Museum of pedagogy in Belgrade, Educational museum in Belgrade, Serbia
The Museum of Pedagogy in Belgrade occupies the old Real gymnasium building at Uzun Mirkova 14, next to Kalemegdan, since 1969. Its permanent exhibition, Ten Centuries of the Serbian School, traces Serbian schooling from the 9th century to the early 20th. The collection holds over 50,000 objects, documents, books and photographs, including school plans, furniture, seals, bells and children's drawings from the mid-19th century onward.
This institution was founded in 1896 and has collected materials about the development of Serbian education ever since. It preserves evidence of different teaching methods and pedagogical approaches that document shifts and continuity in how people learned.
The collection displays objects from school life across different eras and documents how learning in Serbia has evolved over generations. Visitors encounter personal items from teachers and students that convey the feeling of daily classroom routines.
The museum occupies the old Realjka building at Uzun Mirkova 14, near Kalemegdan, in Belgrade's Stari Grad. The permanent exhibition "Ten Centuries of the Serbian School" is spread over the historic 1837–38 house and a two-storey early-20th-century school annex in Art Nouveau style. Allow time for both parts.
The building, known as Cvetko Rajović's House or Realika, was built in 1837–38 in the classical style, probably to a design by Franz Janke. It first served as the residence of mayor Cvetko Rajović, then housed the English consulate, the gendarmerie and army premises. A two-storey school wing in Art Nouveau style was added in the early 20th century.
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