Museum of Sarajevo

The Museum of Sarajevo ( Bosnian: Muzey Sarajeva ) is a public institution in Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was founded in 1949 as a museum of the city and consists of six separate museum buildings in the city center, which present the individual segments of history and cultures of the way of life of the citizens of Sarajevo, as well as collections of certain events.

Svrzina kuća

The "House of Svrzo " ( location ) belongs since 1965 to the museum and is located in the historic Old Town district Bescarsija. It provides an example of the domestic architecture of the Ottoman period in Sarajevo and the living culture of a Muslim family late 18th century dar. The complex consists of several stages, erected buildings, the oldest part dates back to the 18th century. The house was built by the family Glodjo, which belonged to the upper classes of society at that time. This family had no male descendants and went through marriage into the wealthy family of merchants Svrzo over.

The house differs from the former buildings because of its adaptation to the hilly landscape in and around Sarajevo. Moreover, it is asymmetrical, unlike the symmetrical houses in flat areas. The complex is in the public ( " male " ) parts, where the men of the house to receive guests and conduct negotiations, as well as the family section where normal life was lived with all the customs and habits shared. The house is also equipped with the original inventory.

Brusa Bezistan

This monumental object (position ) is also in Bescarsija and was built in 1551 by Rustem Pasha. The object was to sell silk, which produced the builders there myself. Brusa Bezistan has a dimension of 29.5 x 20.5 m and was built of stone. It consists of six large and two smaller domes, which are covered with domes. The massive columns within the Besistan have a constructive role. Above were small domes, which were used for storage of important documents. During the siege of Sarajevo 1992-1995 the Brusa Besistan was partly severely damaged.

After restoration of the museum's exhibition under the name of " development of Sarajevo from prehistory through to the Austro-Hungarian rule," there could be opened.

Despića kuća

The " Despic House" ( location ) was built in several stages and three different time periods, and received its final appearance by combining two existing buildings in 1881, what it can become an architecturally interesting object. The oldest buildings date from the 17th century. It is located in the city center on the banks of the river Miljacka, near the Latin Bridge.

The house belonged to the wealthy, Serbian Orthodox dealer Despic family, which emigrated to Belgium in 1696. She gave the house of Sarajevo with the hope that there is a museum will be built. The importance of this object is, inter alia, that in this house held the first theatrical performances in the city. Despite the size of the projection room, the performances were organized only for the narrow circle of the family and members of the former diplomats circle of Sarajevo.

Muzey Jevreja

This opened in 1966, " Jewish Museum " (position ) is housed in the oldest synagogue of Bosnia, the " Stari Hram " in Bescarsija. It was built in 1581 and is one of the most important exhibitions on this subject in the successor states of the former Yugoslavia.

It shows the ground floor and two galleries, the life of the Jews in Bosnia since their arrival from Spain, the coexistence with other religions, their customs and cultural life and their contribution to the development of the country.

Muzey Sarajeva 1878-1918

The Museum of Sarajevo ( position ) is the capital of the Austro -Hungarian Empire. The exhibition begins here with events which were fundamental to the attainment of the mandate for the occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. Furthermore, it is dedicated to the cultural life, the societies, publishers and printers, industry, architecture and the resistance against the occupation.

A large part of the exhibition takes on the assassination of the Austrian Crown Prince Franz Ferdinand and his wife one, which contributed a significant share to the beginning of the First World War. The museum lies directly on the Latin Bridge, where the assassination attempt took place on 28 June 1914.

Alija Izetbegovic Muzey

This small museum (position ) is part of the old town fortress of Mount Velebit and was only opened in 2007. It is housed in a former fortress tower, and is the life and work of Alija Izetbegovic dedicated to the first president in 1992 declared independent Federal Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.