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National Museum of Montenegro

The National Museum of Montenegro is a complex museum consisting of several organizational units: the Historical Museum, which includes a permanent exhibition in the Government House, the Museum of King Nikola, the Museum of Peter II Petrović Njegoš, Njegoš's birthplace, Njegoš's mausoleum on Lovcen, the mausoleum of Vladika Danilo on . Eagle Karst and the Relief of Montenegro; Art Museum with Contemporary Art Gallery "Miodrag Dado Ðurić" and Atelier DADO; Ethnographic Museum and newly founded Archaeological Museum with Lapidarium. Museums are located in buildings that are cultural and historical monuments of the greatest importance. The Government House building, built in 1910 in neo-Renaissance style, is today the administrative headquarters of the National Museum, which houses the permanent exhibits of the Museum of History and Art. All units of the National Museum of Montenegro (except for Njegoš's birthplace and the Mausoleum at Lovćen) are located in the historical center of Cetinje.

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stablished 1926
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  • 4 museum units
  • 11 objects
  • 98 collections
  • Over 66,000 items
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Exhibitions

Exhibitions

Tadija Janičić’s exhibition in Cetinje

31.05.2024 03.07.2024
Exhibitions

Jadran: Five dashes for tomorrow

19.04.2024 19.05.2024
Exhibitions

Yugoslav hyperinflation

03.11.2023 29.11.2023
Exhibitions

A true dream of great friends

14.09.2023 31.10.2023
Exhibitions

Design narrative

27.07.2023 31.08.2023
Archive of exhibitions, Exhibitions

Maestro Denić in the museum

30.06.2023 20.07.2023.

News

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Workshop “Art Expedition”

The second workshop within the “Summer in the Museum” program, entitled ...

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Workshop “Find the Treasure: Exploring the Past”

As part of the “Summer in the Museum” program, the first ...

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Summer at the museum

The National Museum of Montenegro organizes educational and creative workshops this ...

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Promotion of the book by the Italian art theorist Giulia Rossi

Promotion of the book “Mind the Gap. Life between bioart, ecological ...

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Mauzolej zatvoren za posjetu 1. jula do 12:30h

We inform visitors that Njegoš’s mausoleum on Lovcen will be closed ...

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One hundred years since the birth of Branko Filipović Filo

“Enformal imposed Montenegrin karst on me quite by accident… It’s something ...

11
Buildings
98
Collections
66272
Art pieces
200000
Visitors per year

Curiosities

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The first photo taken in Montenegro

The first photo taken in Montenegro is a daguerreotype of a ...

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Photographers at the Montenegrin court

Although there is no official document in the archives on the ...

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Attitude towards crafts in the 19th century

Deep cultural and social resistance to crafts and manual labor was ...

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Presentation of Dubravka in front of the Duke’s court

“Depiction of Dubravka in front of the Duke’s Palace” is a ...

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“Deisis” as an artistic motif

“Deisis” as an artistic motif in Christian iconography appears for the ...

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Queen Milena

Milena Petrović Njegoš was a key figure in the history of ...