National Museum of Kruševac
The National Museum of Kruševac was founded on 19th December 1951. During six decades of its existence, it has been developed into a museum which treasures more than twenty-three thousand exhibits, gathered in seven collections: archaeology, history, numismatics, nature, ethnology, cultural history and fine arts. The Museum encompasses five buildings: the main building in the Lazar City, Memorial Complex Slobodište, Art Gallery, Old Menzulana (horse-exchange post) and The Simić House.
The main building of the Museum was erected in 1863, as the second facility ever in Serbia constructed as a Gymnasium building. The annex was added in 1908, and it has been a museum since 1964. The museum reconstruction and adaptation were completed in 2011 and 2012.
The bronze statuette of a Roman was found during archaeological research of the Lazar City. The statuette represents a young Roman dressed in toga, holding a spear in his right arm, and a scroll or a money bag in the left. The exhibit comes from the fourth century A.D.
During the conservation of the church of the Holy Ghost in Stalać City, a golden coin was discovered in the church foundation – a solidus of Constantine VII and Roman I. The coin was forged in Constantinople and represents one of the most important numismatic findings, witnessing the rise of cash influx to Serbia during the first half of the tenth century A.D.
A parade officer sabre belonged to the infantry second lieutenant Dragobrat Ž. Petrović (1909-1931) from Kruševac. Upon formation of Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, all the officers received the sabres with ornate knuckleguard and the basket decorated with the coat of arms of the newly-formed country. The name of the supplier "OFFICERS COOPERATIVE" is engraved on the blade, incorporating the Kingdom coat of arms. The exhibit comes from the legacy of the academician Vladan Đorđević, and makes a part of the cultural history collection.
The academician Vladan Đorđević has also donated to the Kruševac Museum a pair of silver officer shoulder marks which once belonged to his grandfather, a cavalry major Živojin M. Petrović (1880-1914). The exhibit is kept within the cultural history collection.
Motifs on the stamps: Stamp face value 22,00 RSD - statuette of a Roman, bronze, 4. century A.D.; motif on the vignette Byzantine gold coin, the first half of the 10th century A.D. Stamp face value 55,00 RSD - A parade officer sabre, the firs half of the 20th century A.D.
