Muzej književnosti i pozorišne umjetnosti Bosne i Hercegovine iz perspektive inozemnih znanstvenih istraživanja
The Museum of Literature and Performing Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina from the Perspective of Foreign Scholarly Research

Summary/Abstract: This paper presents the developmental trajectories, institutional dy namics, and cultural role of the Museum of Literature and Performing Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with particular emphasis on its position within the con temporary political and social context. The Museum is portrayed as an exception ally valuable yet institutionally vulnerable institution. The work is based on the author’s years of personal research experience, including fieldwork and ongoing collaboration with the institution. It demonstrates how the Museum, despite pro longed financial and staffing instability, has maintained its internal vitality and continuity in collecting, processing, and interpreting literary and theatrical mate rials. The paper draws attention to the importance of its collections as a source for understanding cultural processes, identity negotiations, and the literary history of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It also highlights the Museum’s potential as a space for encounter, dialogue, and interpretation, offering wide ranging opportunities for both domestic and international research. The text may also be read as an ap peal to the scholarly and professional community – an invitation to take greater interest in this institution and its holdings, which offer rich research potential for the study of identity, cultural policy, and historiographical questions relating to Bosnian and Herzegovinian culture.

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