MUSEUM ACTIVITIES OF THE NATURAL HISTORY DEPARTMENT (1888–2008)

 

THEMATIC EXHIBITIONS

Participation in exhibitions

• Presentation at the Second International Congress of Ornithologists in Budapest (1891)

• Millennium Exhibition in Budapest (1896)

• World Exhibition in Brussels (1897)

• Exhibition of birds at the international ornithologists' meeting (1899)

• Hunting Exhibition in Vienna (1910)

• International Hunting Exhibition in Berlin (1937)

• Yugoslav flower shows (1964, 1965, 1968)

 

Museum exhibitions

• Charles Darwin.1809-1882 (1983)

• Flora and fauna of the Galapagos (1983)

• The World of Kjel Sandwed (1984)

• Trees and Shrubs of Yugoslavia (1983) – travelling exhibition, on display in Ljubljana (1984, 1985), Belgrade 91985), Zrenjanin (1986), Skoplje (1986), Struga (1986) and Varaždin (1987)

• 50 Years of Life with the Insects of Entomophile Boro Mihljević (1988)

• Bird Boxes – homes for our friends (2003)

• Meteorites (2005)

• O. Erik Brandis D.I. (1834-1921) – his life and work (2007)

• Herbarium amoris (2008)

PROJECTS

Projects led by the National Museum of BiH, the Biology Institute, the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences of the University of Sarajevo, SIZ nauke BiH and the EU.

• Fresh-water fish of Yugoslavia (60')

• Orthoptera of Mt Bjelašnica (1965)

• Basic features of the flora and vegetation of Mts Maglić, Volujak and Zelengora (1966)

• Biological study of the rain-forest area of Perućice in the complex of Mts Maglić, Volujak and Zelengora (1969)

• The Herzegovina development endemic centre of Mts Prenj, Čvrsnica and Čabulja (1968/1971)

• The Herzegovina development endemic centre of Mts Prenj, Čvrsnica, Čabulja and Velež (1972/1975)

• Geobiocenosis in the complex of Mts Maglić, Volujak and Zelengora (1973)

• Fauna of western Bosnia (1976)

• Vegetation map of Yugoslavia (1976, brought to an end by the war in 1992) Mediterranean and sub-Mediterranean biogeographical elements in the flora and fauna of Herzegovina (1980)

• Fauna of north-eastern Bosnia (1980/1981)

• Ecological differentiation and phylogenetic relationships between the species of the genus Coenonimpha Hubner (Lepidoptera) in Yugoslavia (1981)

• Scientific treatment of ″types″ in the collections of the Natural History Department of the National Museum (1981/1984)

• Endemic plant species of the Dinarides, their protection, and the potential for the horticultural use of certain species (1981/1984)

• Fauna and flora of the Herzegovina karst (1984/1987)

• Fauna of northern Bosnia (1984)

• DC 4 – Mineral, biological and water resources as the basis for development – identifying new resources and the rational management of existing resources – under the auspices of which several sub-projects were carried out, led by the Museum (begun 1988, brought to an end by the war)

• Pilot study: Monitoring the biodiversity of vascular plants (Cormophyta), higher fungi (Macromycetes) and birds (Aves) of the central Bosnian Mt Ozren (2004/2005) – Study conducted as part of a macro-project: Development of a National Monitoring System

• Assessment of the geological and biological diversity of Prusac and its environs (2008)

 

In addition to the above, in 1998 specialists from the Museum were involved as associates/consultants in projects led by the Federal Ministry of the Environment and Tourism, the Ornithological Society "Naše ptice," CEPRES: National Action Plan, EMERALD, survey of the biological and landscape diversity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Environmental development in the rural areas of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia, etc.