The House of Jevrem Grujić hides a unique art collection of over 400 pieces of artwork, collected during 2 centuries of tradition of one of the most prominent diplomatic families in Serbia.
Unfortunately, we can see only a small portion of the collection before us, which miraculously survived the turbulent past of the Serbian people, while the majority of it was plundered during the First World War. As a result of the awful experience from the Great War, the family walled up the art collection and the artwork in the basement of the house during the Second World War.
Many years later, the wall was demolished, and, as a result, now we have traces of history and a unique testament of a time torn from oblivion before us.
The collection is divided into several sections:
- Fine arts, paintings and sculptures – The collection contains artwork by the most famous Serbian masters: Uroš Predić, Paja Jovanović, Uroš Knežević, Stevan Todorović, Miloš Tenković, Zora Petrović, and many others.
- Applied art – Original pieces of period furniture originating between the 16th and the 19th century, objects made out of porcelain, ceramics, family jewelry, decorative figures, family silver, will provide you with insight into the life of a reputable Serbian family at the end of the 19th century.
- Old and rare weapons and equipment – The Museum houses parts of the famous collection of arms by Stevan Ćuričić, who is one of the biggest collectors in Serbia. The collection contains authentic weapons from the First and the Second Serbian Uprisings, rifles of the most famous Serbian heroes Hajduk Veljko Petrović and Tanasko Rajić from 1807, as well as many other artifacts.
- Archival literary material – Rare newspapers, photographs, family library, diplomatic correspondence and decorations, regal gifts…
