The exhibition offers a contemporary interpretation of one of the most significant figures in Serbian and Balkan cultural heritage. Through a combination of immersive exhibition design, original artefacts, and mixed-reality digital content, visitors will discover how Marko Mrnjavčević a historical ruler and Ottoman vassal—was transformed into “Kraljevic Marko”, the legendary hero of Serbian epic poetry.
Drawing on the rich legacy of Serbian epic poetry—one of Europe’s most important oral literary traditions the exhibition compares historical sources with epic songs created over more than five centuries across present day Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Bulgaria, Slovenia, and Romania. Through an interactive experience, visitors are invited to explore the relationship between history and myth and to consider how the ruler of a relatively small part of the former Serbian Empire became a towering figure of folk epic tradition.
Rather than canonising or demystifying Prince Marko, the exhibition seeks to encourage dialogue between the past and the present, historical fact and collective imagination, offering new generations a contemporary and accessible way to engage with one of the most complex heroes of our cultural heritage.
Supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia, the exhibition was developed in collaboration with the Ethnographic Museum by the Belgrade-based creative team Live View Studio—Marko Todorović, Jana Rodić, and Marko Savić with expert advisors Prof. Boško Suvajdžić, PhD, Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade, and Miloš Ivanović, PhD, Principal Research Fellow at the Institute of History.
