Belgrade

Belgrade (Serbian, ???????, Beograd {{Audio|sr-Beograd.ogg|listen}}), is the capital of Serbia since 1404, Serbia and Montenegro (2003–Present) and Yugoslavia (1918–2003). The city lies on the outfall of the Sava river to the Danube river in northern central Serbia, at 44.83° N 20.50° E. The population of the Belgrade region 1,711,800 (2002 census.)

Museums

Some of the more prominent museums in Belgrade are:

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• National Museum (Trg Republike 1a) - An art museum with a collection of over 300,000 objects. Established in 1844. Closed for restoration at the moment (August 2005)
• Museum of Natural History - has more than 900.000 items related to nature.
• Museum of Contemporary Art (Usce bb) - Includes works of art produced in Yugoslavia since 1900, around 8540 objects.
• Etnographic Museum of Serbia (Studentski Trg 13) - Museum contains more than 160,000 items presenting rural and urban culture of the Balkans. Established in 1901.
• Nikola Tesla Museum (Krunska 52) - Museum preserves personal items of Nikola Tesla. Includes around 160,000 original documents and around 5,700 other items. Established in 1952.