Museum of Applied Arts

• Name — Museum of Applied Art • Native Name — Музеј примењене уметности Muzej primenjene umetnosti • Location — Belgrade, Serbia • Type — Art Museum • Collection Size — 37,000 • Director — Ljiljana Miletić Abramović • Curator — Milica Cukić Mila Gajić Marija Bujić Draginja Maskareli Jelena Perać Biljana Crvenković Bojana Popović Biljana Vukotić Slobodan Jovanović Dejan Sandić Andrijana Ristić Jelena Popović • Website — http: www.mpu.rs/english/index.html

The Museum of Applied Art was founded on 1950. In the first years of the existence of the museum, the museum bought a collection of over 3,000 artifacts from Ljuba Ivanović, an artist.

The museum is divided into seven departments with collections: • Metal and Jewelry Department • Textile and Costume Department • Period Furniture and Wood Department • Photography and Print Room Department • Ceramics, Porcelain and Glass Department • Contemporary Applied Art Department • Architecture, Urbanism and Architectural Design Department The museum also has five specialized departments: • Central Documentation Department • Conservation Department • Education Department • Communication Department • Library

• Illustration — Photography and Print Room Department – Nemanjić dynasty coat of arms, Belgrade Armorial II, early 17th century • Illustration — Metal and Jewelry Department – Pafte (belt buckle), early 19th century • Illustration — Textile and Costume Department – Tepeluk (cap), second half of the 19th century • Illustration — Textile and Costume Department – Wedding dress, tailor shop of Berta Alkalaj, Belgrade, 1911 • Illustration — Contemporary Applied Art Department – Ensemble designed by Dušan Janković, Paris 1927 • Illustration — Contemporary Applied Art Department – Fashion designer Aleksandar Joksimović with models wearing the dresses from the Simonida collection, Belgrade 1967