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Nikšić Heritage Museum

TIME : 2016/2/18 22:50:21

King Nikola must have kept the country’s builders busy as there’s yet another of his palaces here (adding to those in Cetinje, Podgorica and Bar). Now used as a museum it’s badly in need of a renovation rescue to deal with the water stains and general decay.

Start upstairs to the right in the prehistoric section (where there are various flints dating to the 3rd millennium BC) and progress past the bronze armour and iron spearheads to the lovingly decorated guns, jewel-encrusted armour and embroidered clothes in the ethnographic section. WWII is covered by photographs and memorabilia but none of the explanations are in English. You’ll find that the graves of many of the fallen Partisan comrades pictured here are in the nearby cemetery. Outside the museum are stećci , similar to those outside Cetinje's Vlach Church .