Museum of Applied Arts, Belgrade

44°49′01″N 20°27′16″E / 44.816944°N 20.454444°E / 44.816944; 20.454444TypeArt MuseumCollection size37,000DirectorLjiljana Miletić AbramovićCuratorMilica Cukić
Mila Gajić
Marija Bujić
Draginja Maskareli
Jelena Perać
Biljana Crvenković
Bojana Popović
Biljana Vukotić
Slobodan Jovanović
Dejan Sandić
Andrijana Ristić
Jelena PopovićWebsitewww.mpu.rs/english/index.html

The Museum of Applied Art (Serbian: Музеј примењене уметности / Muzej primenjene umetnosti) is an art museum in Belgrade, Serbia.

The museum contains over 37,000 works of applied art, which reflect the development of applied art over a 2,400 year span. The oldest artifacts of the museum are Ancient Greek coins from the 4th century BC.^[1]

History

The Museum of Applied Art was founded on 1950. In the first years of the existence of the museum, the museum bought a collection of over 3,000 artifacts from Ljuba Ivanović, an artist.^[2][3]

Departments

The museum is divided into seven departments with collections:^[4]

• Metal and Jewelry Department
• Textile and Costume Department
• Period Furniture and Wood Department
• Photography and Print Room Department
• Ceramics, Porcelain and Glass Department
• Contemporary Applied Art Department
• Architecture, Urbanism and Architectural Design Department

The museum also has five specialized departments:^[5]

• Central Documentation Department
• Conservation Department
• Education Department
• Communication Department
• Library

Gallery

• 
  Photography and Print Room Department – Nemanjić dynasty coat of arms, Belgrade Armorial II, early 17th century
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  Metal and Jewelry Department – Pafte (belt buckle), early 19th century
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  Textile and Costume Department – Tepeluk (cap), second half of the 19th century
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  Textile and Costume Department – Wedding dress, tailor shop of Berta Alkalaj, Belgrade, 1911
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  Contemporary Applied Art Department – Ensemble designed by Dušan Janković, Paris 1927
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  Contemporary Applied Art Department – Fashion designer Aleksandar Joksimović with models wearing the dresses from the Simonida collection, Belgrade 1967

Notable collections

• Belgrade Armorial II

See also

• List of design museums

References

Further reading

• "How to Conserve a Wedding Dress by the Museum of Applied Art, Belgrade". Europeana Fashion Blog. Europeana Fashion. 18 September 2013. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
• Maskareli, Draginja; et al. (2010). Novo u kolekcijama : Akvizicije 2001–2010 = New in the Collections : Acquisitions 2001–2010 (PDF). Belgrade: Museum of Applied Art. ISBN 978-86-7415-147-1.
• Zorić, Ivanka, ed. (2010). Museum of Applied Art : 1950–2005 (PDF). Belgrade: Museum of Applied Art. ISBN 978-86-7415-137-2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-11. Retrieved 2016-11-10.

External links

• Official website
• Museum of Applied Art in Belgrade on Europeana
• Museum of Applied Art in Belgrade. Digital Library

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