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.