LIFE IN SERBIA ON THE EVE OF ELECTRIFICATION, 16th October – 10th December 2008.

Djure Jakšića 2

Exhibition by:
Museum of Science and Technology
Gallery of Science and Technology SASA

Authors of the exhibition: Zorica Civrić and Daniela Pejović
Design of the exhibition: Darko Nedeljković 

This exhibition is organized on the occasion of the Museum day. On the same day is the 115^th anniversary of the first public power plant in Belgrade (Serbia), which provided electricity for city center, for households and street lighting. On the spot of this first plant, in 51 Skender-begova Street, today is the Museum of Science and Technology.

The exhibition scene revives the city house ambient from the 1920ies. At the end of 19^th century, home space structure as we know it today was defined. Home activities, which were later significantly changed and fulfilled in higher quality way due to electrification, are represented with 110 items from 9 Museum collections. These items are displayed to the public for the first time.

The exhibition catalogue reveals the period of early industrialization, which provided conditions for electrification of Serbia. The process of transformation and modernization of Serbia until the electrification would not be properly understood, neither evaluated, without comprehension of social history in general – political, legal, cultural and social, as well as without perception of ways of socio-cultural formations and transformations of the society. Heroes of this process are people whose social features, cultural particularity, way of life, habits and customs defined a speed and direction of this makeover.