Blog – Page 6 – Regional Museum Jagodina

Which building was the most beautiful palace in pre-war Jagodina?

24. February 2023.

By: Jasmina Trajkov, museum advisor During the fourth decade of the 20th century, several representative and monumental buildings were built in Jagodina, which were the true pearls of our city's architecture. One of them is the House of Jagodina Merchants, today the building of the…

Sketches from the life of a curator…

3. February 2023.

By: Smiljana Dodić, museum counselor Professional life of a museum keeper is always imbued with constant meetings with people of various interests, characters and origins, with whom we often develop long-term friendships. Ten years ago while making an extensive photographing of objects for their re-inventoring…

A Culture of Memories and Oblivion

18. January 2023.

By: Branislav Cvetković, museum advisor The “memory culture”, although used as a scholarly term only in modern period, denotes old practices of maintaining various types of commemoration of past in order to set collective identity. This complex, specific processing of historical heritage is closely related…

In memoriam: Milica Stanojević (1956-2023)

16. January 2023.

It was with disbelief and regret that we received the news that Milica Stanojević, a former employee of the Regional Museum of Jagodina, and in the period from December 21, 2004 to March 4, 2009, the director, died suddenly after a short illness on the…

Between needs and harsh reality

28. December 2022.

By: Branislav Cvetković, museum advisor Protection of cultural heritage, although regulated by laws and decrees often does not reach necessary scope. There are many reasons, from non-compliance with law and widespread vandalism to that a large number of monuments have not been listed. The weather…

Historical facts, gifts, and notes

19. December 2022.

By: Branislav Cvetković, museum advisor The rich Collection of Old and Rare Books in our Museum abounds with interesting specimens that contain a lot of information, mostly unknown to scholars and the general public. The subgroup of rare books contains two copies of the once…

GUARDIANS OF THE PAST – The Ministry of Culture RS supported the conservation of another 115 metal exhibits from the Museum’s collection

13. December 2022.

Written by: Sonja Perić, senior curator The main task of us, curators, (lat. custos), guardians of museum collections, is to protect museum objects from deterioration for the future. This preservation implies complete care of the object, both its acquisition, protection, processing, chronological and cultural determination,…

Damn you… (!?)

5. December 2022.

By: Branislav Cvetković, museum advisor Curses, witchcraft, spell casting, and fortune telling are ancient forms of superstition that has always been present across the planet and in all world cultures and religions. It is found both in Old Testament (God curses snake) and in New…

AUTUMN OF ARCHAEOLOGISTS

21. November 2022.

By: Sonja Perić, Senior Curator THE SYSTEMATIC ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROSPECTING OF THE JAGODINA REGION After successful archaeological research in Ivkovački Prnjavor, the archeological team of the Regional Museum of Jagodina: Sonja Perić and Smiljana Dodić, in cooperation with the experts of the Archaeological Institute: Peter…

Let us remember Sveta Šumarević

21. November 2022.

By: Branislav Cvetković, museum advisor These days, it has been 45 years since the death of a prominent Serbian journalist, writer, and historiographer Svetislav Šumarević, whose portrait, the work of the Slovenian sculptor Lojze Dolinar, adorns the permanent exhibition of our Museum. Šumarević was born…

The End of Indian Summer in the Županjevac River Gorge

14. November 2022.

Written by: Smiljana Dodić, museum counselor – archaeologist With the first days of November, archeologists of the Regional Museum in Jagodina have completed their excavations in interior of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Ivkovački Prnjavor. This phase of research…

Achaeological Excavations of this Indian Summer in Ivković Abound with Precious Finds

10. November 2022.

By: Branislav Cvetković, museum councilor Literally each day archeologists make significant discoveries, from remnants of huge walls to a number of smaller finds, during the excavations in the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin in Ivkovački Prnjavor, undertaken as part of the works on…