class cultural facility and, since 1990, it has been also a
member
of
the
European Open Sky Museums Association.
The
museum is open daily and this ethnic facility is passed annually by more than
100,000 visitors. Tourists, researchers and the youth meet the native country
of their ancestors, with various purpose buildings, items, household furniture,
handicrafts, and tools by which the items were made of clay or wood.
For the Old Village visitors and those who stay there at various painting
arts, music and literary meetings, exhibitions, lectures and seminars, special
facility units were arranged for refreshment and rest. The offer of an authentic
tavern includes healthy food from an ecologically clean environment, forgotten
old meals and drinks. The sleeping facilities are improved by wood, the relevant
furniture and a fireplace fire. The souvenir shop has been arranged in the
traditional style, as well, with reproductions of national creativity items.
In it, one can buy also special tea kinds from wild fruits, candy fruit, grass
brandy and prunes in leaves. Everything is made completely in accordance with
requirements of modern ecological movements. In this period, in the Old Village
museum, a half board costs CSD.2,200 and a night with breakfast CSD.1,700.
Information:
+381 31 802 586 |
SIROGOJNO - A MUSEUM
UNDER THE OPEN SKY
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About twenty kilometers from the center of Zlatibor, surrounded by mild slopes, there is the village Sirogojno, famous for its women producing knitted fabrics and the Old Village - a museum under the open sky. This facility, one of the most attractive ones in Europe, which represents the traditional construction, material and spiritual heritage of the Serbian village in the mountain Dinara region, extends on an area of five hectares. Its construction began in 1979, by moving the facilities to a chosen location, near the St. Peter's and Paul's Church. In about fifty original Zlatibor's wooden cottages, there are more than 2,000 exhibits. In a natural surrounding, old village yards are located, with many buildings and the related ambient details. The museum entirety, with the St. Peter's and Paul's Church, is protected as a cultural monument and pronounced for the first