King Nikola's Palace

Cetinje, Montenegro

King Nikola's Palace served for more than 50 years as the seat of the Montenegrin Royal family. In 1926 it became a museum, from 1980 it was one of the departments of National Museum of Montenegro.

The small palace was built from 1863 to 1867 in a simple style typical of Cetinje houses with certain elements of neoclassicism. The interiors were designed in style of Historicism and Art Nouveau.

In the entrance hall are exposed the Montenegrin crown jewels, which are the most popular exhibition of the National museum.

The Royal Garden was built in 1870 as a pine alley. Gardens were refurbished in 1971. There are many flower beds with crocuses, geraniums, tulips and rose and jasmine bushes.

In the back of garden there is cedar grove with domimant villa with small summer-house, which served fas a guest house for foreign visitors.

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Zmajeva, Cetinje, Montenegro
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Founded: 1863
Category: Palaces, manors and town halls in Montenegro

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4.4/5 (based on Google user reviews)

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Kinsley F. Nyce (5 months ago)
The museum is very basic. It is a cultural origin story. A country and people under attack and domination for centuries of foreign control and often brutal mismanagement as the Ottoman intrusions... presents at the museum a leader that managed a sessation to/of Ottoman domination and control. It is a very old old style of presentation and minimally engaging. If on a tour and with a hood guide ,,, even then it is at best a 3-5 minute interest that lasts much longer. Needs to be significantly refocused from pre 1900's style of swords on wals in boxes and must walled clothing etc. Nothing cessation alive.
Karim Mitha (6 months ago)
Really interesting royal Palace and amazing to see the decorated rooms. Was interesting to learn about the Montenegrin royals and their relationships with other European royal houses. Recommend taking the printed guide to learn about the rooms as it would explain the significance of each room. Prices were €8 for adults and €4 concession.
Michael Frank (13 months ago)
The museum is very nice and rather small, it will take you about 30 minutes. I recommend taking the printed guide (they have it in different languages): a lot of items don't have any descriptions.
MonnaInnominata (15 months ago)
Lovely place. Wr had a place to ourselves and enjoyed wondering around the palace. Lady at reception was friendly and took time to talk to us about the family and the history.
Vera Gordon (22 months ago)
Nice museum of the original house for King Nicholas and his family. The museum attempts to reconstruct the exact way the family used to live in the house. Different rooms allow visitors to have a glimpse of the royal daily life at the time. The museum also has a display of weaponry, clothing, coins, paintings and portraits, personal items, dinnerware, stamps and of course furniture of that period some even original from the house. The museum costs 5 euro per person to be paid in cash. We received a paper flyer in English describing the rooms which was helpful since the museum doesn’t have any write up in front of it in the rooms. We had to return the flyer upon exit. The museum is overall well maintained. One would start on the first floor with two large rooms to visit and then move up to the top floor with all family rooms and their intriguing history.
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