Daily Life of a Displaced Museum
Daily Life of a Displaced Museum

Activities of the Museum of Perast Following the 1979 Earthquake in Montenegro

Summary/Abstract: This paper focusses on the ways in which the Museum of Perast functioned in the period after the 1979 earthquake, which could be seen as a Time of the Museum without Museum. Most of the historical and cultural monuments were damaged, which resulted in the establishment of institutions and the creation of laws for their restoration and protection. In 1984 the Museum was closed for restoration, which resulted in the museum artifacts being stored in the Kotor Historical Archives and the Municipality office building as well as in the storage of the textile factory “Jadran” in Perast. The museum staff continued to work in the Kotor Municipality building, collecting and classifying the museum artifacts and their documentation.

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