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The
Department of History
The
Section of Ancient History
The
Section of Newer History
and Modern Period
The Department of History of the Town Museum Vršac
has chronologically been a continuation of the Department of Archaeology
and covers the period from the 14th century till the modern times.
It has been divided into two sections: the Section devoted to the
ancient history and the section for the newer history and modern
period. Dragutin Petrović is the head of the section for the ancient
history, and Anica Medaković, a senior curator, is the head of the
section for the newer history and modern period.
The Department has a fund of 60,000 extremely
valuable objects and documents, relating to the cultural-historical
past of the town and its surroundings, partially to the south-east
of Banat.
THE
SECTION OF ANCIENT HISTORY
The objects and documents from the past of the town
and its surroundings, from the 14th to the end of the 19th century,
have been kept in this Section. The material originated from the
times of forming the first permanent settlements on the territory
of south-east Banat, then written and printed sources for the history
of the town and its surroundings, the objects about the industrial,
social, political and cultural-educational life. The objects of this
section were classified into collections, the most significant being
the following:
• The collection
of signet-rings and seals - contains 825 objects, which belonged to different institutions
and institutes, settlements, organizations, associations, societies
and individuals.
• The collection
of diplomatic documents - consists of different documents and papers of identity, written
on the parchment and paper, dating from the period from the 17th
to 20th century. They are the czar charters and privileges given
to Vršac, associations and individuals, journeymen's and artisan's
letters, wanders and
other important documents.
• The collection
of weapons - one of
the most attractive collections, which contains almost all kinds
of weapons, that were used on the territory of Vršac and its surroundings
from the 13th to the 20th century. Cold steels and fire weapons are
represented: swords, daggers, knives, spears, axes, arrows, sabres,
yataghans, halberds, spiked clubs and maces, bayonets, pistols, revolvers,
guns, machine pistols, carbines, heavy machine-guns, mortars and
other weapons.
• The collection
of archivalia - consists
of different written documents, relating to the period from the 17th
to the 20th century.
• The collection
from the Middle Ages - possesses various objects, relating to the period of the beginnings
of Vršac fortification, the settlement of Podvršac and other settlements
formed during the same period.
• The collection
of material from the Turkish period - contains various objects, relating to the period
of the Turkish rule in Banat , from 1552-1718.
• The collection
of objects for the history of the health culture – made up of various archival documents, medical
literature, objects used in Vršac pharmacies from the 18th to 20th
century, as well as the instruments and tools of Vršac pharmacists
and doctors.
• The collection
of historical and geographical maps - contains 450 historical, geographical, cadastral maps and
town plans.
• The collection
of watches – consists
of 41 watches (wall and table), dating from the 18th to the 20 century,
made in many different workshops of Europe .
• The collection
of newspapers – made
up of many copies of newspapers and magazines, which were printed
in Vršac since 1857, till the modern times.
• The collection
of technical culture - contains old typewriters, mostly of American production, duplicating
machines for the printed documents, sewing machines from the beginning
of the 20th century, as well as the printing machine from the end
of the 19th century.
• The collection
of Jovan Sterija Popović is mostly photo-documented, with a small number of original objects,
which belonged to this great citizen of Vršac, the father of Serbian
drama.
THE
SECTION OF NEWER HISTORY AND MODERN PERIOD
The Section of newer history and modern period has
been dealing with studying of the town past since the 20th century
till the present-day. It consists of the following collections:
Contains objects and documents about the cultural history of Vršac
and its nearer and farther surroundings. The fund of the theatre posters,
photographs from some performances, scenographies, costume designs,
which are the testimony of the rich theatre tradition in the town is
very significant. There are also numerous posters and photographs of
the cultural-artistic societies in this collection, as well as the
photo-documentation about the eminent citizens of Vršac (Jovan Sterija
Popović, a writer and comedist, Bora Kostić, a chess grand master,
Dragiša Brašovan, an architect, Sultana Cijuk, an opera singer and
others).
- The Collection of Photographs and Postcards
Gives us the possibility to get to know everything about the town
past, through the urbanistic and architectural development, to notice
technical and technological changes, to make the parallel between Vršac
in the past and Vršac today. The oldest photograph from the collection
dates from 1857, and the postcards cover the period of the first half
of the 20th century.
- The Collection for the History of Sport
Contains objects and documents for the history and development of
physical culture. In the first half of the 20th century there were
many sport societies in the town (ASK “Dušan Silni” - (Dušan the Powerful),
ASK “Viktorija”, “Privrednik”, SK “Radnički”, ASK “Trgovački”, “Soko”,
“Hazena”...), while today, Vršac is well-known in the sport circles
thanks to basketball.
- The Collection of the Workers' Movement
is made up of the photo-documentation and archival materials about
the activities and actions of the revolutionaries from this area:
Žarko Zrenjanin, Anđa Ranković, Olga Petrov-Radišić, Borislav Petrov-Braca,
Slavko Munćan, Pera Jovanović, Dejan Brankov, Mila Matejić, Lukrecija
Ankucić, Koriolan Doban, Rudolf Kornauer, Janoš Lenđel, Strahinja
Stefanović and others, who all gave their lives for the free Yugoslavia
and the fight against the fascism.
In this department there are also the records and documentation
about the public monuments and memorial objects from the territory
of the Vršac municipality.
- The Collection of Modern History
It collects the materials about our time, registers all the important
changes in the society and follows the entire development of our environment.
The tendencies in the modern historiography, in the world and in our
country, are to contribute more in order to give the present moment
its adequate place in the historical researches. Experience and practise
have shown that it is always easier and faster to provide the documentation
and materials relating to a particular event, at the moment of happening,
than later. The Museum uses collected and processed objects about the
contemporaries for permanent exhibitions and thematic exhibitions,
and at the same time they represent the well-systematized collections
of the museum objects, with the accompanying documentation, as the
valuable materials for the research work.
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