Location: Mostar
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The 10 Best Museums in Mostar, Herzegovina-Neretva Canton
Mostar (Serbo-Croatian pronunciation: [mǒstaːr]) is a city and municipality in southern Bosnia and Herzegovina. Inhabited by 105,797 people, it is the most important city in the Herzegovina region, its cultural capital, and the center of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation. Mostar is situated on the Neretva River and is the fifth-largest city in the country. Mostar was named after the bridge keepers (mostari) who in the medieval times guarded the Stari Most (Old Bridge) over the Neretva. The Old Bridge, built by the Ottomans in the 16th century, is one of Bosnia and Herzegovina's most recognizable landmarks, and is considered one of the most exemplary pieces of Islamic architecture in the Balkans.
Restaurants in Mostar
1. Art Studio Pandur
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5.0 based on 25 reviews
Art Studio Pandur is copperwork gallery where you can find only originally made art pieces and souvenirs affordable for everyone. Art Studio Pandur has been established in 1965, and has strong tradition in which you can enjoy all year long. At the site you can explore the process of work, as well as to see work demonstration.
2. Bosnaseum
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5.0 based on 44 reviews
Bosnaseum has a goal to present whole Bosnian culture and history in one place. With more than 800 square meters of area you can feel Bosnian history as nowhere else.
Reviewed By 628sanelap
The Bosnaseum museum is very interesting, showing the history, culture, tradition of all peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It also shows the war period in Mostar(exhibition of war photographs, a short movie about the destruction of the Old bridge). A very useful time spent visiting Mostar.
3. War Photo Exhibition
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4.5 based on 102 reviews
Reviewed By Jasper_Rees01 - Burley, United Kingdom
Moving, powerful and informative. A great way to get a historical and emotional snapshot of the war in Mostar from the perspective of a New Zealand photo-journalist who was living there at the time. Haunting to put the pictures in perspective, as many of the streets and buildings pictured will be familiar to you if you have spent the day wondering in Mostar. Cheap and takes 20-40 mins - leave a donation - they deserve it.
4. Museum of War and Genocide Victims 1992-1995
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4.5 based on 159 reviews
The museum explains what happened during the 1992-1995 war, with all its brutality - genocide,concentration camps,mass graves,crimes against children...The Museum shows personal belongings and statements of victims, personal items exhumed from mass graves, photos, testimonies, court evidences, documentaries, etc.
Reviewed By 618boba - Stockport, United Kingdom
A sister museum to the one in Sarajevo, this museum is very similar in how it tells the story of ethnic cleansing in Bosnia during the 1990s along with references to the siege of Sarajevo. In places it can be really harrowing, especially some of the video exhibits, however it is worth sticking through this to get a clearer view of what happened and why it should never happen again. Really well executed and very informative. You can spend a couple of hours here easily reading and soaking up the information.
5. Old Bridge Museum
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4.5 based on 14 reviews
Reviewed By mlorahga - Augusta, United States
My main purpose for visiting Mostar was to see the famous bridge crossing. Built in the 1560's by the Ottomans as a way of securing and controlling the trade routes, the bridge was an engineering and architectural marvel. It was destroyed in 1993 and subsequently rebuilt in the same way as the original, by an international coalition. I spent a lot of time in the Old Bridge Museum located in one of the fortifications studying the reconstruction design drawings. What amazing engineering.
6. Bosnian National Monument Muslibegovic House
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4.0 based on 84 reviews
7. Museum of Herzegovina
8. The Hamam Museum
9. Art gallery MasteR
10. Claire Noel
Welcome to Claire Noel's Art Gallery. We sell paintings, custom made illustrations, jewellery for both women and men, personalised gifts, gifts for children etc. We specialize in HANDMADE gifts, Angel paintings, memorial keepsake pendants and portrait illustrations. Welcome to peek inside and get a perfect unique gift for someone special.
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