The best museums Cetinje (Цетиње)

Installed in the former embassy of Serbia, just in front of the palace of King Nicolas. A small museum of two floors which is worth a visit for its objects of the daily life of Montenegrins in the ^19th century. The best is in the collection of traditional costumes, Montenegrin or Bosnian. The latter, superbly decorated and well highlighted by the lighting, are alone worth a visit to this museum. Legends are rather brief and only in English.

Money is very symbolic and spiritual. It was in 2012 that the Central Bank of Montenegro opened this museum in a modern art building. Here you will see the various currencies since the very first Montenegrin currency called Perper, used between 1906 and 1916.

Present is also the Dinar used at certain times in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, during and after the Second World War. You will also learn that the Deutsche Mark was used in 1999.

Housed in the same building as the Museum of Montenegrin Arts, this museum offers an insight into the political, military and cultural heritage of Montenegro. The artifacts are displayed in chronological order, from the pre-Slavic period to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The collection includes weapons seized from the Turks during the wars of liberation of Montenegro in the ^19th century. Coins, flags from the victories of Grahovo (1858) and Vučji Do (1876) against the Turks. There are costumes and weapons of Prince Danilo (the nephew of Petar II Petrović Njegoš), as well as personal effects of Princess Jelena, the fifth daughter of King Nicholas. Among other things, the museum has theOktoih Prvoglasnik, a particularly valuable incunabulum from the ^15th century. The original icon of the Virgin of Philerma, patroness of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, is also on display.

The museum's permanent exhibition is divided into several segments. In the first section are exhibited objects from the archaeological period found all over the territory of Montenegro. In the second section are copies of frescoes from the most famous monasteries in Montenegro, as well as manuscripts and printed books from the medieval period. Part of the exhibition is devoted to the Petrović dynasty, at the time of the creation of the Montenegrin state (1796-1878) and that of the modern Montenegrin state (1878-1918). The exhibition ends with the events of the ^20th century.

This building is intended to house the headquarters of the National Assembly. Of a baroque style, the building was completed in 1910. This museum houses a rich collection of paintings made in the ^19th and ^20th centuries. Were present the greatest painters of Montenegro or the former Yugoslavia (Petar Lubarda, Pero Poček, Filipović). The museum also presents about ten icons, among which the famous icon of Our Lady of Philerma, exhibited in a separate room, the Blue Chapel.

In the former fortified residence of Petar II Petrović Njegoš, "The Billiard Room" is an ode to the glory of the Montenegrin poet and prince-bishop. The museum houses many personal books printed between 1594 and 1851, but also the billiard table he was so fond of, as well as his custom-made prince's chair (Njegoš was a 2m giant). In the adjacent garden, don't miss a huge relief map of the country, with cities, canyons and mountain ranges in detail.