The Tesla coil
Throwing sparks.
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A science museum devoted to the life and work of the inventor Nikola Tesla, in an elegant 1927 villa in central Belgrade. It was founded in 1952 after Tesla's belongings were shipped over from New York, and it also holds the urn with his ashes. The collection counts more than 160,000 original documents along with thousands of books, photographs, instruments and technical drawings, and in 2003 the Tesla archive was added to UNESCO's Memory of the World register for its role in the electrification of the world. Visits are by guided tour of about 45 minutes, in which the guide runs working models of Tesla's inventions, most famously a Tesla coil throwing electric sparks, and the alternating-current motors that changed the world; visitors join in some of the experiments. The English tour costs RSD 800, tours start on the hour, payment is in Serbian dinars and cash only, and it is open Monday 10:00–18:00 and Tuesday to Sunday 10:00–20:00, per the museum's official site. Arrive 15 minutes before your tour, as the museum is small and fills up.
Throwing sparks.
That changed the world.
Memory of the World.
Krunska 51, Vračar, Belgrade
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