Systematic Collection:
Collection of complete traditional costumes
Collection of various articles of clothing
Collection of household textiles
Collection of textile-making aids
Collection of the vernacular economy 
Collection of urban household wares
Collection of rural household wares
Collection of pottery products
Collection of traditional crafts
Collection of models of traditional architecture
Collection of weapons
Collection of jewellery
Collection of children's toys
Collection of personal effects

 

 

Exhibitions:
The life and Culture of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Urban Population in the 19th Century
The exhibition is located on the first floor of the Ethnology Department building. There visitors can see how their ancestors lived as they move through a series of six authentic rooms from centuries past. The beauty of carved and engraved wood and of the arabesques on display fascinates every visitor. Mannequins in traditional costumes illustrate various scenes from life – courting and love, family life, preparation of girls for marriage, marital life, the lives of women at home and outside the house. The scene in the central room is of a hearing in a mercantile tribunal.
The exhibition halls on the ground floor of the ethnology department are used for temporary exhibitions.
The basement halls house showcases with models of typical workshops:
Samokov – old blacksmith's workshop;
Tabhana – tannery;
Textile rolling mill;
Old majdan (mine) with a settlement in Vareš;
Pile dwelling settlement near Bosanska Gradiška
Temporary thematic exhibitions of various kinds are housed on the ground floor.

 

Personnel:
Svetlana Bajić, Department head
ethnologist specializing in urban and rural costumes
museum adviser

 

Marica Filipović
ethnologist specializing in household textiles and jewellery
museum adviser

 

Mr. Lebiba Džeko
ethnologist specializing in rural and urban crafts and trades
senior curator

 

Samir Avdić
ethnologist specializing in the vernacular economy and traditional means of transport
curator