The Top 10 Museums In Sarajevo Bosnia And Herzegovina

Sarajevo has an eclectic mix of Ottoman, Austro-Hungarian, and Yugoslavian influences, and a disproportionate share of global historical events of great importance, from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand to the Siege of Sarajevo. You wouldn’t want to visit Sarajevo without soaking up some of this history and culture, would you?

1. The Tunnel Museum

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Sarajevo suffered the worst siege in modern history. For 1422 days between 1992 and 1995, Serb snipers surrounded the city. Anyone who tried to escape became targets.
The Tunnel of Hope offered a lifeline, stretching 800 metres (0.5 miles) from the besieged Dobrinja to the unoccupied Butmir, underneath the airport’s runway. Food, ammunition, and refugees passed through the 1.6 metre (5.2 feet) by 1-metre (3.2 feet) tunnel.
A section is open to the public now, showing archive footage, a minefield garden, and other exhibits. The Tunnel Museum is on the outskirts of Sarajevo and difficult to reach on public transport. Join a tour or take a taxi.

Opening hours: 9.00am to 5.00pm. Admission: 10KM ($6)

2. Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Bosnia went through almost 600 years of occupation, from the Ottomans to Tito’s Yugoslavia. After Bosnia’s independence and the fall of Yugoslavia, the museum stopped focusing on socialist propaganda. Exhibits now include everything from Constantine VII’s first written record of the country to the present day. More than 400,000 artifacts, photographs, and archives take you on a journey to understand more about the origins and evolution of Bosnia.

Opening hours: 9.00am to 7.00pm. Admission: 5KM ($3)

3. The National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Exhibits at the National Museum include Middle Age archaeological displays, ethnographic sections, and sections on Ottoman Sarajevo. The Sarajevo Haggadah, the oldest Jewish document in the world dating back to 1350, is the most valuable item in the National Museum.

Opening hours: 10.00am to 7.00pm. Admission: 6KM ($3.50).

4. Gazi Husrev Bey’s Library Museum

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The library museum educates about Bosnian religious life. Five rooms display exhibits on Islamic art, daily life, education, ethnology, and the Bosnian war. Highlights include objects brought back from religious pilgrimages, hand-made globes, devices to calculate the exact time for the call to prayer and Islamic calligraphy.

Opening Hours: 8.00am to 6.00 pm. Admission: 3KM ($2).

The Jewish Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina

In 1492, the Spanish Inquisition forced the Spanish Jews into exile across Europe. The Ottomans welcomed them.
Jewish life in Sarajevo came to an abrupt end with the Holocaust when 14,000 residents were either murdered or went into exile. Learn their story in this 1581 Sephardic Synagogue. Engraved items, manuscripts, and scrolls dating back centuries fill the displays. The story of the Sarajevo Jewish population is a sad one. Very few remain to keep their culture alive.
Velika avlija Laure Papo Bahorete, Sarajevo. Tel: +387 33 535-688.
Opening hours: 10.00am to 6.00pm. Admission: 3KM ($2).