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War Childhood Museum
The War Childhood Museum is a history museum at Logavina 32 in Sarajevo’s old town, documenting childhoods affected by war through personal objects and first-person testimony.
What the museum does
The War Childhood Museum examines war through the possessions and memories of people who were children during it. Opened in Sarajevo in 2017, its permanent exhibition grew from the War Childhood project and focuses on individual experience rather than military chronology.
Objects, photographs, letters, drawings, audio and video testimonies are paired with their owners’ stories. Read the labels closely: the connection between an ordinary item and its testimony is the point of the visit.
The collection
The Sarajevo collection addresses childhoods shaped by the 1992–95 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The museum’s wider work also documents childhood affected by conflict in other places, so temporary displays may extend beyond Sarajevo.
Expect an intimate, reflective museum rather than a conventional war museum. The subject is serious and can be emotionally demanding, but the presentation centres personal voices and everyday material.
Location and arrival
The museum stands at Logavina 32, uphill from Sarajevo’s historic centre in Stari Grad. It is walkable from both the Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque and the Sacred Heart Cathedral.
- Nearest tram stops: Baščaršija and Katedrala.
- By car: parking in the historic centre is limited.
- On foot: allow for the uphill approach on Logavina.
Hours and tickets
It is open daily 11:00–19:00, with last entry at 18:30. Adult admission is 15 KM; university students pay 12 KM, visitors aged 6–17 pay 7 KM, and children aged five and under enter free. A family pass costs 35 KM.
Individual visitors can buy tickets online or at the museum. Groups of ten or more must arrange their visit in advance. Entry is free on the last Thursday of each month from 17:00 to 19:00.
The museum closes on 1 January, 1 March, 1 May and 25 November; it closes at 16:00 on 31 December.
Access and visiting with children
There are two steps at the entrance. The disability lift is currently out of service, so visitors who need mobility assistance should contact the museum before arriving. The exhibition areas and toilet are otherwise designed for wheelchair users and strollers.
Mobile guides are available in English and several other languages via a QR code. Families can use age-adapted interactive guides for children aged four and above; a children’s corner has drawing materials and books.
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