Belgrade Theatre Commission (number 219163). The Belgrade acquired its name in recognition and thanks for a gift of timber from the Yugoslavian (today Serbian) capital city of Belgrade (Coventry's official sister city), that was used extensively in the construction of the auditorium. Since opening in 1958, the theatre has established itself as a centre for the new and innovative productions. Having pioneered the Theatre-in-Education movement in the 1960s the theatre continues to work with disadvantaged young people and uses drama as a tool to develop personal and social skills. Their most successful programme "Acting Out" has been commissioned by Coventry's LEA for
Belgrade City Museum Belgrade City Museum The Belgrade City Museum was founded in 1903. It has got numerous paintings by Serbian painters Paja Jovanović, Sava Šumanović, Uroš Predić, Nadežda Petrović, Petar Lubarda.. etc. Foreign paintings and graphics such as Albrecht Dürer, Miklós Barabás, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, etc. Belgrade City Museum has over 2500 paintings,graphics,aquarels and drawings. Belgrade City Museum collections are: The museum also operates an outpost in, and documenting, the former Banjica concentration camp. City awarded the former military building in the "Resavska Steet", and the adjoining lot, for the future location of the Belgrade City Museum. The representative edifice was built in