{"id":2959,"date":"2023-06-07T19:07:22","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T17:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/muzejknjazevac.org.rs\/muzej-grada-u-kuci-ace-stanojevica\/"},"modified":"2023-07-05T11:52:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T09:52:37","slug":"the-town-museum-in-the-house-of-aleksa-aca-stanojevic","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/muzejknjazevac.org.rs\/en\/facilities\/the-town-museum-in-the-house-of-aleksa-aca-stanojevic\/","title":{"rendered":"The Town Museum in the house of Aleksa Aca Stanojevi\u0107"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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The Town Museum of Knj\u0430\u017eevac is located in Njego\u0161eva Street 6, home of the Radical Party leader, Aca St\u0430nojevi\u0107.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Aca Stanojevi\u0107<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

One of the founders of the Serbian Radical Party in 1881 and opponent to the regime of King Mil\u0430n Obrenovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was accused of participation in the Timok Rebellion in 1883 and the affair of \u010cebinac in 1884 and was forced to leave the country. Together with his godfather Nikola P\u0430\u0161i\u0107 he was the most prominent figure of the Radical Party. On several occasions he was a member of the Parliament and Chairman of the National Assembly. After the death of Nikola P\u0430\u0161i\u0107 in 1926 he was the president of the Min Board and the leader of the party. He did not approve of the coup d\u2019etat by King Alexander and his 6 January Dictatorship introduced in 1929. Ac\u0430 St\u0430nojevi\u0107 died in 1947 and was buried in Knj\u0430\u017eevac with the highest state honors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Town Museum of Knj\u0430\u017eevac is located in Njego\u0161eva Street 6, home of the Radical Party leader, Aca St\u0430nojevi\u0107. The house was built from 1903 until 1912 at the time when he was the Chairman of the National Assembly according to the architectural plan of construction entrepreneur Jovan Fogler from Vienna. It was built in two phases, and is a free facility with rich fa\u00e7ade plastic, a yard and a fence. It is not close to the street, it has a front garden, so its external appearance is like the one of an Italian villa. This house with its symmetrical fa\u00e7ade and attractive wooden front porch, by its architectural and artistic elements represents a specific type of building (a town villa) in Knj\u0430\u017eevac from the beginning of XX century and with elements of Art Nouveau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The architectural heritage and original townscape value and also the history of this object (the house of an important historical figure) are some of the reasons for its being one of the significant monuments of cultural history, i.e. it is a house of history. Br\u0430nisl\u0430v\u0430 M\u0430rkovi\u0107 (1903 -1983) donated the house during her lifetime to the Museum and her town. In order to preserve the object at the same location and its architectural and ambient values, and also its adequate presentation, it was proclaimed a cultural monument in 1983.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conservation and restoration works were carried out by the Institute for Preservation of Cultural Monuments from Ni\u0161 and the Homeland Museum from Knj\u0430\u017eevac according to the project of architect Milor\u0430d Vujinovi\u0107, whereas the concept project for the adaptation of the museum exhibition was made by Du\u0161ic\u0430 \u017divkovi\u0107, advisor-ethnologist of the Homeland Museum in Knj\u0430\u017eevac. The works were carried out in the period 1987-1988 and then the object was opened to visitors under the name Town Museum or Town House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Numerous examples of original material found in the house, archival documents and personal belongings of Aca Stanojevi\u0107, as well as the material obtained as gifts from old Knja\u017eevac families or individuals form a modest but significant fund. The fact that this house is a cultural and historical monument from the end of XIX and beginning of XX century was used to present and conjure the atmosphere of the time when Ac\u0430 St\u0430nojevi\u0107 lived and also to reconstruct the interior of a town house of that period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the presentation of different items of high cultural and artistic value the upstairs rooms were used in which the town house interior was presented in stages. The big room \u2013 salon furniture, wall mirrors\u2026 and all this belongs to the neo-Renaissance, a carpet from the period of Napoleon III, a cast iron furnace and other items. The study \u2013 a writing desk and a chair, a richly decorated cabinet, a small carpet (Gizel), salon seating set, art paintings (all from the legacy of Ac\u0430 St\u0430nojevi\u0107)\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The bedroom \u2013 a wardrobe, a bed with ornamental elements of engraved wood (neo- Renaissance), a chest for washing with porcelain accessories (Art Nouveau), a cross, two icons (neo Baroque) and Ac\u0430 St\u0430nojevi\u0107\u2019s travelling bag with his initials. The small room \u2013 a small chest is shown (Neoclassicism) and also a table with six wooden chairs from Vienna (Art Nouveau). On the porch are a small table with ornaments and wicker chairs Tonet. Other important items from the collection are a gramophone with a cylinder from the beginning of XX century, a drapery from the court in Cetinje, table lamps, porcelain and glass dishes from the end of XIX century, a telephone and a radio (\u201cPhilips\u201d), a small part of the rich library of Ac\u0430 St\u0430nojevi\u0107. In the hall are personal items of Ac\u0430 St\u0430nojevi\u0107, his papers, letters, documentation related to the Radical Party, photographs, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The downstairs has been used for various \u201cnon-museum\u201d activities. A part of it is the space used as a sales gallery and a salon for weddings. This part is also used for literary and cultural evenings, ceremonial signing of contracts between companies and also for various lectures or scientific conferences which makes it a frequently visited place and an integral part of school curriculums (history, art\u2026)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Homeland Museum in Knj\u0430\u017eev\u0430c<\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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