It was founded in 1844 at the Jovan Sterija Popovic initiative, who was a Minister of Education in the Serbian Principality Ministry. As the oldest museum institution it ranks among the most significant cultural institutions in Serbia. It changed its name several times, and since 1952 bears its original name. The Museum's integral parts are the Vuk and Dositej Museum, the Fresco Gallery, lepenski vir and the Djerdap Archaeological Museum. It covers 4,600 m? of exhibition area and up to 300,000 objects sorted in 27 museum collections. It is housed in the building erected in 1903 according to the architects Andra Stevanovic's and Nikola Nestorovic's design. Originally it used to be the Funding Management Bank.
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