Located at number 10/A Prince Alexander Karađorđević Boulevard,[1] the museum opened on 1 May 1950. The building is marked by amemorial plaque. A monument entitledCall of the Uprising, sculpted byVojin Bakić, adorns the front of the building. It was closed in 2003, after the property was returned to the Ribnikar family.
The house was built in 1934 byVladislav Ribnikar. Before the outbreak ofWorld War II, a shelter was buried in the back yard, and the building itself was prepared as a base for illegal operations. In the first years of the war, it hid illegals. and for some time was used by theYugoslav Partisans (NOVJ).
In 1943, after Vladislav and his wifeJara departed with the Partisans, the house was confiscated and occupied by German officers.[citation needed]
After Yugoslavia was liberated at the end of World War II, the Germans left the house empty and vandalized. Ribnikar gave the house to the Communist Party of Yugoslavia to form amuseum.[citation needed]
In 2003, the museum was closed, and the property was returned to the Ribnikar family.[3] Also, in the same year, Ribnikar Fond decided to use old Museum building, and open new museum, called "Museum ofPolitika and Serbian press".[4][5]
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