A day at the Museum

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   the museum of MAN AND EARTH

S A R A J E V O ,  B O S N I A  A N D  H E R Z E G O V I N A

              The
Museum of Man and Earth, the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, was founded in 1888 and is
the oldest among the modern cultural and scientific institutions of
Western type in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Since
the very beginning of its work, the National Museum has developed as a
complex cultural and scientific institution nourishing a number of
scientific and scholarly disciplines, i.e. history, geography,
archeology (prehistoric, ancient and medieval), ethnology, history of
art and natural history (biology, geology and mineralogy), partly
language, literature, statistics and bibliography.

Owing
to numerous donations and its employees, the Museum gradually recovers
from the devastation of the war. Help for rehabilitation of this
cultural institution was provided by the Institute for Protection of
Cultural, Historical and Natural Heritage of Bosnia and Herzegovina,
UNESCO, Federal Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport,
Ministry of Science, Culture and Sport of the Canton of Sarajevo,
Institute for Planning and Construction of the City of Sarajevo,
International Center for Peace in Sarajevo, Swiss museums, Swiss ICOM
and Swiss National Museum in Zurich, BHHR, Norks Folkesmuseum from
Oslo, Foundation for Cultural Heritage without Borders from Sweden,
Museum of Natural History, Museum of Ethnography, Museum of Islamic Art
and other Swedish museums, as well as many others.

Thank you.

The Museum of Man and Earth covers every era of the history of Bosnia and Herzegovina, from the pre-Historic Age:

To the Ancient era:

To the Middle Ages era, which includes
the Museum's most famous treasures: Bosniak Stecci Tombstones. These
tombstones are found nowhere else in the world and, as a unique symbol
of the Bosniak people, have come to be recognized as a unique symbol of
Bosnia and Herzegovina:

The Museum also covers the natural history of Bosnia and Herzegovina:

As well as the ethnic history of Bosniaks, from the Bogumil era to the Islamic times:

Just this week, a group of students from the University of Sarajevo
invited Bosnia's most popular, urban lifestyles magazine to accompany
them on a visit to the Museum of Man and Earth.

STECCI TOMBSTONES:

PRE-OTTOMAN-ERA BOSNIAK ARCHITECTURE:

THE LEGENDARY KATARINA VELIKA

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA'S LAST QUEEN (1451-1528):

OTTOMAN-ERA BOSNIAK COSTUMES:

OTTOMAN-ERA BOSNIAK HANDICRAFTS, TOOLS, AND COMMODITIES:

COURTSHIP:

DINNER TIME: