Podgorica City Museum
The city museum of the capital in four departments: archaeology from the Middle Palaeolithic to the Middle Ages, history, ethnography of three communities, icons and early printed books.
History Museum · Podgorica
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Podgorica City Museum (Muzej grada Podgorice) is the museum of the capital, at Marka Miljanova 4 in the centre of Podgorica. Founded in 1950, it has four departments whose collections run from Middle Palaeolithic finds of about 50,000 BC to the 20th century, including jewellery, everyday objects and inscriptions from Roman Doclea, icons, early printed books and the costumes of the city's three religious communities. The departments open Tuesday to Saturday 10:00-18:00 and Sunday 10:00-14:00, and the building has an accessible entrance.
Opening hours and tickets
Tuesday to Saturday 10:00-18:00, Sunday 10:00-14:00, closed on Monday. Check the institution's page (muzeji.podgorica.me) before a visit and ask the ticket price at the entrance. Telephone +382 20 242 543 or +382 20 242 605; e-mail pgmuzej@t-com.me.
What to see
- Archaeology. Finds from the Middle Palaeolithic site of Bioče (from about 50,000 BC) to the late Middle Ages: Copper Age tumuli at Kuće Rakića and Gruda Boljevića, Bronze Age hillforts around Skadar Lake, Iron Age material of the Illyrian Docleatae and Labeatae with their town Meteon (today's Medun), and jewellery, everyday objects and inscriptions from Roman Doclea.
- Culture and art history. Icons from the 16th to the 20th century, the oldest a "Virgin with Christ" of the Italo-Cretan school; manuscripts and printed books, with items linked to the printer Božidar Vuković Podgoričanin, including the "Praznični minej" printed in 1538.
- Ethnography. Costumes, jewellery and weapons of the Orthodox, Muslim and Catholic communities from the 18th to the 20th century, among them the "džupeleta" costume of Malisor women.
- History. 19th- and 20th-century collections: coins, stamps, heraldry, archives, weapons, decorations and photographs.
History of the museum
The museum was founded in 1950 as the Zavičajni muzej Titograda, the regional museum of the city under its post-war name. In 1974 it merged with the Modern Gallery and the Gallery "Risto Stijović", and in 1991 the group was reorganised as JU Muzeji i galerije Podgorice, the Capital City's institution that today also runs the Marko Miljanov Museum in Medun, the Gallery "Art" and Kuslev's House. Since 2003 the city museum has been in the renovated former Grafički zavod printing works, a building put up after the Second World War.
Getting there
Marka Miljanova 4 is in the centre of Podgorica. The building has an accessible entrance.
Nearby
- The clock tower in Stara varoš.
- The old Ribnica bridge at the meeting of the Ribnica and the Morača.
- Museum of Contemporary Art of Montenegro in the Petrović Palace across the Morača.
- Natural History Museum of Montenegro, with its gallery at Oktobarske revolucije 74.
Questions
Is the museum open on Sunday? Yes, 10:00-14:00; closed Monday.
Is the entrance accessible? Yes, the building has an accessible entrance.
What is the oldest exhibit? The archaeology department starts with Middle Palaeolithic finds from Bioče, dated from about 50,000 BC.
Sources
JU Muzeji i galerije Podgorice, About · JU Muzeji i galerije Podgorice, Archaeology department · JU Muzeji i galerije Podgorice, Ethnography department · JU Muzeji i galerije Podgorice, History department · JU Muzeji i galerije Podgorice, Culture and art history department · JU Muzeji i galerije Podgorice, Contact
