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under the condition that the collection
is kept as a separate whole. The city provided
the restored Manak’s House for the
collection and engaged the Museum of
Ethnography to take care of it. The permanent
collection “Folk costumes and
jewelry of the Central Balkans area from
the XIX and first decades of the XX century”
was officially opened on November
17, 1968 and has been resisting time for
almost fifty years.
NEW IMPULSES OF AN OLD PLACE
We will even leave the showcases used before.
However, museology advanced in the
meantime, so we will adjust to new rules
of conservation, ways of preserving and
exhibiting artifacts. We will continue with
educational programs, and mostly insist
on the promotion of crafts enlisted in the
Serbian national list of intangible cultural
heritage. Such craftsmen will be able to
present their products, which will be sold
in the museum shop. The program of the
souvenir shop will thereby be enriched
with certified traditional products.
Part of
ethnographic
exhibition in
Manak’s House
Half a century after the first restoration,
Manak’s House was renewed again
and ceremonially opened. At the same
time, Crnilović’s collection was conserved.
– The idea was to make Manak’s House
a small oasis in that part of the city –
explained Jelena Tucaković, curator at
Manak’s House, for National Review. – Besides
the polished collection, we also want
the house to shine from the outside, which
will be achieved with new illumination.
The concept of the permanent collection,
established before us, will not be changed.
Rug
A few years ago, a workshop was held in Belgrade within an
international project “Acupuncture of the City”. The main idea
of the project was the realization of small urbanism interventions,
which will improve the quality of life in certain city quarters.
“Kriška” design studio, led by Barbara Ismailović and Tijana
Tripković, was selected for implementing the interventions in the
then still pretty drowsy Savamala. One of their solutions was a
stairway covered with Pirot rug colors and ornaments. It is behind
Manak’s House and leads from Gavrila Principa Street to Zeleni
Venac. For this spring, “Kriška” studio announced the restoration
of the faded cover.
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