Thematic Guidance “Feasts of Nobility, Christian and Ottoman” Through the Exhibition “Between Trapeza and Sofra”

Thematic guidance of the exhibition “Between Trapeza and the Sofra. Metal Vessels from the 13th to the 19th Century in the Collections of the National Museum of Serbia” related to the theme “Feasts of the Nobility, Christian and Ottoman” will be organized on Wednesday, March 26th, Friday, March 28th, 2025, at 6 p.m. and Saturday, March 29th, 2025, at 11 a.m.

Tatjana Mihailović, PhD, museum advisor at the National Museum Kraljevo, and art historian Jelena Marković will guide you through the part of the exhibition that includes dishes used at feasts to serve various types of food, accompanied by many data and details about the diet and table manners, through the long period of the Middle Ages and Ottoman rule.

Public feasts in feudal society, in a manorial environment, represent complex and carefully planned social rituals in which many rules and customs prevailed. The use of various utensils for serving different types of food, precisely formed sequences of their serving, the setting of the table and utensils, servants serving the guests, all this is part of these public events.