Nikola Tesla Museum

Nikola Tesla Museum
Музеј Николе Тесле
View of the front of the museum
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Established5 December 1952 (1952-12-05)
LocationKrunska 51, Belgrade
Coordinates44°48′18″N 20°28′15″E / 44.8051°N 20.4707°E / 44.8051; 20.4707
Typescience museum
Visitors120,000 (2017)[1]
DirectorIvona Jevtić
CuratorBratislav Stojiljković
EmployeesMatija Marković
Jovana Gajić
Strahinja Batanjski
Aleksa Filipović
Websitenikolateslamuseum.org

The Nikola Tesla Museum (Serbian Cyrillic: Музеј Николе Тесле, romanizedMuzej Nikole Tesle) is a science museum located in Belgrade, Serbia. It is dedicated to honoring and displaying the life and work of Nikola Tesla as well as the final resting place for Tesla. It holds more than 160,000 original documents, over 2,000 books and journals, over 1,200 historical technical exhibits, over 1,500 photographs and photo plates of original, technical objects, instruments and apparatus, and over 1,000 plans and drawings. Very little is on display in the small ground floor exhibition space.

The Nikola Tesla Archive was inscribed on UNESCO's Memory of the World Programme Register in 2003 due to its critical role regarding history of electrification of the world and future technological advancements in this area.[2]

  1. ^ Tanjug (25 December 2017). "Muzej Nikole Tesle u 2017. posetilo 120.000 ljudi" [120.000 people visited Nikola zest fest room in 2017] (in Serbian). Radio Television Serbia.
  2. ^ "Nikola Tesla's Archive". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. 2008-05-16. Archived from the original on 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2009-12-10.