The City Museum of Novi Sad

City Museum of Novi Sad is a museum of complex type dedicated to collecting, preservation, presentation and interpretation of multilayer and multinational cultural heritage of the area of Novi Sad and the areas that gravitate to it.

Respecting the principles modern museological practice and following modern scientific tendencies, experts of the City Museum of Novi Sad have been creating safe conditions for protection of cultural artefacts, whose presentation, as a kind of media, enable an objective interpretation of the facts.
Reflecting the principles of modern museum practice and following modern tendencies of scientific experts of the Museum of the City of Novi Sad creating safe conditions of cultural artifacts, whose presentation , as a kind of media, enable an objective interpretation of the facts .

Reflecting the principles of modern museum practice and following modern tendencies of scientific experts of the Museum of the City of Novi Sad creating safe conditions of cultural artifacts, whose presentation , as a kind of media, enable an objective interpretation of the facts .

In accordance with its social responsibility the City Museum of Novi Sad creates and realizes its programs with the intention to allow widest audience to perceive the segments of the cultural and historical heritage and to create individual knowledge about it.
 
Following this approach, the City Museum of Novi Sad becomes the meeting point of different ideas, a place of intercultural dialogue and the most diverse cultural experiences.
 
For more than 50 years of existence the City Museum of Novi Sad has collected and conserved over 60 thousand items that represent material evidences of the life of its earliest inhabitants, the turbulent historical events, the economic and social development of the city, the culture of habitation, the aesthetic principles and artistic expressions of the population of Novi Sad .

Part of the items from the rich museum collection is presented to public within  permanent exibitions in the main building and annexes, as well as through the organization of thematic exhibitions. Besides exhibition activities, the Museum organizes other types of events, such as festival of documentary and scientific films, book promotions, creative workshops for the youngest citizens, etc., with the aim of enriching the cultural offer of the City of Novi Sad.

