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Nikola Tesla Museum

It was founded in 1952, and opened for the public in 1955. The Museum holds the
entire personal bequest of Nikola Tesla. The archive materials of the Nikola Tesla
Museum consist of the Personal Holdings of Nikola Tesla and a collection of photos.
Within the Personal Holdings, which represents the valuable part of the archive, there
are the original documents of a rich Tesla’s correspondence with his cousins, renowned

scientists, and companies. There are also kept the original Tesla’s works, patents, and
patent documentation, plans, and drawings.
The Nikola Tesla’s Museum holds about a 1000 items, classified in nine collections - four
collections of technical nature, two collections of personal Tesla’s belongings, and three
artistic collections. The largest number of the Museum items is in the personal bequest
of Nikola Tesla. The permanent exhibition is displayed on the ground floor and divided
in two parts. The first part informs us about the biography of Nikola Tesla, and the
second part presents his scientific work with the major inventions and with several
mockups that are used for demonstration purposes. The urn containing Nikola Tesla’s
ashes is kept in the Museum.
The Museum library contains 786 book holdings, 323 titles of periodicals, collection
with about 50,000 newspaper clippings, as well as major holdings of monographs and

serial publications about the life and work of Nikola Tesla and related areas from the
field of his work. The library materials are primarily used by the Museum staff, but also
by other users outside the Museum for elaboration of scientific works and studies. The
Museum also has its own publications – all the books published by the Museum are
about Nikola Tesla, his life and work and they were published in Serbian and in English.
It is possible to arrange a previously appointed specialized tour of the Museum with the
lectures of the curator for groups of over 10 persons. Souvenirs and photos, badges,
posters, a guide in English and in Serbian, and other publication of the Museum can be

bought in it.