Museum of Applied Arts, Belgrade
Art Museum in Belgrade, Serbia
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The Museum of Applied Art (Serbian: Музеј примењене уметности / Muzej primenjene umetnosti) is an art museum in Belgrade, Serbia.
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| Established | 6 November 1950 |
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| Location | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Coordinates | 44.816944°N 20.454444°E |
| Type | Art Museum |
Collection size | 37,000 |
| Director | Ljiljana Miletić Abramović |
| Curators | Milica Cukić Mila Gajić Marija Bujić Draginja Maskareli Jelena Perać Biljana Crvenković Bojana Popović Biljana Vukotić Slobodan Jovanović Dejan Sandić Andrijana Ristić Jelena Popović |
| Website | www |
The museum contains over 37,000 works of applied art, which reflect the development of applied art over a 2,400 year span. The oldest artifacts of the museum are Ancient Greek coins from the 4th century BC.[1]
History
Departments
The museum is divided into seven departments with collections:[4]
- Metal and Jewelry Department
- Textile and Costume Department
- Period Furniture and Wood Department
- Photography and Print Room Department
- Ceramics, Porcelain and Glass Department
- Contemporary Applied Art Department
- Architecture, Urbanism and Architectural Design Department
The museum also has five specialized departments:[5]
- Central Documentation Department
- Conservation Department
- Education Department
- Communication Department
- Library
Gallery
Photography and Print Room Department – Nemanjić dynasty coat of arms, Belgrade Armorial II, early 17th century
Metal and Jewelry Department – Pafte (belt buckle), early 19th century
Textile and Costume Department – Tepeluk (cap), second half of the 19th century
Textile and Costume Department – Wedding dress, tailor shop of Berta Alkalaj, Belgrade, 1911
Contemporary Applied Art Department – Ensemble designed by Dušan Janković, Paris 1927
Contemporary Applied Art Department – Fashion designer Aleksandar Joksimović with models wearing the dresses from the Simonida collection, Belgrade 1967
![Contemporary Applied Art Department – Fashion designer Aleksandar Joksimović with models wearing the dresses from the Simonida collection, Belgrade 1967](#/media/File:Aleksandar_Joksimović_i_manekenke_u_modelima_iz_kolekcije_"Simonida".jpg)
