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Museum of crimes against humanity and genocide
Museum of crimes against humanity and genocide symbolically and illustratively shows the extent of crimes as well as the character of crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Museum has a rich archive of materials and offers a multidisciplinary approach to research and understanding of events in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992 - 1995 period.

The Museum was founded in July of 2016., and represents the first project, after the ending of war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where the biggest crimes committed in Europe after the World War II are shown in one place. It also shows personal experiences and fate of all categories of war victims; detainees, missing persons, sexually abused persons, children, elders and weak persons.

The Museum started as an idea of group of young people who wanted to be a part of presenting the truth about the crimes and genocide and preserve the memories of all the victims of the sanguinary war that took place on the teritory of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the early 90's of the 20th century.

This museum is also open for students and investigators of war crimes. It provides access to rare and very interesting documents on crimes and genocide committed during the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. All content is available to visitors in BCS and English language.

Exhibition
The permanent establishment of the museum is divided into 12 thematic units. Civilian casualties and crimes committed during the last war in Bosnia and Herzegovina are presented through photographs, documents, personal objects, replicas, simulations, interactive maps, video testimonies, documentaries... Among the exhibits are also messages exchanged through the Red Cross, as well as personal objects of victims found in mass graves.

The content of the museum includes the following: Archive and Exhibition of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY):
 * Crimes against humanity


 * Mass graves and missing persons


 * Concentration camps and detainees


 * Crimes committed against children


 * Genocide in Srebrenica


 * Minefields


 * Video testimonies of victims of war


 * Documentary movies (ICTY and domestic production)


 * Destroying of cultural Heritage......

Museum is located in Sarajevo, S.H. Muvekita 11/1, and for visitors it is open everyday (April/October 09:00-21:00, November/March 09:00-18:00).