As part of hosting the exhibition “Green and Black: Story of Tea”, a lecture of the same name will be held by Desa Đorđević Milutinović, PhD, museum advisor of the Natural History Museum in Belgrade. The lecture includes a review of the etymology of the word tea, the history of this beverage and its journey from China, further east to Asia, and west to Europe, as well as an overview of the most famous types of black and green teas.

The promotion, organized by the City of Kraljevo, the National Museum Kraljevo and the Serbian Cultural Club of SND Vasojevići from Berane, marks 20 years of scientific and research work by historian Goran Kiković.

Within the exhibition of the Natural History Museum in Belgrade “Green and Black: Story of Tea”, we are organizing an interactive program for the audience, where visitors will have the opportunity to enjoy the stories from the exhibition with a cup of tea and find out how this mysterious plant conquered Europe, and then the whole the world.

The book was created as a doctoral thesis of Milan Radovanović, PhD, which was defended at the History Department of the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Belgrade. It refers to the period after the Second World War, when Jews in Yugoslavia were starting a new life, faced with dilemmas: to stay and participate in the reconstruction of the country under a new ideological system, or to decide to emigrate to Israel.

The exhibition presents a retrospective display of archival materials of the rock group “Smak”, which was founded in 1971 by drummer Slobodan Stojanović Kepa, famous guitarist Radomir Mihajlović Točak and bassist Zoran Milanović. The emphasis is on the history and importance of the group “Smak” from Kragujevac, as a kind of rock phenomenon from the heart of Šumadija and one of the biggest rock groups of the former Yugoslavia.

The most significant and oldest exhibition of children's art in our city is being held for the 48th time in a row, as a result of a successfully implemented competition. The goal of organizing the Children's May Art Salon is to highlight the importance of art education, value the work of individual art pedagogues, and recognize the creative potential of students through the public presentation of the most successful works created in school classes. The theme of this year's 48th May Children's Art Salon is “Composition”.

The film by Života Jevtić about one of the greatest rock drummers from the former Yugoslavia, was filmed as part of the series “Kraljevčani”, produced by the National Museum Kraljevo and the magazine “Sidža”. The is organized within the exhibition “Smak 50”.

At the illustration exhibition of the Center for promotion of Science in Belgrade, visitors can see the works of 28 illustrators, designers and artists published in the popular science magazine “Elements”. Through nine thematic units, the audience can learn about numerous unexpected connections between science, our everyday life, worldview and society as a whole.

It is about a multi-hour, exciting musical performance by drummer Saša Ranković, who through the process of creating a musical works combine the concept of science and music. The rhythms, accents and breaks performed by the drummer will be accompanied by the reactions of the virtual bass player, pianist and saxophonist, and the visitors will have the opportunity to engage directly in the interaction by hitting the drum. During the evening, together with the audience, a drummer and “musicians from the machine” will create original and spontaneous musical works on the spot.

In a kind of science show, Milan Popović will perform attractive physical and chemical experiments, which, in addition to being great fun, also have an educational character. Milan Popović has been successfully popularizing science for more than 15 years and is the main coordinator of the Science Festival in Belgrade, the largest event in this field in the region.

World Music Day was introduced for the first time in Paris on June 21st, 1982, called Fête de la Musique, and over time this day was accepted by a large number of countries in the world. It has been celebrated in Serbia for several years, mostly in Belgrade, and the National Museum Kraljevo is joining it this year, with the intention of organizing musical programs every year on World Music Day.

The film, based on the script by Stefan Andrejić, shows the life of Prince Lazar, from his birth in Prilepce until his death in Kosovo, and the transfer of his relics to the Ravanica monastery. Eminent experts in the fields of social history, military history, church history and archaeology speak in the film. The author and director of the film is Marko Marinković.