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Muzej Šibica

Sremski Karlovci, Serbia

A Museum with a collection of 40,000 matchboxes.  

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Muzej Šibica (Museum of Matches) is a unique museum located in Sremski Karlovci and has a collection of 40,000 matchboxes from all over the world. Jasna Novak, late actress, started collecting the matchboxes in the 1950s, but her stepdaughter Jovana Popović Benišek expanded the collection and opened the museum in 2014. The oldest boxes are from Japan, 170 years old. Museum has an ambition to become a cultural center, to have more art related exhibitions, concerts, and book nights. 

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The museum is located in Mitropolita Stratimirovića street in Sremski Karlovci. Working hours are Thursday to Sunday from 10am to 6 pm.

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