Staff Unpaid, Buildings Unheated as Bosnia’s National Museums Struggle to Survive
From Zoe Larkins at The Art Newspaper:
The National Museum, which was founded in 1888, is open to the public “for now”, said Andrijana Pravidur, a curator at the institution, in a statement issued on 2 March. Employees have not been paid in seven months and endure “almost impossible working conditions”.
The National Gallery closed to the public last September. It had been without a director and chief financial officer since May. The Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, also in Sarajevo, was forced to shut its doors on 4 January after running out of money for maintenance and heating. Staff at both institutions have worked without pay since the respective closures.
The National and University Library, which has had no heating since early January, is next on the list of anticipated closures.