Museum and Art Galleries

BOSNIAN MUSEUMS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS

Museums and Art Galleries
Cultural Heritage Protection Institutes
Cultural Heritage Research Institutes
NGOs working with Cultural Heritage

Institutions in Sarajevo are listed first, then alphabetically by city.

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MUSEUM AND ART GALLERIES

Sarajevo

Name: Zemaljski Muzej Bosne i Hercegovine (National Museum of Bosnia-Herzegovina)

Address: Zmaja od Bosne 3, 71000 Sarajevo
Telephone: 033 668-027

FAX: 033 668-025

EMAIL:

WEB SITE: www.zemaljskimuzej.ba

Types of holdings: Important collections of: 1) Archaeology: prehistoric, ancient, medieval (over 105,000 artefacts; 2) Ethnology: material culture (14,000 artefacts), spiritual culture, folk music, oral folklore; 3) Natural Sciences: geological, paleontological, mineralogical, petrological, botanical, ornithological, entomological, zoological, with collections of the flora and fauna of the entire Balkan region as well as foreign items. The library is the oldest scholarly library in Bosnia-Herzegovina with rich and large holdings (200,000 volumes).

Director: Aiša Softić

Publications: Glasnik Zemaljskog muzeja Bosne i Hercegovine – Arhaeologija, Glasnik Zemaljskog muzeja Bosne i Hercegovine –Etnologija, Glasnik Zemaljskog muzeja Bosne i Hercegovine – Prirodne

VISITING HOURS: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 10:00 – 14:00, Wednesday: 11:00 – 19:00 PM, Sunday: 10:00 - 14:00 (CLOSED Wednesdays in the winter)

Name: Umjetnička Galerija (Art Gallery of Bosnia-Herzegovina)

Address: Zelenih beretki br. 8, 71000 Sarajevo

Telephone: 033 667-532

Fax: 033 664-162

Types of holdings: 4,500 inventoried works if art including, paintings, graphics, photographs and sculpture. Mostly of Bosnian and Yugoslav artists, there is an important collection of works by Ferdinand Hodler.

E-mail:

Director: Meliha Husedžinović

Name: Muzej Sarajeva (Museum of Sarajevo)

Address: Jevrejska bb, 71 000 Sarajevo

Telephone: 033 215-531

Fax: 033 215-532

E-mail:

WEB SITE: www.muzejsarajeva.ba

Founded: 1949

Type of museum: City historical museum. Has the following branch museums:

Muzej Jevreja BiH (Jewish Museum of Bosnia-Herzegovina): not open at present.

Mula Mustafe Bašeskije bb, Sarajevo

Tel: 033 535-688

Svirzina Kuća (The Svrzo House): a beautiful Ottoman house of the 18th-19th C

Glođina 8, Sarajevo

Tel: 033 535-264

Opening Hours: Daily except Monday:10.00-15.00 July/August: 10.00-21.00

Despića Kuća (The Despić House): a recently restored example of a Serbian merchant’s house

Despićeva 2, Sarajevo

Tel: 033 533-534

Opening Hours: Mon – Fri 09.00 – 15.000

Muzej Sarajeva 1878 – 1914 (Museum of Sarajevo 1878-1918): Used only for temporary exhibitions at present

Zelenih beretki bb, Sarajevo

Types of collections: historical, social history, archaeology, furniture, textiles, paintings, weapons.

Director: Mevlida Serdarević

Name: Historijski Muzej Bosne i Hercegovina (Historical Museum of Bosnia-Herzegovina)

Address: Zmaja od Bosne 9, 71 000 Sarajevo

Telephone: 033 210-416

Fax: 033 656-629

Founded: 1945 (formerly Museum of the Revolution)

Type of collections: Largely focus on WWII, but considerable artefacts from the medieval, Ottoman, Austro-Hungarian and pre-WWII period. Photographs 88,600 (24,600 rare); works of art 2,300; three-dimensional objects, including weapons, uniforms, personal artefacts; archives 68,500 (18,300 rare); library 20,000 vols.; documentation centre 2,500 items.

Director: Dr Muhiba Kaljanac

Name: Muzej Stare Srpsko-pravoslavne Crkve (Museum of the Old Serbian Orthodox Church)

Address: Mula Mustafe Bašeskije 59, 71000 Sarajevo

Telephone: 033 53 47 83

Types of holdings: a small but interesting collection of silver and gold church objects, robes and most importantly a large collection of icons, many from Crete, dating from the 1600s as well as locally-painted ones.