Address: 
Tvrđava 4
Novi Sad
Serbia
45° 15' 8.2404" N, 19° 51' 44.4672" E
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Image: 
Set of dishes
The Wall clock
Coronation of the Virgin
Image showing a young woman
Furniture
Armenian Church with its surroundings
Armenian Church
Church Textile
Prayer Book of the Armenian Church
Self Portrait of Milenko Serban
Branjevina Salas
The Battle Of Kosovo
Church sculptures
The bells of Maria Trandafil
Plan of the Armenian church
The board of the Armenian church facade
The figure of a girl
Decorative cover
Wall mirror
Sugar bowl
The glass carafe
The silver goblet
Melanija Bugarinović as Carmen
Portraits of a married couple Beljanski
Portrait of Jovan Latincic
Portrait of Mirko Erdeh
Desk mirror
Writing box
A hookah
A carpet
A bowl with blue glass inset
Wardrobe
One against the two
A sewing table
A standing lamp
Screen
Dresser
Portrait of Marko Neshich
Harmonium
"Neven" society panel
The trophy lyra
Turntable
The chandelier
Flower pot
Coffee set
Clock
Portrait of an unknown married couple
Furniture
Miniatures - Portraits of a married couple
Portrait of a woman with necklace
Salon mirror
A glass
Vase
The Wall clock
Bowl
Rack with drawers
Portrait of Marija Milashinovic
Icon of St.. John the Forerunner with the hagiography
City hall in Novi Sad
Portrait of Marija Vuchetic
Family Zharich
Toilet cabinet
Bridal wardrobe
Standing clock
Candlestick (Čirak)
Glass Urn
Salon furniture
Encyclopedia of Novi Sad no. 27
Virgin Mary with Christ
Icon of Virgin Mary with Christ
Iconostasis with scenes of the Passion of Christ
The cross with the Crucifixion of Christ
Baroque cabinet
Virgin of the passion
St. George the Illuminator
Title: 
Set of dishes
English
Description: 
Set of Tin-glazed pottery toilet vessels, decorated with subtle floral motifs, consisting of basin, water jugs, pots and saucers for soap. They were the usual items of every bedroom, and in them you can see the reflection of a higher level of hygiene of wider layers of the urban population of the second half of the 19th century.
History: 
Part of the permanent exhibition of the City Museum of Novi Sad, under the supervision of the museum advisor, art historian, Ljiljana Lazic
Copyright: 
City Museum of Novi Sad
Creator: 
Srdjan Veselinov
Material: 
Ceramics
Type of cultural artefact: 
Object
Formats of digital document: 
Image
Images: 
Власник записа: 
srdjan.veselinov
Municipality: 
Novi Sad
Region: 
Vojvodina
Country: 
Serbia
Institution: 
The City Museum of Novi Sad
Title: 
The Wall clock
English
Description: 
The wall clock in the glassed box has a painted dial, pendulum and weight, made in alt deutsch style. The gilded floral details in relief and painted sentimetnal scenes are quite in line with the taste of the suburban middle where such items were very popular and massively used.
History: 
Part of the permanent exhibition of the City Museum of Novi Sad, under the supervision of the museum advisor, art historian, Ljiljana Lazic
Copyright: 
City Museum of Novi Sad
Style: 
alt Deutsche
Material: 
Wood
Type of cultural artefact: 
Object
Formats of digital document: 
Image
Images: 
Municipality: 
Novi Sad
Region: 
Vojvodina
Country: 
Serbia
Institution: 
The City Museum of Novi Sad
Title: 
Coronation of the Virgin
English
Author: 
Vasilije Aćimović Moler
Description: 
Icon with presentation of Coronation of the Virgin was painted by iconographer from Karlovci - naive painter Vasilije Acimovic Moler. During the second half of the 19th century he created a large number of similar icons where, besides St. John the Baptist and St. Nicholas, he painted the images of patrons in the lower part of the image. These icons were massively oredered by the Orthodox population in suburban and rural communities.
Place of origin of the cult. artefact: 
Novi Sad ( Sremski Karlovci)
State of origin of the cult. artefact: 
Serbia
History: 
Part of the permanent exhibition of the City Museum of Novi Sad, under the supervision of the museum advisor, art historian, Ljiljana Lazic
Copyright: 
City Museum of Novi Sad
Type of cultural artefact: 
Icon
Formats of digital document: 
Image
Images: 
Municipality: 
Novi Sad
Region: 
Vojvodina
Country: 
Serbia
Institution: 
The City Museum of Novi Sad
Title: 
Image showing a young woman
English
Author: 
Vojislav Trifunović Soba
Description: 
Image shows a young woman in a civil dress is the work of Novi Sad painter Vojislav Trifunovic. Active in the first half of the 20th century, was included in the circle of artists who belonged to the intimistic direction in Serbian painting. The picture has the character of family portraits.
History: 
Part of the permanent exhibition of the City Museum of Novi Sad, under the supervision of the museum advisor, art historian, Ljiljana Lazic
Copyright: 
City Museum of Novi Sad
Creator: 
Srdjan Veselinov
Type of cultural artefact: 
Painting
Formats of digital document: 
Image
Images: 
Municipality: 
Novi Sad
Region: 
Vojvodina
Country: 
Serbia
Institution: 
The City Museum of Novi Sad
Title: 
Furniture
English
Description: 
Furniture in the so-called Alt Deutch style was very popular with middle wealthy bourgeois class and the enriched rural population from the vicinity of large cities. It is a style that has spread from Germany in the second half of the 19th century as a historicist copy of the German Renaissance furniture, and was produced in Vojvodina until the third decade of the 20th century. It was drafted typicaly, with hand-made ​​details and was much cheaper than the classicaly drafted furniture. The furniture exposed here has the usual form; Parlour furniture consists of sofa, 4 chairs and a table, a bedroom consists of a pair of beds, cabinets and closets, as well as "vaštiš" - sink with a marble slab.
State of origin of the cult. artefact: 
Serbia
History: 
