Editing Sarajevo (section)

===Museums===
[[File:National Museum of BiH Aerial.JPG|thumb|left|The [[National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina]] houses many important historical items from Bosnia and Herzegovina]]

Sarajevo is rich in museums, including the [[Museum of Sarajevo 1878–1918|Museum of Sarajevo]], the [[Ars Aevi]] Museum of Contemporary Art, [[Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina]], The Museum of Literature and Theatre Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the [[National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina]] (established in 1888) home to the [[Sarajevo Haggadah]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sarajevo.net/haggadah/ |access-date=13 April 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100425141127/http://www.sarajevo.net/haggadah |archive-date=25 April 2010 |title=Sarajevo.net Museum: The Sarajevo Haggadah}}</ref> an [[illuminated manuscript]] and the oldest [[Sephardi Jews|Sephardic Jewish]] document in the world<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/memory-of-the-world/register/full-list-of-registered-heritage/registered-heritage-page-8/the-sarajevo-haggadah-manuscript/ |title=The Sarajevo Haggadah manuscript {{!}} United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |website=www.unesco.org |access-date=2020-02-04 |archive-date=4 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204205416/http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/memory-of-the-world/register/full-list-of-registered-heritage/registered-heritage-page-8/the-sarajevo-haggadah-manuscript/ |url-status=live }}</ref> issued in [[Barcelona]] around 1350, containing the traditional Jewish [[Haggadah]], is on permanent display at the museum. It is the only remaining illustrated [[Sephardi Jews|Sephardic]] [[Sarajevo Haggadah|Haggadah]] in the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://haggadah.ba/?x=1 |title=Haggadah.ba – About the Sarajevo Haggadah |publisher=Haggadah.ba |access-date=28 March 2012 |archive-date=19 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200419064734/http://haggadah.ba/?x=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> The National Museum also hosts year-round exhibitions about local, regional and international culture and history, and exhibits over 5,000 artifacts from Bosnia's history.

[[File:MuzejSarajevo1878-1918.JPG|thumb|175px|The [[Museum of Sarajevo 1878–1918]]]]

The [[Alija Izetbegović]] Museum was opened on 19 October 2007 and is in the old town fort, more specifically in the [[Vratnik (Sarajevo)|Vratnik]] Kapija towers Ploča and Širokac. The museum is a commemoration of the influence and body of work of Alija Izetbegović, the first [[Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina|president of the Presidency]] of the [[Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]. Sarajevo is also home to the [[War Childhood Museum]], an independent not-for-profit museum containing personal belongings from the war and showing stories behind them. In addition, in 2018, the museum won the [[European Museum of the Year Award#Council of Europe Museum Prize winners (1977–)|Council of Europe Museum Prize award]] for best museum.<ref>{{Cite web |title=EMYA 2018: THE WINNERS |url=https://www.europeanforum.museum/en/news/emya-twenty-eighteen/ |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=www.europeanforum.museum |language=en |archive-date=12 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221012194349/https://www.europeanforum.museum/en/news/emya-twenty-eighteen/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[File:Sarajevo, Baščaršija II.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Bosniak Institute]], containing collections of the history of [[Bosniaks]]]]

The city also hosts the [[Sarajevo National Theatre]], established in 1921, and the [[Sarajevo Youth Theatre]]. Some other [[cultural institution]]s include the Center for Sarajevo Culture, [[National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Sarajevo City Library]], [[National Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina]], and the [[Bosniak Institute]], a privately owned library and art collection focusing on Bosniak history.

Demolitions associated with the war, as well as reconstruction, destroyed several institutions and cultural or [[religious symbol]]s including the [[Gazi Husrev-beg Library]], the national library, the [[Oriental Institute in Sarajevo|Sarajevo Oriental Institute]], and a museum dedicated to the [[1984 Winter Olympics]]. Consequently, the different levels of government established strong cultural protection laws and institutions.<ref>Perlez, Jane (12 August 1996). [https://www.nytimes.com/specials/bosnia/context/0812yugo-bosnia-sara.html Ruins of Sarajevo Library Is Symbol of a Shattered Culture] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329035604/http://www.nytimes.com/specials/bosnia/context/0812yugo-bosnia-sara.html |date=29 March 2017 }} ''The New York Times''.</ref> Bodies charged with cultural preservation in Sarajevo include the Institute for the Protection of the Cultural, Historical and [[Cultural heritage|Natural Heritage]] of Bosnia and Herzegovina (and their Sarajevo Canton counterpart)<!--this is confusing-->, and the Bosnia and Herzegovina Commission to Preserve National Monuments.