muzej istorije jugoslavije

Muzej Istorije Jugoslavije

I pored svog naziva, MIJ ne spada u istorijske muzeje u klasičnom smislu, kako zbog načina na koji je nastao, tako i zbog – za sada – modela rada po kojem funkcioniše. I postanak i način rada u protekloj deceniji čine ovaj Muzej jedinstvenom i, po mnogo čemu, vrlo osobenom institucijom kulture.

Samo jezgro Muzeja proizilazi iz „Muzeja 25. maj“, osnovanog 1962. kada su kvalitet, količina, materijalna i emotivna vrednost poklona koje je tadašnji doživotni predsednik Jugoslavije dobijao, ne samo od svojih sunarodnika, već i od mnogih svetskih državnika, iziskivali poseban prostor za smeštaj i kategorizaciju. Nakon Titove smrti, „Muzeju 25 maj“ priključeni su Kuća cveća, Rezidencija, Bilijarnica, Lovačka kuća, Stari muzej, kasnije i Spomen zbirka, a u sastavu Memorijalnog centra bio je i Muzej 4. juli. Tada je čitav kompleks dobio je naziv „Memorijalni centar JBT“.

Oko 200.000 predmeta razvrstano je u 20 zbirki koje su omogućavale posetiocima da vide presek materijalne i duhovne kulture svih republika tadašnje Jugoslavije od najstarijih predmeta sa našeg tla do onih iz druge polovine 20. veka, ali i izuzetno dragocene poklone iz mnogih zemalja sveta.

Spajanjem sa Muzejom Revolucije, muzej je dobio sadašnji naziv, a misija Muzeja trebalo je da bude prikupljanje i objedinjavanje eksponata i arhivskog materijala u cilju zaokruženja istorijskog perioda trajanja Jugoslavije, gde bi pokloni sa drugih geografskih područja, pored svoje materijalne i estetske vrednosti, predstavljali ugled i značaj koji je Jugoslavija imala u periodu bipolarnog sveta.

No, useljavanje Slobodana Miloševića sa porodicom u deo muzejskog kompleksa usporilo je za izvesno vreme rad na stvaranju kompleksnog Muzeja istorije Jugoslavije, čija se nužnost još snažnije ispoljava danas, kada je prestala da postoji i sama Jugoslavija.

Ipak, taj prekid nije sprečio zaposlene u Muzeju da se, uprkos teškoćama, posvete vrlo živoj i aktivnoj izložbenoj delatnosti. Vrata Galerije na Trgu Nikole Pašića i Muzeja 25. maj otvorena su kako domaćim, tako i stranim izlagačima, a oba prostora koriste se i za prikazivanje tematskih izložbi iz bogate riznice Muzeja, koje su vrlo posećene i imaju veliki odjek u kulturnom životu Beograda. Muzej je razvio aktivnu saradnju sa mnogim inostranim muzejima, kao i predstavnicima ambasada u Beogradu koji u njemu prepoznaju aktivnog i predusretljivog saradnika na polju kulturne i umetničke razmene.

Museum of Yugoslav History

Apart from its name, Museum of Yugoslav History is not a typical historical museum, not only due to the way it was founded, but also because of its, still current, model of organisation. The creation and the organisation of this Museum during the previous decade make it a unique and truly special cultural institution. The very heart of the Museum is founded in 1962 when the quality, quantity, material and emotional value of the gifts given to the ex-lifetime president of Yugoslavia, not only by his compatriots, but also by many world leaders made inevitable the creation of such a space, which would provide the keeping and categorisation of such objects. After the death of Tito, The Museum 25th May (\"25. Maj\") was merged with the \"House of Flowers\", the Residence, The Pool House, The Hunting Lodge, The Old Museum and, later the Memorial Collection and the whole complex, together with the tomb of Broz, was named “The Memorial Centre Josip Broz Tito\".

Over 200.000 objects were categorised into 20 collections enabling the visitors to grasp the essence of the material and spiritual culture of the republics of former Yugoslavia, from the oldest ones to the second half of the twentieth century, but also to see extremely valuable gifts from many countries of the world.

Merging with The Museum of the Revolution, the Museum got its present name, and its mission was supposed to be the gathering and joining of works of art and the archive build with the aim of rounding up the historical period of Yugoslavia, where the gifts from other parts of the world would represent, beside their material and esthetic value, the reputation and the importance Yugoslavia held in the period of the bipolar world.

However, the moving of Slobodan Milosevic and his family into one part of the Museum complex stopped for a while the work on the creation of a complex Museum of History of Yugoslavia, the existence of which is even more evident today, when even Yugoslavia ceased to exist. Nevertheless, that rupture never stopped the people working in the Museum to dedicate themselves, despite the difficulties, to the very much alive and active creation of exibitions. The doors of the Gallery at the Trg Nikole Pasica and \"25.maj\" are open not only to domestic but also to the foreign exibitors, and both spaces are also used for thematic exibitions from the rich collection of the Museum, all very well attended and with considerable impact on the cultural life of Belgrade. The Museum has developed fruitful relationships with numerous foreign museums and with representatives of the embassies in Belgrade as well who find it to be an active and open partner in the field of culture and art.