In what houses did Bosnians and Herzegovinians live, what was in those houses, which tools they used to perform tasks in and out of the house, mostly made by themselves, in the 19th and early 20th century? You can find answers on these questions at the exhibition “Models of traditional houses with elements of furniture” which presents the former way of living.
The exhibition, that was being prepared by employees of the Department of Ethnology for months, was officially opened yesterday in the National Museum of BiH.
Director of the National Museum of BiH Mirsad Sijarić assessed that residency has not changed much since the prehistoric times. There are almost no fundamental differences, although there are more contemporary things today.
Head of the Department of Ethnology of the National Museum Nirha Efendić explained that there were four types of construction: the tower house which represents a residential-fortification facility where rich landowners resided, and other three types of houses which represented the residential architecture of rural population (pile dwellings, stone houses, čardaklija)
In four units, the exhibition features models of houses made after authentic residential facilities and that represent models of an extended residential complex, i.e. the main building, extra residential facilities, interior decoration of the residential space and a part of movables such as lawn mowing equipment, rugs, vats, treasure chests, and floor cloths.
Models of houses were made after the residential architecture from the Livanjsko field, Sarajevsko field, Posavina and Herzegovina.
The exhibition will be opened by the end of the year and it is an introduction to the setting of a permanent exhibition of this department.
(Source: radiosarajevo.ba/photo: radiosarajevo.ba)
