City Museum Rankovićevo – National Museum Kraljevo: First 30 Years

The exhibition “City Museum Rankovićevo – National Museum Kraljevo: First 30 Years”, authored by curators of the National Museum Kraljevo, Oleg Romanov, museum advisor, and Slađana Spasić, senior curator, will open at the Gallery of the National Museum Kraljevo, on Friday, June 27th, 2025, at 7:00 PM. The exhibition is organized on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the National Museum Kraljevo.

The exhibition includes a large number of museum artifacts collected during the first three decades of its operation, belonging to the Natural History, Archaeological, Numismatic, Historical, Ethnological, and Art collections. It also features a significant number of documents related to the museum’s founding and activities during this period, as well as later-established groups focused on conservation, documentation, educational and promotional work, and the professional library.

Some museum exhibits were acquired through purchases and donations, while others were obtained through archaeological excavations carried out by the National Museum Kraljevo (sites: Gorelo Polje in Miločaj, Okruglica in Čukojevac), the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments Kraljevo (site: Maglič Castle), and the Republic Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments Belgrade (Gradac Monastery, Nova Pavlica Monastery). Additionally, the collection includes materials gathered from surveying the regions of Kraljevo, Raška, and Vrnjačka Banja (numismatic and historical materials).

Visitors will also have the opportunity to see works of renowned artists from the Art Collection, as well as copies of frescoes from the Copy Collection of the National Museum Kraljevo. The displayed museum material covers the period from prehistory to the early 1980s, accompanied by more recent illustrative materials.

The exhibition will be open to visitors until August 10th, 2025.