On Monday, September 30, a celebration was held in the Regional Museum on the occasion of the jubilee – 70 years since the establishment of our institution. The credit for establishing the Museum belongs above all to Dušan Vukićević (1897–1969), a professor of history, whose hard work, enthusiasm and persistence laid the foundations of the museum’s activity in Jagodina. The collection of antiquities that he collected for years at the Teacher’s School, composed of natural history, archeology and history objects, became the nucleus around which the museum fund began to be formed. Becoming the first manager of the Museum, Vukićević popularized it as a cultural institution, museology as a humanistic discipline, and pointed out the need to preserve cultural heritage through his efforts and constant attempts to affirm the museum’s activity through lectures, as well as articles in the local newspaper “Novi put”. Today, the Regional Museum of Jagodina is one of the leading museum institutions in the district, and in terms of the volume of material collected, its importance and the professional and scientific results of research work, it ranks among the important cultural institutions in Serbia.
Numerous colleagues and friends of our institution have helped us in the dedicated work of preserving the past and nurturing culture over the past years. We also presented them with certificates of appreciation at the jubilee ceremony. The special charter of the Regional Museum of Jagodina was awarded to Dragan Marković, President of the Jagodina City Assembly, which was received on his behalf by Bojana Antonijević, Deputy President of the City Assembly. A certificate of appreciation was also handed over to the City Administration of Jagodina, which was received by Mayor Gordana Jovanović.
Jubilee certificates of appreciation were awarded to: Nenad Vukićević for his overall contribution to the creation and maintenance of the museum website, the printing house “Zlatna knjiga” for its long-term cooperation in the realization of publications, Ninoslav Stanojlović for his long-term cooperation in collecting documentation and assistance during the implementation of exhibition and publishing activities, Života Milanović for his long-term cooperation on the collection and protection of the cultural heritage of the region, the Museum of Petrovac na Mlava for long-term cooperation and contribution to the popularization of our museum’s materials, the Resava Library in Svilajnac for long-term cooperation on the foundations of the former Resava Museum and continuous contribution to the preservation of the cultural heritage of the Resava region, for continuous monitoring of the activities of our institution to Kopernikus RTV Jagodina and local newspaper “Novi put”, Gong Radio and Infocentrala as well as JP “Standard” Jagodina and SUBNOR of the city of Jagodina for long-term cooperation.
For their contribution to enriching the collections, the Museum awarded annual certificates of appreciation to the following donors: Dejan Živković, Dragana Gavranović, Zoran Petrović, Vojkan Prokić, Slađan Kostić, Sandra Todorović, Petar Štetić, Goran Jakovljević, Zoran Marmaković, Vladan Stanojević, Jelena Vasić Derimanović and Dragan Stojadinović.
We would like to thank the Municipal Assembly of Rekovac, Slobodan Rašić, Momčilo Stanojević and Ivana Milosavljević for their cooperation on the field work.
For contribution to the processing of materials and the popularization of museum activities to Nataša Miladinović – Radmilović, phd, Ljubiša Vasiljević, phd, Biljana Pantić and TV Palma plus Jagodina.
For help in remodeling the interior od museum building to Center for Social Work Jagodina.
After the awarding of certificates of appreciation, professor Sretko Divljan, a fine artist, opened an independent exhibition entitled “50 years of Divljanism”, which marked 50 years of living and working in Jagodina.
In the musical part of the program, the orchestra of the Faculty of Pedagogical Sciences performed under the leadership of professor Milica Stanković, as well as the string quartet of the School for Musical Talents from Ćuprija.
