Museum of Applied Arts, Belgrade

Museum of Applied Art

Muzej primenjene umetnosti
Established	6 November 1950
Location	18 Vuka Karadžića St., Belgrade, Serbia
Type	Art Museum
Collection size	37,000
Director	Ivanka Zorić
Website	www.mpu.rs

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.

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.

Departments

The museum is divided into seven departments:

• Metal and Jewellery Department
• Textile and Costume Department
• Furniture Department
• Department of Photography and Applied Graphic Art
• Ceramics, Glass and Porcelain Department
• Department of Contemporary Applied Art
• Department for Architecture, Urbanism and Architectural Design

Notable collections

• Belgrade Armorial II

External links

• Official Website