National Museum of Montenegro
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The National Museum of Montenegro (Narodni muzej Crne Gore), is located in Cetinje
Cetinje
Cetinje , Цетиње / Cetinje , Italian: Cettigne, Greek: Κετίγνη, Ketígni) is a town and Old Royal Capital of Montenegro. It is also a historical and the secondary capital of Montenegro , with the official residence of the President of Montenegro...

, a historic capital of Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...

. It was established in 1896.

The museum is divided into five departments:
  • Historical Museum of Montenegro
  • Ethnographic Museum of Montenegro
  • Artistic Museum of Montenegro
  • King Nikola's Museum
  • Biljarda (Museum of Petar II Petrovic Njegos)


The museum possesses the Oktoih Prvoglasnik
Oktoih
Oktoih , in English the Book of Psalms or Psalter, is an incunabula printed in Cetinje, Montenegro in 1494. Oktoih is a book of liturgical hymns for singing in eight parts. It was printed in the Printing House of Crnojevići by Đurađ IV Crnojević, an educated ruler of Montenegro from 1490-1496...

, a significant printed work from the late 15th century. http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=3008&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

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