Public Institution the
Public Library “Branko Radičević” is located in the town’s center, in the
building which has been built in 1896 and which is the oldest object in
Derventa. The building has been proclaimed as the cultural monument and it is
under the protection of the State.
The Public Institution comprises of the library and a
museum collection. The Library is located on the ground floor of the building
occupying the space of 320 m2, and it is divided in an adult readers
section, the section for the children up to 14 years and a homeland collection.
The Library owns general and study reading room with computers and daily
newspapers. The library fond reaches about 38,000 books, while it has approximately
2,000 readers annually.
The first reading room in Derventa was founded in
1888; in the period between two wars there was a smaller Derventa municipality
library, while the first library was founded in 1945.
The museum collection consists of ethnological, archeological
and historical corpus, and can be seen on a daily basis on a permanent exhibition,
on the first floor of the building.
The Institution hosts
literary gatherings, book promotions, painting exhibitions, student
competitions in reciting, film programs, courses etc. while the Night of the
Museums is held in May.
Public Institution the
Public Library “Branko Radičević”
Trg oslobođenja 2, 74 400 Derventa
00 387 (0)53 332 961