Museums of Sarajevo: Museum of Literature & Performing Arts
This museum deals with the collection, preservation and presentation of items
which tell the story of the development of the history of literature and the
performing arts in BiH.
Founded
in 1961 as the Museum of Literature, it was further expanded nearly a decade
later to cover topics that related to the performing arts scene in BiH. It’s
located in the heart of Sarajevo in an old family house that was built in the
middle of the 19th century, making it a fine cultural-historical monument. The
house was originally owned by the Skarić family and then the Despić family,
whose members bequeathed both this object and Despić House to the city of
Sarajevo. The latter now houses an annex of the Museum of Sarajevo.
The
museum’s holdings comprise 67 literary and 17 theater-related collections which
contain more than 20,000 items.There are also permanent exhibits: Silvije
Strahimir Kranjčević’s Study Room and the Bosnian Rooms of Petar Kočić, Hasan
Kikić and Isak Samokovlija.
The
ground floor of the museum, the Mak Gallery, has served as an exhibit space
since 1992.
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