Spend the Day Strolling Through Sarajevo Museums

Museum of Optical Illusions

Walking towards the city center from National and Historical Museums, will take you to The Museum of Optical Illusions, which is located in Skenderija St.

For visitors of all generations, this Museum offers a fun and educational trip into the fantastic world of illusions.

Among the more than a hundred exhibits are those created by young Sarajevo artists, who promote BH culture and tradition, such as 3D Vučko - the mascot of the Winter Olympics in 1984, as well as the 3D walk through the streets of Sarajevo.

Museum of Literature and Performing Arts

The next recommended visit is to the Museum of Literature and Performing Arts of BiH, which features one of the most beautiful gardens in Sarajevo.

It is located in the heart of the city, in an old family house built in the middle of the 19th century, a cultural and historical monument of the first category.

The museum collects, preserves and presents material from the history of literature and theater in BiH.

Museum Sarajevo 1878 - 1918

From the Museum of Literature and Performing Arts, head past the Hotel Europe and the Tašlihan National Monument, and the famous Gazi Husrev-beg Bezistan, and in a few minutes you will reach the Museum Sarajevo 1878-1918.

The permanent exhibition of this museum shows Sarajevo during the Austro-Hungarian rule, from 1878 to 1918.

The museum is located in the building of the former Schiller's shop, in front of which the Sarajevo assassination took place on June 28, 1914. That murder of the Austro-Hungarian heir to the throne Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sofia, committed by the young revolutionary Gavrilo Princip, was the trigger for the series of events which led to the outbreak of the Great War (WW I).

Crossing the nearby Latin Bridge, you can enjoy At Mejdan Park, which in the second half of the 15th century served as a place for horse trade and a hippodrome.

Museum of War Childhood

We suggest that from Sarajevo Museum 1878 - 1918 through Gazi Husrev-beg St. (the popular Zlatarska or Goldsmiths Street), you head towards Slatko ćoše and the place Sarajevo Meeting of Cultures, and then walk uphill, along Logavina Street to the War Childhood Museum.

This unique Museum tells interesting and moving stories about what it was like for children to grow up during the war that raged from 1992 to 1996 in BiH.

This Museum is the winner of one of the most prestigious awards in the museum industry - the Museum Awards of the Council of Europe for 2018.

Svrzo's house

In the neighboring Glođina Street, there is Svrzo's House (Svrzina kuća), an annex of the Museum of Sarajevo institution, and one of the best-preserved examples of an authentic residential architecture from the Ottoman period in BiH. The best feature of this house is its stunning cobbled courtyard.

After ending this walk through the Sarajevo museums, you can go down Baščaršija for a lunch or coffee in just minutes, or climb through mahalas (traditional neighborhoods) to one of Sarajevo’s vantage points and enjoy spectacular views of the city.