OPENING HOURS: 10.00 – 15.00

Name: Muzej Književnosti BiH (Museum of Literature and Theatre Arts of Bosnia-Herzegovina)

Address: Sime Milutinovića Sarajlije 5, Sarajevo

Telephone: 033 471-828

Types of holdings: manuscripts, writers’ personal correspondence, documents, photographs, paintings, books, newspaper cuttings

Director: Aleksandar Liljak

Publications: Baština

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Banja Luka

Name: Muzej Republike Srpske (Museum of Republika Srpska)

Address: D. Danica 1, 78 000 Banja Luka

Telephone: 051 305-486

Fax: 051 317-318

Founded: 1930

Number of volumes: 5,500 books, 500 journals

Types of holdings: Archaeology (60,000); ethnology (10,000) incl. Melanesian artefacts collected by Matthias Folger and Aloys Bley; history (44,500) mainly contemporary; natural history (4,000) local and regional species.

Director: Milica Radojičić

Publications: Zbornik

Name: Galerija Likovnih Umjetnosti Republike Srpske (Art Gallery of Republika Srpska)

Address: Srpskih Junaka 2, 78 000 Banja Luka

Telephone: 051 215-364

Fax: 051 304-994

E-mail:

Founded: 1971

Types of holdings: Collection of 1,100 contemporary works of art in different media.

Director: Nikola Galić

Bihać

Name: Muzej Unsko-sanskog kantona (Una-Sana Canton Museum)

Address: ul. 5 Korpusa 2, 77000 Bihać

Telephone: 037 229-743

Founded: 1953

Type of museum: Regional Museum. Also responsible for the following branch museums:

1. Kapetanova kula (The Captain’s Tower)

2. Museum of the first Session of AVNOJ

Types of collections: Archaeology, history, WWII, ethnography, natural history

Director: Džafer Mahmutović

Bijeljina

Name: Muzej Semberija (Semberija Museum)

Address: Karadjordjeva 1, 76 300 Bijeljina

Telephone: 065 401-293

Fax: 065 471-625

EMAIL:

Founded: 1970

Type of museum: Regional museum.

Number of volumes in Library: over 5,000 volumes

Types of holdings: Archaeology; history (5,000 artefacts, incl. 2,000 photographs); ethnography (2,000); Resić Collections of ceramics; tapestries by Milica Zorić-Čolaković

Director: Mirko Babić

Doboj

Name: Regionalni Muzej Doboj (Doboj Regional Museum)

Address: Ul. Vidovdanska br.4, Doboj

Telephone: 032 31220

Founded: 1956

Type of museum: Regional museum

Types of holdings: 16,000 inventoried items of archaeology, ethnography, history, photography.

Director: Ms. Dobrila Bijelić

Fojnica

Name: Franjevački Samostan Fojnica (Franciscan Monastery Fojnica)

Address: Fojnica, Bosnia-Herzegovina

Telephone: 033 837-410

Fax: 033 837-412

Founded: 1668

Number of volumes: c. 12,500 including 13 incunabula and other early works, including the Fojnica Arms book, works in Bosančica ( Bosnian Cyrillic).

Periodicals: Many early and later 19th C periodicals

Types of archival holdings: Documents relating to the Franciscan order, Fojnica monastery and Fojnica (including inventories and parish registers), Bosnian ecclesiastical and secular history, education, diaries and autograph letters, Ottoman land–related documents as well as 156 documents in Bosančica and 3,000 Turkish documents.

Guardian: Fra Janko Ljubos

Jajce

Name: Franjevački Samostan Jajce (Franciscan Monastery Jajce)

Address: Fra Antuna Kneževića 6, Bosnia-Herzegovina

Telephone: 030 658-121/658-574

email:

Founded: 1885

Number of volumes:

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Types of archival holdings:

Guardian: Fra Ilija Stipić

Krešovo

Name: Franjevački Samostan Krešovo (Franciscan Monastery Krešovo)

Address: Kreševo, Bosnia-Herzegovina

Telephone: 087 806-075

Founded: 1767

Number of volumes: c.17,000

Number of periodicals: 92 (Mostly 19th-early/mid 20th C)

Guardian: Fra Mato Cvijetković

Kraljeva Sutjeska

Name: Franjevački Samostan Kraljeva Sutjeska (Franciscan Monastery Kraljeva Sutjeska)

Address: 72244 Kraljeva Sutjeska, Bosnia-Herzegovina

Telephone: 072 779-015

Fax: 072 779-291

Founded: 1664

Number of volumes: c.11,000, including 31 incunabula and works in Bosančica

Periodicals: some early/mid 19th C periodicals.

