Located at number 10/A Prince Alexander Karađorđević Boulevard,[1] the museum opened on 1 May 1950. The building is marked by a memorial plaque. A monument entitled Call of the Uprising, sculpted by Vojin Bakić, adorns the front of the building. It was closed in 2003, after the property was returned to the Ribnikar family.
History
The house was built in 1934 by Vladislav Ribnikar. Before the outbreak of WorldWarII, a shelter was buried in the back yard, and the building itself was prepared as a base for illegal operations. In the first years of the war, it hid illegals. and for some time was used by the Yugoslav Partisans (NOVJ).
In 1943, after Vladislav and his wife Jara departed with the Partisans, the house was confiscated and occupied by German officers.[citation needed]
After Yugoslavia was liberated at the end of WorldWarII, the Germans left the house empty and vandalized. Ribnikar gave the house to the Communist Party of Yugoslavia to form a museum.[citation needed]
In 2003, the museum was closed, and the property was returned to the Ribnikar family.[3] Also, in the same year, Ribnikar Fond decided to use old Museum building, and open new museum, called "Museum of Politika and Serbian press".[4][5]
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