The Museum was opened at the end of last year Viminacium, the first local archaeological museum built on the site of the ancient city.
The museum preserves over 1.700 objects from Roman antiquity, showing life in Viminacium from the founding of the city to the Middle Ages, organized thematically, with depictions of everyday life: medical instruments, toys, jewelry, religious and magical objects, writing equipment are on display... All of them were excavated at Viminacium and many are unique.
Tintinabulum, wind chime
Among them is a special tintinabulum, a Roman wind chime found two years ago, which is important because it is only the fourth complete found in the entire Roman Empire.
Also on display were 18 busts of Roman emperors born on the soil of today's Serbia, such as Constantine the Great, Decius Trajan, Probus or Justinian, which were part of the exhibition and project "The Ways of the Roman Emperors".
Photo: Tanjug/Rade ŽivančevićRoman emperors
The Viminacium Museum has three levels on an area of 402 square meters. It is part of the Archaeological Institute in the area of the Viminaciju archaeological site, and was founded by the Decision of the Ministry of Culture in 2019. The space is fully equipped during the five project years, from 2021 to 2025, with funds Ministry of Culture and the Archaeological Institute.
Ministry priorities
At the beginning of August last year, the Ministry of Culture and the Archaeological Institute in Belgrade signed contracts for the realization of 17 projects in the field of archaeological and immovable cultural heritage, with a total value of 23.500.000 dinars.
Of that, 13.300.000 dinars are earmarked for archaeological research, while 10.200,000 dinars are earmarked for works on the protection and presentation of immovable cultural heritage.
Photo: Tanjug/Rade ŽivančevićPrime Minister Macut and Minister Selaković at the opening of the Viminacium Museum
Minister Nikola Selaković then emphasized that archeology and the protection of immovable cultural heritage are priorities of the Ministry of Culture, but also a great unused potential for the development of cultural tourism in Serbia. If only five percent of the 3,5 million Expo visitors come to Viminacium, Minister Selaković said then, that would mean 175.000 tourists.
And Belo Brdo and the General Staff?
Let us recall that despite the fact that, according to Selaković, archeology and the protection of immovable cultural heritage are the priorities of the Ministry of Culture, the Neolithic site Belo brdo is not part of this year's budget, and the General Staff was stripped of its status as a cultural immovable property at the proposal of Selaković's ministry.
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