Museum of Applied Arts, Belgrade explained

Museum of Applied Art
Native Name:	Музеј примењене уметности Muzej primenjene umetnosti
Native Name Lang:	srp
Coordinates:	44.8169°N 20.4544°W
Location:	Belgrade, Serbia
Type:	Art Museum
Collection:	37,000
Director:	Ljiljana Miletić Abramović
Curator:	Milica Cukić Mila Gajić Marija Bujić Draginja Maskareli Jelena Perać Biljana Crvenković Bojana Popović Biljana Vukotić Slobodan Jovanović Dejan Sandić Andrijana Ristić Jelena Popović

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

Notable collections

• Belgrade Armorial II

See also

• List of design museums

Further reading

• Web site: How to Conserve a Wedding Dress by the Museum of Applied Art, Belgrade . Europeana Fashion . 18 September 2013 . Europeana Fashion Blog . 11 November 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141022005003/http://blog.europeanafashion.eu/2013/09/18/conservation-bridal-wedding-dress-museum-of-applied-art-belgrad/ . 22 October 2014 . dead .
• Book: Maskareli . Draginja . etal . Novo u kolekcijama : Akvizicije 2001–2010 = New in the Collections : Acquisitions 2001–2010 . 2010 . Museum of Applied Art . Belgrade . 978-86-7415-147-1.
• Book: Zorić . Ivanka . Museum of Applied Art : 1950–2005 . 2010 . Museum of Applied Art . Belgrade . 978-86-7415-137-2 . 2016-11-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161111062038/http://www.mpu.rs/srpski/izdavacka_delatnost/fajlovi/Museum%20of%20Applied%20Art%201950%20-%202005.pdf . 2016-11-11 . dead .

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: About the Museum . Museum of Applied Art Belgrade . 10 November 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160316084433/http://www.mpu.rs/english/index.html . 16 March 2016 . dead .
2. Web site: About the Museum . Museum of Applied Art Belgrade . 10 November 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160316084433/http://www.mpu.rs/english/index.html . 16 March 2016 . dead .
3. Web site: Museums. Belgradian. 11 November 2016. dead. https://archive.today/20131009050350/http://www.belgradian.com/culture/museums/. 9 October 2013.
4. Web site: Departments with Collections . Museum of Applied Art Belgrade . 10 November 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160316084433/http://www.mpu.rs/english/index.html . 16 March 2016 . dead .
5. Web site: Organizational Structure . Museum of Applied Art Belgrade . 10 November 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160316084433/http://www.mpu.rs/english/index.html . 16 March 2016 . dead .