Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander II and Crown Princess Katherine attended today the opening ceremony of the exhibition “Serbia 1914” at the Historical Museum of Serbia and then the opening of the exhibition “Young Bosnia and Sarajevo assassination” in the Archives.
Regarding the centenary of the First World War, the exhibition “Serbia 1914” is officially opened in the Historical Museum of Serbia in cooperation with the Historical and Military Museum and with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Information and the Ministry of Defense. The exhibition was opened by the Chief-of-Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces General Ljubisa Diković, in addition to the Royal Couple the opening ceremony was also attended by HE Mr. Ivan Tasovac, Minister of Culture and Information, Mr. Dragomir Acović, Chairman of the Crown Council, Mr. Dusan Babac, a member of the Privy Council, as well as numerous representatives of the diplomatic corps.
This setting is a contemporary museum project and seeks to bring closer the visitors in a fun way the political, cultural, scientific and economic rise of Serbia from the beginning of the 20th century, the events that preceded the Great War (Balkan wars, the Sarajevo assassination and the July Crisis) and the events of 1914, the first year of the war.
Upon completion of the formal opening of the exhibition, the Royal couple, accompanied by Mr. Dragomir Acović, the Chairman of the Crown Council attended the opening ceremony of the exhibition “Young Bosnia and Sarajevo assassination” in the Archives. At the opening speakers were HE Tomislav Nikolic President of the Republic of Serbia and HE Mr. Nebojsa Radmanovic, a member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
“Young Bosnia” assassination on the Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914 is the event that for 100 years grips the interest not only of scientists, journalists and politicians, but also to the people.
Although the Sarajevo assassination has a secondary meaning in the complex of the events surrounding the First World War, it was the reason for the war which opened a new epoch in the history of mankind.
This exhibition is one in the series of exhibitions of the archival documents performed at academic and professional levels, and has so far been presented in the Gallery of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of the Republika Srpska, as well as in Mostar, Gacko and Andrićgrad.
