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:

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