MUSEUM OF JOVAN CVIJIC

*Jovan Cvijic was a Serbian geographer, president of the Serbian Royal Academy of Sciences and rector of the University of Belgrade. Cvijic is considered the founder of geography in Serbia. He began his scientific career as a geographer and geologist, and continued his activity as a human geographer and sociologist.

This museum was built in honor of one of the greatest Serbian scientists and geographers Jovan Cvijic. It is located in Belgrade, on Kopitareva gradina, in Jelena Cetkovic street. It was founded in the family house of Jovan Cvijic, which was declared as a cultural monument in 1963. The enterior is painted in „al secco“ technique and is featured with balcan folklore elements and motives of fauna and flora. 

The house i.e. the museum is consisted of the entrance hall, the salon, the workroom and the bedroom of Jovan Cvijic’s wife Ljubica. In the backyard there is beautiful garden with rare floral species and the bust of Jovan Cvijic in 1965 by an artist Vladeta Petric. The museum contains Jovan Cvijic’s legacy with about 1 476 writtings, photographs, geographical maps, atlases, books, personal objects, paintings etc.Both enterior and exterior t together express the spirit from the beginning of 20th century.