Museum of Contemporary Art

The Museum of Contemporary Art sits at Ušće 10 in Ušće Park in Novi Beograd, Belgrade, Serbia, on the bank near the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers. The white modernist building dates from 1965 and was designed by the architects Ivan Antić and Ivanka Raspopović; the building is itself a major exhibit and a landmark of Yugoslav modernism. Inside, the collection follows Yugoslav art from 1900 onward, with painting, sculpture, graphic work and installations arranged across open, light-filled galleries. Temporary exhibitions complement the permanent displays, so the programme changes through the year. A full ticket costs about 600 RSD, with 300 RSD for students, pupils and retirees; children pay 300 RSD, and preschool children enter free. The museum is open daily 11:00-19:00 except Tuesday, with Thursday and Saturday running 12:00-20:00, and the website lists holiday hours. A visit usually takes one and a half to two hours. Many visitors combine it with a walk through Ušće Park, where the lawns and paths lead to a viewpoint over the confluence. The park is also a good place for photographs of the museum's clean lines against the sky. Weekday afternoons are the quietest, while weekends bring families to the park. The museum is about a 20-minute walk across the Sava from Brankov most, or it can be reached by bus to the stop Ušće. Visitors should check which galleries are open during changeovers, since parts of the building may close between exhibitions. The riverside setting makes the visit especially pleasant in spring and early autumn, when the park is green and the walk from the city centre is comfortable.