Branislav Cvetković – Page 2 – Regional Museum Jagodina

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Laser three-dimensional recording of the Museum building

10. October 2022.

By: Branislav Cvetković, museum councilor Preparatory works are underway for the restoration of the museum building as part of the plan of the Faculty of Architecture in Belgrade. Thanks to the efforts of the expert team from the Faculty of Architecture in Belgrade (Prof. Dr…

Does Jagodina have a Sans Souci palace?

21. July 2022.

By: Branislav Cvetković, museum advisor Museum work is inconceivable without field work, reconnaissance and constant contact with local environment. Thus, in due time, originals or photocopies of plans and projects of several old Jagodina houses were acquired for museum funds. One that is kept in…

The first step in the renovation of the Regional Museum building

22. December 2021.

By: Branislav Cvetković, museum advisor One of the three projects this year for which the Regional Museum Jagodina received the support of the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Serbia is the ambitious, but also necessary, project for the rehabilitation, reconstruction and…

Amulet for a safe trip…

24. August 2021.

By: Branislav Cvetković, museum advisor The rich Collection of Cult and Liturgical Objects of our Museum also comprise pendants, a type of cult artifacts belonging to the so-called personal piety of various religious groups. These are specially decorated amulets, phylacteries and reliquaries, as well as…

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