New Mappings of Europe

Museum Laboratory

Starting from the Museum collection as the main source for researching social phenomena and historical moments important for understanding the experience of life in Yugoslavia, the exhibition examines the Yugoslav heritage and the institution of the Museum

A BRIEF FAMILY HISTORY