Part of the permanent exhibition of the City Museum of Novi Sad, under the supervision of the museum advisor, art historian, Ljiljana Lazic
Copyright: 
City Museum of Novi Sad
Style: 
alt Deutsche
Material: 
Wood
Type of cultural artefact: 
Object
Formats of digital document: 
Image
Images: 
Municipality: 
Novi Sad
Region: 
Vojvodina
Country: 
Serbia
Institution: 
The City Museum of Novi Sad
Title: 
Armenian Church with its surroundings
English
Author: 
Đorđe Tabaković
Description: 
In the writings of Djordje Tabaković, the most important fine arts chronologist of the city during the mid-20th century, the Armenian Church has also found its place. On his iconic cityscapes, made with various fine art techniques, the temple was shown four times. From almost the same angle as Šerban two decades earlier, and with architectural precision, Tabakovic 1948 painted the church and parish center and two-storey houses that existed in the former Tsar Lazar Street. Image is part of the exhibition "Armenian Church in Novi Sad - deleted heritage," the authors Ljiljana Lazic, art historians and museum counselor.
Place of origin of the cult. artefact: 
Novi Sad
State of origin of the cult. artefact: 
Serbia
History: 
In October 1963, in Novi Sad, church of St. George the Illuminator was demolished, popularly called the Armenian Church. For more than two centuries, this temple has witnessed the efforts of its believers and priests to build, maintain, restore and preserve it. Unfortunately, in the decades after World War II, it shared the fate of the Armenians vanished in Novi Sad. Demolition of the Armenian church is a an indelible error in the post-war urban planning of Novi Sad. Part of the old center of the city, whose urban matrix that was established in the early 18th century, has been sacrificed to modern architecture and the new junction. In the clash of old and new, the church was described as "worthless architectural work," whose existence is not necessary. Generations citizens of Novi Sad are so deprived of part of the heritage, unique in its cultural, religious and architectural significance. An extensive archival, documentary and photographic material, which reveals all the circumstances that led to the tragic and unnecessary demolition and the life last years of the existence of the Armenian Church and its small community has survived. Part of the precious legacy of the church is now housed in the Museum of the City of Novi Sad and, after half a century, testifies to the former appearance of the Church of Sv. George the Illuminator.
Copyright: 
City Museum of Novi Sad
Technique: 
Oil on canvas
Type of cultural artefact: 
Painting
Formats of digital document: 
Image
Images: 
Year of creation: 
1948
Name of the original: 
Јерменска црква са околином
Municipality: 
Novi Sad
Region: 
Vojvodina
Country: 
Serbia
Institution: 
The City Museum of Novi Sad
Period: 
Painting
Title: 
Armenian Church
English
Author: 
Milenko Serban
Description: 
A small Serban's oil on canvas was created in 1928, during the training of the young painter in Paris. In the break between two stays in France, he has applied the recently adopted cubist style of painting, while creating the Armenian Church and its surroundings painting. From unrepresentative angle, side street of Tsar Lazar, he presented the Armenian complex from the rear side. Image is part of the exhibition "Armenian Church in Novi Sad - deleted heritage," by the author Ljiljana Lazic, art historian and museum counselor.
Place of origin of the cult. artefact: 
Paris
State of origin of the cult. artefact: 
France
History: 
In October 1963, in Novi Sad, church of St. George the Illuminator was demolished, popularly called the Armenian Church. For more than two centuries, this temple has witnessed the efforts of its believers and priests to build, maintain, restore and preserve it. Unfortunately, in the decades after World War II, it shared the fate of the Armenians vanished in Novi Sad. Demolition of the Armenian church is a an indelible error in the post-war urban planning of Novi Sad. Part of the old center of the city, whose urban matrix that was established in the early 18th century, has been sacrificed to modern architecture and the new junction. In the clash of old and new, the church was described as "worthless architectural work," whose existence is not necessary. Generations citizens of Novi Sad are so deprived of part of the heritage, unique in its cultural, religious and architectural significance. An extensive archival, documentary and photographic material, which reveals all the circumstances that led to the tragic and unnecessary demolition and the life last years of the existence of the Armenian Church and its small community has survived. Part of the precious legacy of the church is now housed in the Museum of the City of Novi Sad and, after half a century, testifies to the former appearance of the Church of Sv. George the Illuminator.
Copyright: 
City Museum of Novi Sad
Epoch: 
Cubism
Technique: 
Oil on canvas
Type of cultural artefact: 
Painting
Formats of digital document: 
Image
Images: 
Year of creation: 
1928
Name of the original: 
Јерменска црква
Municipality: 
Novi Sad
Region: 
Vojvodina
Country: 
Serbia
Institution: 
The City Museum of Novi Sad
Period: 
Painting
Title: 
Church Textile
English
Description: 
In the Armenian Church, prior to its demolition, about 100 copies of various church textiles were found. Their shape and purpose correspond to the Roman Catholic church ceremony, which was in line with the religious orientation of Novi Sad Armenians and their priests from among mekhitarists. The largest part of the surviving textile was produced in Vienna's professional manufactory, specializing in making of ecclesiastical trappings. Exhibit is part of the exhibition "Armenian Church in Novi Sad - deleted heritage," by the author Ljiljana Lazic, art historian and museum counselor.
