FOUNDERS

The founders of the museum are the descendants of Jevrem Grujic, Lazar Šećerović and Aleksandar Conić. In order to introduce the public to the history of modern Serbian culture  during the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, the museum has created a compound authentic ambience of the city villa from the late 19th century and a rich art collection, owned by family, that has been collected more than two centuries.

The museum is located in the ground floor of the house, containing four lounges which serve as an exhibition space and, also, couple of additional, auxiliary facilities. The setting is designed in that way that in the same room, there are two art items which are mutually complemented. The permanent exhibition is set up to incorporate the temporary one, so all of the art items, counting more than 500, are equally presented to the visitors.

Mr LAZAR ŠEĆEROVIĆ

Graduated the Faculty of Philology, English and French Language. One of our most popular translators from French, English and Italian, being engaged by leading international cultural institutions and festivals. As a translator, he worked for Radio Television of Serbia, BITEF festival, FEST and the most famous local movie house. Since 2008, he is one of the two representatives of the European Association of Serbian historical houses. As a descendant of Jevrem Grujic, for the past 10 years, he has been actively engaged in the promotion of the cultural heritage of our people, preserving and cherishing memories of the civil tradition and glorious past of Serbian diplomacy.

Mr ALEKSANDAR CONIĆ

Graduated Directing at the Academy of Canadian film in Toronto, holding a scholarship.  He has directed and produced a large number of marketing campaigns, TV commercials, TV shows, short films and feature films in Europe and North America. His works have won numerous awards at film festivals in the world. Many years of experienced work in the creative industry, gave him an opportunity to be on involved  in the promotion of cultural heritage. As a descendant of Jevrem Grujic, he is the founder of the “Home of Jevrem Grujic”, taking care of the monument of culture and collection Šećerović – Conic in the last eight years. Significant results were achieved in the promotion of this unique museum and as a result of that, the House of Jevrem Grujic was officially opened to the public. Alexandar Conić is also Vice President of the National Association of Historical house Serbia.