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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

Exhibition Marking 150 Years of the Red Cross

03.07.2025. 25.10.2025.
Exhibitions

Exhibition of Montenegrin Fine Arts

12.07.2025. 20.09.2025.
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

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Exhibition “The World Spins Around My Head”

The exhibition of artworks from the children’s art competition on the ...

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StećakLand through VR and AR applications

StećakLand, an innovative project within the Creative Europe program, which revives ...

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Workshop “Faces of Our Traits”

At the Montenegrin Gallery of Art “Miodrag Dado Đurić,” a creative ...

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In memoriam: Krsto Andrijašević

With deep respect and sorrow, we bid farewell to the distinguished ...

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 ...