Museum of Perast

Perast museum was founded by Perast Municipal Council on February 28th 1937. The Museum collection had been gathered mostly by donation of the inhabitants of Perast, descendants of famous families from Perast, during the second half of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century.

Apart from the portraits of famous seamen from Perast, arms and other exhibits from the history of Perast, there had been archival material of Perast municipality dating back to 1441. The Museum was housed in Perast Town hall, on the square next to Saint Nicholas church. The Museum space was enlarged in 1948 when one part of the collection related to Captain Marko Martinović was exhibited in one house at the end Perast, on the occasion of the 250th 'anniversary of his instructing the Russian boyars the naval skills in Perast.