The Night of Museums 2012

I was surprised to hear that the first Night of Museums was only held in 1997. The first Belgrade Night of Museums was held on 17 APril 2005, which means it did not take long for Belgrade to jump on the bandwagon and join other European cities, all considering.

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Night_of_Museums

Later on I read some media reports that Belgrade hosted some 200 000 museum visitors on that May 26th.

I do not know if this is Belgrade's branch of Occupy Wall Street but this group was clever to take the opportunity to get some attention with so many people in the streets. 

 After I met up with my cousin "by the horse" we decided to start the tour of the museums at Dorćol's Museum of Theatre Arts.

 On this special night it honored the great diva of Serbian theatre and cinema - Olivera Marković.

We didn't have time to watch an entire movie as we rushed to check out the Gallery of Frescoes.  

 In the Gallery of Frescoes, this night was all about the Studentica Monastery. 

 The next in order was the Jewish Museum...

After the grim scenes from the Jewish history, we had to lighten things up with the visit to the Superstition Exhibition called "Pomeri se s mesta" ("Move in your seat" literally translated and often heard in the Balkans whenever something is mentioned that you do not wish upon yourself or those dear to you, what a translation conundrum!). Beautiful lighting adorned the Ethnographic Museum that night...

 ..but to get inside, we had to pass under a ladder...

 Creepy.

Grab a nearest chimney sweeper by his button to fend off all those bad omens!

And then... the Soul Food of Serbia exhibition. 

 Orgaqnized by the same advertising group that authored this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z3P2_q7fzM

 Milena is crazy about ballerina flats... and these came straight from the Bolshoi Theater (some with visible blood on them and all autographed by the Russian ballerinas who danced in them).

 And in the Students' Cultural Centre, I discovered a remote corner entirely dedicated  to my remote hometown - Jajce. 

That's not all. Stay tuned for more.