Museums & Galleries of Podgorica

Podgorica


Despite Cetinje nabbing most of the national endowment, Podgorica is well served by this collection of art, artefacts and folk costumes. There’s an interesting section on Podgorica’s history that includes antiquities exhumed from Doclea, its Roman incarnation, the remains of which are in the northern fringes of the modern city. Look out for Petar Lubarda's large canvas Titograd (1956) in the foyer.


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1. King's Park

0.15 MILES

Rejuvenated in 2013 with Azerbaijani money, this leafy riverside park is one of Podgorica's nicest, and has a great kids' playground.

2. Galerija Centar

0.25 MILES

This small gallery is a branch of Podgorica's Contemporary Art Centre; it regularly hosts temporary exhibitions by Montenegrin artists.

3. Nikola I Statue

0.27 MILES

A large equestrian statue of Nikola I struts grandly at the head of a lovely park with manicured hedges and mature trees.

4. Natural History Museum of Montenegro

0.32 MILES

This small but well set-up museum has informative displays of Montenegrin flora, fauna and fossils, including all the taxidermied birds, bears and baying…

5. Starodoganjska Mosque

0.34 MILES

You wouldn't know to look at it, but this unassuming-looking mosque has its origins in the 15th century. It's been renovated countless times, which…

6. Clock Tower

0.35 MILES

This blocky clock tower, overlooking the Stara Varoš square, was useful for signalling Muslim prayer times during the Ottoman era.

7. Ribnica Fortress

0.35 MILES

The ruin of this 15th-century Ottoman-built fortress guards the confluence of Podgorica's two rivers. Its best-preserved element is a little arched bridge…

8. Stara Varoš

0.37 MILES

Podgorica's oldest neighbourhood retains traces of the 400 years in which it was the centre of a bustling Ottoman Turkish town. The blocky clock tower…