Museums · Belgrade · Serbia
4 best museums in Belgrade
The collections worth your time, how long each takes and how to fit them together.
Updated By the AMZBooking editorial team
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Quick answer
Start with Nikola Tesla Museum, National Museum of Serbia and Museum of Yugoslavia and House of Flowers. Together the 4 picks below take roughly 6–7 hours across 4 areas; all charge for entry.
Key facts
- Places in this guide
- 4
- Free entry
- 0
- Time to see them all
- 6–7 hours
- Areas
- Vračar, Stari Grad and Senjak and Dedinje
Museums in Belgrade
Museum · Vračar
1.Nikola Tesla Museum
A small museum in a villa on Krunska street devoted to the inventor Nikola Tesla, with his personal belongings, working models of his inventions and the gilded sphere holding his ashes.
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Cost
- Low cost
- Kids
- Rainy day
- History
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Museum · Stari Grad
2.National Museum of Serbia
Reopened in 2018 after a long renovation, the National Museum on Republic Square displays prehistoric sculpture from Lepenski Vir, Roman silver, medieval Serbian art and a collection of European paintings including French Impressionists.
- Time needed
- 2 hours
- Cost
- Low cost
- Art
- History
- Rainy day
Museum · Senjak and Dedinje
3.Museum of Yugoslavia and House of Flowers
The museum complex in Dedinje tells the story of socialist Yugoslavia and includes the House of Flowers, the mausoleum of Josip Broz Tito.
- Time needed
- 1.5–2 hours
- Cost
- Low cost
- History
- Rainy day
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Gallery · New Belgrade
4.Museum of Contemporary Art
A modernist building of crystal-like volumes in Ušće Park, reopened in 2017 after a long renovation.
- Time needed
- 1.5 hours
- Cost
- Low cost
- Art
- Architecture
- Rainy day
- Views
Grouped by area
| Area | Places | Time needed |
|---|---|---|
| Vračar | Nikola Tesla Museum | 1 hour |
| Stari Grad | National Museum of Serbia | 2 hours |
| Senjak and Dedinje | Museum of Yugoslavia and House of Flowers | 1.5–2 hours |
| New Belgrade | Museum of Contemporary Art | 1.5 hours |
Booking and timing
Of these 4, 4 low cost. Book ahead for Nikola Tesla Museum. The longest visit is National Museum of Serbia; group the rest by area to save travel time.
- Nikola Tesla Museum: The museum is small and fills with groups; arrive early or check the official site for tour times.
How to fit them into 2 half-days
Grouped by area and kept to about four hours each, so you walk more than you ride.
- Half-day 1 (Vračar and Stari Grad): Nikola Tesla Museum → National Museum of Serbia, at least 3 hours.
- Half-day 2 (Senjak and Dedinje and New Belgrade): Museum of Yugoslavia and House of Flowers → Museum of Contemporary Art, at least 3 hours.
The quietest months for queues
- January: highs of 5°C (41°F), about 8 rainy days, very quiet crowds. Cold, with occasional snow and the biting košava wind; cafés and kafanas are cosy and hotels are at their lowest prices.
- February: highs of 8°C (46°F), about 8 rainy days, very quiet crowds. Still cold and grey, with the first film-festival screenings towards the end of the month.
- March: highs of 13°C (55°F), about 9 rainy days, quiet crowds. Days warm up and terraces reopen on sunny afternoons; nights remain cold.
The neighbourhoods they are in
- Stari Grad — Old Town between Kalemegdan, Knez Mihailova and Republic Square
- Vračar — Leafy residential hill around the Church of Saint Sava and Kalenić market
- New Belgrade — Modernist Yugoslav blocks, business hotels, malls and the Ušće park
- Senjak and Dedinje — Villa districts on the hills with embassies and the Museum of Yugoslavia
More of Belgrade
Questions travellers ask
+Where should I start in Belgrade?
Nikola Tesla Museum. A small museum in a villa on Krunska street devoted to the inventor Nikola Tesla, with his personal belongings, working models of his inventions and the gilded sphere holding his ashes.