National Museum of Montenegro

National Museum of Montenegro

Location	Montenegro
Coordinates	42°23′11″N 18°55′30″E / 42.3864°N 18.925°E / 42.3864; 18.925
Website	narodnimuzej.me
Location of National Museum of Montenegro
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The National Museum of Montenegro (Montenegrin: Народни музеј Црне Горе, romanized: Narodni muzej Crne Gore) is the largest museum in Montenegro. The museum was established in 1896 and is located in Cetinje, Montenegro.

Departments

The museum is divided into five departments:^{[citation needed]}

• Historical Museum of Montenegro
• Ethnographic Museum of Montenegro
• Artistic Museum of Montenegro
• King Nikola's Palace^[1]
• Biljarda, Museum of Petar II Petrović Njegoš

Possessions

The museum possesses the Oktoih Prvoglasnik, a significant printed work from the late 15th century.^[2] It also host the original icon of Our Lady of Philermos, which had been in the possession of the Order of St. John since the Crusades.^[3]

Around 3000 artifacts owned by the museum cannot be located and they are presumed to have been stolen over the years.^[4]

References

Bibliography

• de Giorgio, Cynthia (2007). St John's Co-Cathedral – Valletta. Santa Venera: Heritage Books (a subsidiary of Midsea Books Ltd). ISBN 9789993271710.

External links

• Historical National Museum of Montenegro website (2020/09/30)
• Njegoskij|org :: "The Montenegrin Ministry of Culture publishes the electronic edition of its 2007 National Museum Guidebook"

This page was last edited on 14 April 2024, at 08:28