Jadar Museum, History museum in Loznica, Serbia
The Jadar Museum is housed in a historic pharmacy building and displays objects spanning human history in the Podrinje region from ancient times through the mid-twentieth century. The collections include archaeological finds, everyday items, weapons, coins, and historical documents and photographs.
In May 1984 the Loznica municipal cultural community formed an founding committee to preserve the Jadar region's past. The municipality formally established the Jadar Museum on 30 June 1986 and declared the Old Pharmacy building a cultural monument that December. The museum opened on 14 September 1987, marking two centuries since the birth of Vuk Stefanović Karadžić.
The museum is named after a historic region and displays objects that reflect how people lived across many centuries. Visitors can see the tools, clothing, and household items that shaped daily life in this area.
The museum occupies the Old Pharmacy building, a townhouse declared a cultural monument in December 1986 for its architecture. It stands in Loznica, and the permanent display covers the three municipalities of Mali Zvornik, Ljubovija and Krupanj as well as the town. The museum also manages the museum display in the chapel at the Cer memorial ossuary in Tekeriš.
Since 2017 the museum has displayed a dugout canoe, a monoxyl, found in 2011 on the bank of the Drina at the village of Jelav. Analysis dated the boat to between 1695 and 1914. The museum also manages the memorial ossuary at Tekeriš on Mount Cer, built in 1928 over the remains of Serbian soldiers.
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