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Rodna kuća Ive Andrića

179 m to city center

Description

The Ivo Andrić Memorial Museum is set in Travnik's Zenjak quarter, in a house where, on 9 October 1892, the only Nobel laureate in literature from the former Yugoslavia was born. The house was reconstructed in 1974 and arranged as a memorial museum dedicated to the great writer's life and work. The permanent display includes the Birth Room, a room devoted to the novel "Bosnian Chronicle", a photo archive with images from the Nobel Prize ceremony, and a library of Andrić's works in Bosnian and many translations.

The museum also hosts the "Open Literary Atelier", with workshops, lectures and chamber concerts, and in 2002 a Regional Literary Collection was established. With the 2021 renovation of the ground level, a restaurant and the small "Ex Ponto" gallery were added. A visit here is a journey into the world of the writer who placed his native Travnik forever on the world's literary map.

Opening hours: daily 9:30 am–5:00 pm
Ticket: about 4–5 KM (group and student discounts)
Expert guiding from the literature curator

Cultural Heritage

Birthplace of the only Yugoslav-era Nobel laureate in literature
Andrić's opus: 17 books translated into 43 languages
Ivo Andrić was born in this house on 9 October 1892
The house was reconstructed and opened as a museum in 1974

Activities

Tour the permanent display on Andrić's life and work
See the Birth Room and the "Bosnian Chronicle" room
Attend literary workshops and chamber concerts
View the photo archive from the Nobel Prize ceremony

Ivo Andrić’s birthplace is located in Travnik, the town he later immortalized in his famous novel Bosnian Chronicle (Travnička hronika). Today, the house serves as a memorial museum dedicated to Bosnia and Herzegovina’s only Nobel Prize-winning author. Travnička hronika. Danas je pretvorena u memorijalni muzej posvećen jedinom bosanskohercegovačkom nobelovcu.