Branislav Cvetković – Regional Museum Jagodina

Petar Momirović – the first art historian from Jagodina

1. December 2023.

By: Branislav Cvetković, museum advisor The care for cultural and historical heritage in almost all areas of the Balkans emerged in recent period, and in the Serbian context, the first attempts belong to painter Dimitrije Avramović, who in 1847 published a book dedicated to the art…

The only original specimen?

10. November 2023.

By: Branislav Cvetković, museum advisor In the museum's Collection of icons, there are also those printed on paper, of which only a few were made by graphic techniques. Although all of them are precious, the one with the smallest format has exceptional value, which today can…

No Peace Even in Death

12. October 2023.

By: Branislav Cvetković, museum advisor In collections of manuscripts and rare books, there are two items that the Museum received as a gift in the 1970s – a postal envelope and an Armenian Bible, once owned by Aram Sukiasian (1897-1960). He was a coffee grinder and…

The Fate of a Gift

25. September 2023.

By: Branislav Cvetković, museum advisor Along with collections and study material, our Museum also has an extensive library fund with thousands of studies and periodicals. Books and magazines were acquired in different ways, and on the basis of special criteria, in 1992, a considerable number of…

Miracle in Cana from Kalenić – unique and precious

13. September 2023.

By: Branislav Cvetković, museum advisor Collection of Fresco Copies contains one that stands out among thousands of medieval wall paintings. This part of Kalenić program from ca 1420, painted by Radoslav, is the central segment of the most famous fresco in Kalenić, Wedding at Cana. The…

Seasons, Well-being

10. August 2023.

By: Branislav Cvetković, museum advisor One of the most important collections in our museum is the Collection of Sculptures, whose complete publication and exhibition has been in preparation for a long time. Fragments of facade plastic are kept within this fund, i.e. figures, reliefs and ornaments…

Flipping through old press…

17. July 2023.

By: Branislav Cvetković, museum advisor The Collection of old and rare books in our Museum also contains a sub-collection of rare periodicals, in which the magazine "Bosanska vila", a newspaper for entertainment, education and literature, which was published in Sarajevo between 1885 and 1914, occupies a…

Image and History in Medieval Serbia

28. June 2023.

By: Branislav Cvetković, museum advisor On Monday, June 26, 2023, a special exhibition of copies of medieval paintings was opened in the "Horeum Margi-Ravno" Museum in Ćuprija, as part of the close cooperation of the Ćuprija and our museums, and as part of the Vidovdan celebrations…

Where did the neighbour go?

24. April 2023.

By: Branislav Cvetković, museum advisor Idea and practice of good, useful and professional museology is not to glorify states, nations or ideologies but to reliably interpret phenomena from history, social and natural spheres, for those who want to know, not those who only want to believe.…

Urban in Urbanism!?

7. April 2023.

By: Branislav Cvetković, museum advisor Among well preserved buildings of old Jagodina, the house in Kn. Milice Street No. 6 attracts special attention because it stands out with its façade that is both modernist and romantic being dominated by a balcony resembling a ship’s bow. This…

Count of Monte Cristo among the Serbs

24. March 2023.

By: Branislav Cvetković, museum advisor Collection of Old and Rare Books of our museum, being inexhaustible in wealth of data, also keeps edition of one of the most popular adventure novels, the three-volume Count of Monte Cristo, by the famous French writer Alexandre Dumas the…

Amulet and souvenir

1. March 2023.

By: Branislav Cvetković, museum advisor Once upon a time, travel was easier because there were no hard borders, border crossings, visa regimes and passports in the modern sense and the key reason besides trade was pilgrimage. Hajj are practiced in all religions so there are…

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