Types of archival holdings: parish registers, the earliest from 1641, other parish and monastery documents, manuscripts including Turkish grammars, c. 3,500 Turkish documents

Guardian: Fra Stjepan Duvnjak

Livno

Name: Franjevački Samostan Gorica (Franciscan Monastery Gorica)

Address: Gorička cesta bb, Livno, Bosnia-Herzegovina

Telephone: 034 200-922

Fax: 034 200-923

email:

Founded: 19th c.

Type of museum: Monastery museum

types of holdings: archaeology, ethnography, sacral objects, numismatics, philatelic, Gabrijel Jurkić Gallery

Number of volumes: c.35,000 new and c. 3,000 published between 1500 and 1850.

Director: Josip Gelo

Mostar

Name: Muzej Hercegovine (Museum of Herzegovina)

Address: Bajatova 4, Mostar

Telephone: 036 551602

Fax: 036 551602

Founded: 1950

Type of museum: Regional Museum

Types of holdings: ethnographia, archaeology, paintings, manuscripts, numismatics

Director: Zdravko Zvonić

VISITING HOURS: 9.00 – 14.00 weekdays, 10.00 – 12.00 Saturdays

Prijedor

Name: Muzej Kozara (Kozara Museum)

Address: Nikole Pašića, 79101 Prijedor

Telephone: 062 21334

Founded: 1953

Type of museum: Regional museum

Types of holdings: Art: 400 paintings of the Prijedor School; Archaeology: 900 important exhibits, mainly pre-history including two 5th C. Celtic-Illyrian helmets, Roman and some medieval; Ethnology: 400 artefacts of the Kozara region; History: 2,000 documents and other artefacts relating to WWII in the Kozara region.

Staff: Milenko Radivojec

Publications: exhibition catalogues

Trebinje

Name: Muzej Herzegovine - Trebinje (Museum of Herzegovina – Trebinje)

Address: Stari Grad b.b., Trebinje

Telephone: 060 20-220

Fax: 060 20-220

Founded: 1956

Type of museum: Regional Museum

Types of holdings: Rich archaeology (1,860), esp. pre-history (Illyrian helmets and jewellery), and ethnography (900) collections; history incl. documents of Turkish period (4,580); 468 paintings; Dučić Collection of art and archaeology.

Director: Djordjo Odavić

Publications: Tribunia

Travnik

Name: Zavičajni Muzej Travnik (Regional Museum Travnik)

Address: Memed-paše Kukavice 1, 72 270 Travnik

Telephone: 030 814-140

DIRECTOR: Fatima Maslić

EMAIL:

Tuzla

Name: Muzej Istočne Bosne Tuzla (Museum of East Bosnia, Tuzla)

Address: Mije Keroševića broj 3, 75000 Tuzla

Telephone: 035 280-034

Fax: 035 280-034

Founded: 1947

Type of museum: Regional museum.

Types of collections: Archaeology (rich pre-history, Celtic bronze jewellery, Roman, medieval) 15,000 artefacts; History (emphasis on WWII period) 12,000 artefacts; Ethnology 8,000; Natural History 3,000; Art (including works of D. Mihajlović) 1,000; Numismatics.

Number of volumes in library: 15,000

Director: Prof. Fehim Mujanović

Publications: Članci i građa za kulturnu historiju sjeveroistočne Bosne (annually)

Name: Galerija Portreta Tuzla (Gallery of International Portraits)

Address: Slavka Mičića 13B, 75000 Tuzla

Telephone: 035 234-897

Fax: 035 235-220

Founded: 1964.

Type of museum: Portrait and art gallery. Holds biennale. Administers branch museum:

Atelier Ismet Mujezinović,

Klosterska 19, 75 000 Tuzla

the former studio of the artist Ismet Mujezinović

Types of collections: Works of Ismet Mujezinović, 300 paintings, 3,000 drawings; Portrait collection 200; international collections incl. works by James Haim Pinto; works of Adela Bervukić 200; works of Bosno-Herzegovinian artists 300; works by artists who lived or worked in Tuzla.

