Gifted Items and Other Methods of Completing the Collections of Department for Ethnology of the National Museum B&H (2005–2017)

Abstract

The article deals with gifted items that the citizens of Sarajevo and other cities of Bosnia and Herzegovina have given to the Department of Ethnology of the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the last twelve years. The items that were gifted have largely contributed to the contents completion of existing collections of the Department of Ethnology. Many individuals were motivated by different motifs, and at various occasions gave the Museum items from their family legacy. Considering that the systematic purchase of items is minimized, today, citizen’s gifts are the most common way of completing museum collections.