Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Historijski muzej Bosne i Hercegovine
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Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Former name
Museum of the Revolution of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Established13 November 1945;78 years ago (1945-11-13)
LocationZmaja od Bosne 5, 71 000, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Collection size>400,000
Website muzej.ba

The Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian : Historijski muzej Bosne i Hercegovine) is a museum in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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It holds more than 400,000 historical artifacts. [1] The museum was founded on 13 November 1945 [2] and took its present name in 1993, having at one point been called the Museum of the Revolution of Bosnia and Herzegovina. [3]

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References

  1. Bosnia's Top Cultural Institutions Shutting Down ( Archived January 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine )
  2. "Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina". museu.ms. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
  3. "Historijski Muzej BiH". Archived from the original on 2021-05-17. Retrieved 2020-08-09.

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