Author’s Guidance Through the Exhibition “City Museum Rankovićevo – National Museum Kraljevo: First Thirty Years”

The author’s guidance of senior curator Slađana Spasić through the exhibition “City Museum Rankovićevo – National Museum Kraljevo: First Thirty Years” (on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of its founding) will be organized on Thursday, July 31st, 2025, starting at 7 p.m., as well as on Saturday, August 2nd, 2025, starting at 11 a.m.

The exhibition is dedicated to the pioneering years of the National Museum Kraljevo, from the first initiatives to establish the Museum during World War II, until 1980. The exhibition provides insight into the life and work of the first director, Professor Milorad S. Jović, and learns how a small museum team, with the help of citizens and associates, managed to form seven museum collections within three decades and lay the foundations of modern museum activity in our city.

The author’s guidance by Slađana Spasić sheds light on the rich and often little-known history of the institution that has become the guardian of the cultural heritage of Kraljevo and its surroundings over the years. Visitors will have the opportunity to see rarely exhibited exhibits, archival documentation, works of art, ethnographic objects, as well as testimonies of the first exhibitions, including displays dedicated to the National Liberation War, Serbian uprisings, and collections from the 18th and 19th centuries.

The guided tour is an ideal opportunity for all lovers of history, culture, and museology to learn more firsthand about the beginnings and development of the Museum, as well as the dedication of individuals whose work has left a lasting mark on the cultural life of the city.