The exhibition presents metal tableware collected over more than 150 years, diverse in type and purpose, material and technique. You can see silver and gold-plated plates and glasses that were an integral part of ceremonial tables and personal valuables, as well as those made of other non-ferrous metals used daily for storing, preparing and serving food and drinks.
Thematic guidance through the exhibition “Between the Trapeza and the Sofra. Metal Vessels from the 13th to the 19th Century in the Collections of the National Museum of Serbia” relates to the topic “Cups of the Balkan Gentlemen”. Audience will be guided through the part of the exhibition that includes the most luxurious type of tableware by Tatjana Mihailović, PhD, museum advisor of the National Museum Kraljevo and art historian Jelena Marković.
The half-hour documentary-feature film “Cross from Kosovo”, produced by the Genocide Victims’ Museum, sheds light on the centuries-old suffering of the Serbian people in Kosovo and Metohija, with a special focus on the suffering years of World War II. After the screening of the film, Nikola Miloševski, curator of the Genocide Victims’ Museum, will give a lecture on this topic.
Thematic guidance entitled through the exhibition “Between Trapeza and Sofra. Metal Vessels from the 13th to the 19th Century in the Collections of the National Museum of Serbia” relates to the topic “In the Service of God and the Faithful People: Metal Cult Vessels”. The audience will be guided through the part of the exhibition that includes various types of vessels used within the Christian and Islamic cults by Tatjana Mihailović, PhD, museum advisor of the National Museum Kraljevo, and art historian Jelena Marković.
Thematic guidance through 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”relates to the topic “Feasts of the Nobility, Christian and Ottoman”. 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 way of eating and behavior at the table, through the long period of the Middle Ages and Ottoman rule, you will be guided by Tatjana Mihailović,PhD, museum advisor at the National Museum Kraljevo, and art historian Jelena Marković.
Tatjana Mihailović, PhD, museum advisor at the National Museum Kraljevo, and art historian Jelena Marković will guide you through the entire exhibition, which includes metal vessels from a wide time span, from the Middle Ages through the Ottoman period to the formation of the modern Serbian state, which allows you to view an entire social process through the prism of socially highly valued objects.