Museums of Sarajevo: Gazi Husrev Bey’s Museum
Gazi Husrev Bey’s Museum is
dedicated to Gazi Husrev Bey (1480-1541) – the Governor of Bosnia and
Sarajevo’s greatest benefactor.
The museum is located in
Kuršumlija Medresa, one of the many objects built in the city by Gazi Husrev
Bey. The museum’s collection can be divided into eight thematic sections which
fill the rooms that were once used by students at the medresa. As they pass
through the facility, visitors can come to learn more about Gazi Husrev Bey as
a historical figure, his endowment (vafuk) and the medresa itself.
The central area in Kuršumlija
Medresa is made up of dershani (small lecture halls) which serve as exhibit
spaces for the collection of rare items that were part of Gazi Husrev Bey’s
vakuf. There is also the muvekithana, a room with instruments used to determine
the exact time, as well as a room dedicated to the bequeathed structures that
were damaged during the Siege of Sarajevo (1992-1995).
In one of the rooms visitors can watch a documentary on Gazi Husrev Bey, the establishment of his vakuf and the objects that were built in Sarajevo as part of his generous endowment.
Source: http://sarajevo.travel/en