Place of origin of the cult. artefact: 
Vienna
State of origin of the cult. artefact: 
Austria
History: 
In October 1963, in Novi Sad, church of St. George the Illuminator was demolished, popularly called the Armenian Church. For more than two centuries, this temple has witnessed the efforts of its believers and priests to build, maintain, restore and preserve it. Unfortunately, in the decades after World War II, it shared the fate of the Armenians vanished in Novi Sad. Demolition of the Armenian church is a an indelible error in the post-war urban planning of Novi Sad. Part of the old center of the city, whose urban matrix that was established in the early 18th century, has been sacrificed to modern architecture and the new junction. In the clash of old and new, the church was described as "worthless architectural work," whose existence is not necessary. Generations citizens of Novi Sad are so deprived of part of the heritage, unique in its cultural, religious and architectural significance. An extensive archival, documentary and photographic material, which reveals all the circumstances that led to the tragic and unnecessary demolition and the life last years of the existence of the Armenian Church and its small community has survived. Part of the precious legacy of the church is now housed in the Museum of the City of Novi Sad and, after half a century, testifies to the former appearance of the Church of Sv. George the Illuminator.
Copyright: 
City Museum of Novi Sad
Date of records creation : 
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Creator: 
Srdjan Veselinov
Material: 
Textiles
Type of cultural artefact: 
Object
Formats of digital document: 
Image
Images: 
Власник записа: 
srdjan.veselinov
Year of creation: 
1890
Name of the original: 
Црквени текстил
Municipality: 
Novi Sad
Region: 
Vojvodina
Country: 
Serbia
Institution: 
The City Museum of Novi Sad
Period: 
Craftsman
Title: 
Prayer Book of the Armenian Church
English
Description: 
The largest number of books in the Armenian Church was printed in the Mekhitarist Monastery of Vienna, which provides excellent value to preserved library fund . The priests of the temple in Novi Sad, received numerous editions in German and Armenian language in the field of theology, linguistics, history and law, established during the first half of the 19th to mid-20th century directly from its parent monastery. Exhibit is part of the exhibition "Armenian Church in Novi Sad - deleted heritage," the authors Ljiljana Lazic, art historians and museum counselor.
Place of origin of the cult. artefact: 
Vienna
State of origin of the cult. artefact: 
Austria
History: 
In October 1963, in Novi Sad, church of St. George the Illuminator was demolished, popularly called the Armenian Church. For more than two centuries, this temple has witnessed the efforts of its believers and priests to build, maintain, restore and preserve it. Unfortunately, in the decades after World War II, it shared the fate of the Armenians vanished in Novi Sad. Demolition of the Armenian church is a an indelible error in the post-war urban planning of Novi Sad. Part of the old center of the city, whose urban matrix that was established in the early 18th century, has been sacrificed to modern architecture and the new junction. In the clash of old and new, the church was described as "worthless architectural work," whose existence is not necessary. Generations citizens of Novi Sad are so deprived of part of the heritage, unique in its cultural, religious and architectural significance. An extensive archival, documentary and photographic material, which reveals all the circumstances that led to the tragic and unnecessary demolition and the life last years of the existence of the Armenian Church and its small community has survived. Part of the precious legacy of the church is now housed in the Museum of the City of Novi Sad and, after half a century, testifies to the former appearance of the Church of Sv. George the Illuminator.
Copyright: 
City Museum of Novi Sad
Creator: 
Srdjan Veselinov
Material: 
Paper
Type of cultural artefact: 
Book
Formats of digital document: 
Image
Images: 
Власник записа: 
srdjan.veselinov
Year of creation: 
1839
Name of the original: 
Часловац цркве јерменске
Municipality: 
Novi Sad
Region: 
Vojvodina
Country: 
Serbia
Institution: 
The City Museum of Novi Sad
Period: 
Printing and publishing
Title: 
Self Portrait of Milenko Serban
English
Author: 
Milenko Serban
Description: 
Milenko Serban, one of the most famous Novi Sad painters of the 20th century, painted himself at the age of 20 years. He studied painting with Vasa Eškićević, and in Paris with André Lhote, through whose studio many Serbian painters of that period had passed. He exhibited a lot in Novi Sad, with significant work as a set designer in the Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad, and later at the National Theatre in Belgrade. The painting is part of a study exibition of the Department of Cultural History, in the City Museum of Novi Sad. The civic life of Novi Sad from the 18th century until the second half of the twentieth century is presented in that exibition.
History: 
Part of the exhibition "White Russia" in Museum of Vojvodina, by senior curator Veselinka Markovic and Aleksandar Petijević
Copyright: 
City Museum of Novi Sad
Creator: 
Srdjan Veselinov
Technique: 
Oil on canvas
Type of cultural artefact: 
Painting
Formats of digital document: 
Image
Images: 
Власник записа: 
srdjan.veselinov
Municipality: 
Novi Sad
Region: 
Vojvodina
Country: 
Serbia
Institution: 
The City Museum of Novi Sad
Period: 
Painting

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