Press release - ICOM Deutschland

Montenegro
National Museum of Montenegro
Revival of cultural and historical core of Cetinje (May 18th 8pm - 2am)
Free-entry, Openings, Visit, Educational programme
Cultural and historical core of Cetinje consists of several very important places - archeological localities and
museums which can give encompassing insight into Montenegrin cultural heritage. Since they're all situated
closely to each other, the idea of the National Museum of Montenegro activity programme for the International
Museum Day is to give an image of the city as an cultural and artistic cradle of Montenegro through its cultural
and historical development in chronological order. There will be a fictive path on which the audience will be
guided to see the collection of all participating museums - from visiting archeological localities, i.e. architectual
fragments from 15th century (First Balkan printing-house was situated on Cetinje, and church of Crnojevic
dinasty dedicated to Virgin Mary), memorial museums such as Biljarda - Residence of bishop and ruler Petar II
Petrovic Njegos and his successors, in which arms will be exhibited as the oldest exhibited collection in Cetinje
and also collection which holds some of the most representative, authentic everyday things of Njegos' family;
there is also king Nicola's palace and modern Institution such as Goverment house in which Art Gallery and
History museum are situated. The museum items are different in their character: archaeological sources, written
and printed documents, war relics (arms, flags, uniforms, coats-of arms), furniture, various types of
ethnographic items covering the entire ethnographic subject matter of present-day Montenegro, art works (holy
paintings - icons, paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, installations) originating from the medieval period to
late twentieth century. Therefore, visitors will be able to see and feel (through audio-visual projection) the very
spirit of past times in Cetinje and to revive their own memories.
Contact: Ljiljana Zekovic (Director of Art Museum, National Museum of Montenegro; President of National
Committee of ICOM Montenegro)
Phone: +382 67 270 082
Fax: +382 41 230 310
Email: mnl.zekovic@t-com.me
Address: Novice Cerovica bb – 81250 Cetinje, Montenegro
Website: www.mnmuseum.org
Netherlands
Historisch Museum JoCas
Virtual experience World Heritage UNESCO (24/7/2011 on the
internet)
Free-entry, educational programme
Complete UNESCO World Heritage of 151 countries and their
911 objects with illustrations, interactive information and video
in the Dutch language. Unique in the Netherlands. Historisch
Museum JoCas is the first en biggest virtual historical museum in
the Netherlands.
Contact: Cor Bastinck (Curator)
Phone: 343572868
Email: jocas@casema.nl
Address: Crassus 25 , Wijk bij Duurstede, Netherlands
Website: http://www.museumjocas.nl
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