Conference paper

DOCUMENTS - THE MOST RELIABLE SOURCES

Mehdija Maglajlić ; Muzej književnosti i pozorišne umjetnosti Bosne i Hercegovine, Sarajevo, Bosna i Hercegovina

Abstract

The almost Þ fty years of activity of the Museum of Literature and Theatre Art of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo is a model example for presenting the way in which such museums are established and the way in which they preserve and present the holdings they have collected. Established in 1961 and located in the family residence of the Despić merchant family from Sarajevo, in
a house that is itself a monument of the architectural heritage. The basic task of the Museum is to collect the material concerning the life and work of signiÞ cant men of letters from Bosnia and Herzegovina. The task of the curators was to systematise the collected material, to enter it into inventory books and prepare it for further study and use
for cultural and scholarly aims. The museum is devoted to the literary heritage of all the peoples that live in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The literary material is sorted into authors’ collections. Larger collections contain diverse material: author’s manuscripts, personal and other documents concerning their life, correspondence, photographs, books by the author and his personal library,
periodicals and newspapers, paintings, personal objects and other material. On exhibition we have memorial rooms devoted to Silvije S. Kranjčević, Petar Kočić, Kalmi Baruh and Hasan Kikić. Sometimes, depending on the occasion and signiÞcance of the author, there are thematic exhibitions in the Museum’s gallery or some other rooms that are thematically linked with the author’s life and work. We should note that the organisation of the Museum is to a large extent dependent on the relatively small space it occupies (in the beginning it was housed only in a part of the Despić house). The Museum expanded its activities to theatrical art in 1977 with documentary material linked with the production of a play: photographs (individual
and scene shots), costume and set sketches, posters, a Þ ches, objects (personal and props), along with written materials (dramatisations, librettos, adaptations and so on). Although the holdings have been subject to focused treatment over the
years, we could not manage to achieve a balanced proportion of all signiÞ cant authors from Bosnia and Herzegovina nor did we obtain documentary material from various theatres in the country. But
the presentation of the work of authors and literary trends, as well as of theatres in Bosnia and Herzegovina and individual theatre professionals, has enabled the Museum to present over 50 years of exhibitions that provided an invaluable contribution to the promotion of literary and theatrical achievements and has brought together for
treatment and archiving invaluable documentary material.

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Hrčak ID:

76969

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/76969

Publication date:

1.12.2007.

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