Director: Čazim Sarajlić

Name: Muzej solane Tuzla (Saltworks Museum Tuzla)

Address: Solanska 1, 75 000 Tuzla

Telephone: 035 214-167

Fax: 035 214-167

Type of museum: specialist museum

Types of holdings: Artefacts relating to the salt industry in Tuzla

Zenica

Name: Muzej Grada Zenice (Museum of the City of Zenica)

Address: Jevrejska 1, Zenica

Telephone: 032-02-020

Fax:

Founded: 1979

Type of museum: City Museum

Types of holdings: Ethnographic, archaeological, historical, minerals, paintings, library

Director: Muhamed Bajramović

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cultural heritage protection institutes

Name: Bosna i Hercegovina komisija za očuvanje nacionalnih spomenika (Bosnia-Herzegovina Commission to Preserve National Monuments)

Address: Obala Kulina Bana 1, Sarajevo

Telephone: 033-276-760

Fax: 033-276-768

EMAIL:

Activities: Instituted under Annex 8 of the Dayton Peace Accords. It has a mandate to receive and decide on petitions for designating property as National Monuments to ensure their preservation and protection.

contact person: Damir Baćvić

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Name: Zavod za zaštitu kulturno, historijskog i prirodnog nasljeđa BiH [Institute for the Protection of the Cultural, Historical and Natural Heritage of Bosnia-Herzegovina ]

Address: Alekse Šantića 8/II, 71000 Sarajevo

Telephone: 033 663-299

Fax: 033 663-299

Activities: Protection and preservation of monuments, conservation, registering of moveable and non-moveable heritage, collection of documents, raising awareness of the heritage, valuation of the heritage, working on projects and studies.

Director: Dr Džihad Pašić

Publications: Naše Starine

Name: Kantonalni Zavod za Zaštitu Kulturno-Historisjkog i Prirodnog Naslijeđa Sarajevo [Institute for the Protection of the Cultural-Historical and Natural Heritage of the Canton of Sarajevo]

Address: Kaptol 16, Sarajevo

Telephone: 033 260-980

Fax: 033 663-298

E-mail: .ba

Founded: 1965

Library: 15,000 vols

Director: Valida Čelić Ćemerlić

Publications: Annual report

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Name: Zavod za zaštitu kulturno-povijesnog nasljeđa Jajce [Institute for the Preservation of Culture, History and Natural Heritage ]

Address: Svetog Luke 15, Jajce

Telephone /Fax: 036-551-178

EMAIL:

CONTACT PERSON: Enes Milak

Name: Zavod za očuvanje kulturnog nasljeđa, Istočni Mostar [Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage of East Mostar ]

Address: Mala Tepa 26, 88000 Mostar

Telephone: 036-551-178

Fax:

EMAIL:

Director: Zijad Demirović

Name: Zavod za zaštitu spomenika HZ HB [Institute for the Preservation of Monuments, Croatian Community of Herceg-Bosna]

Address: Stjepana Radića 3, Mostar

Telephone/Fax: 036-312-186

contact person: Ivanka Miličević-Capek

Name: Zavod za očuvanje kulturnog nasljeđa Trebinje [Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage Trebinje ]

Address: Majke Jugovića 11, Trebinje

Telephone: 059-220-990

Fax:

EMAIL:

contact person: Aleksandar Ratković

Name: Zavod za zaštitu kulturnog naljeđa Tuzla (Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage Tuzla)

Address:

Telephone: 075-236-434

Fax: 075-281-448

Name: Zavod za zaštitu kulturnog nasljeđa Zenica (Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage, Zenica)

Address:

Telephone: 032-402-020

Fax:

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CULTURAL HERITAGE RESEARCH INSTITUTES

Name: Bosnjački Institut Sarajevo (Bosniak Institute Sarajevo)

Address: Ferhadija 12, 71000 Sarajevo

Telephone: 033 444-223

Fax: 033 667-641

Activities: Research into the history, literature, art, language and religion of the Bosniaks of Bosnia-Herzegovina and the promotion of their cultural heritage.

Director: Muhamed Hadžiomerović

Name: Centar za Islamsku Arhitektura (Centre for Islamic Architecture)

Address: Sarači 49, u zgradi Medrese Gazi Husrevbega, Sarajevo

Telephone: 033 447-057

Fax: 033 232-116

E-mail:

Founded: 1995

Activities: Restoration and reconstruction of damaged and destroyed religious sites owned by the Islamic community of Bosnia-Herzegovina, informing the world about its value and damage.

Library/collections: 50

Director: Kemal Zukić

Publications: occasional

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ngos working with Cultural heritage

Name: Undruženje za zaštitu kulturno-istorijskog nasljeđa (Association for the Protection of Cultural and Historic Heritage)

Address: M. Tita 65, 88400 Konjic

Telephone: 036-730-460/461

CONTACT PERSON: Dženan Kovačić

EMAIL:

Name: Snaga u razlićitosti (Strength in Diversity)

Address: Ul. Šehida 25 , 72270 Travnik

Telephone: 030-518-968

Fax: 030-518-628

EMAIL: or

Activities: Have carried out cultural heritage programmes in schools in Travnik.

contact person: Amela Tribović