If we were to pick the brightest gems from the treasure trove of material and intangible heritage kept in the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, there is no way we could leave out the illuminated Jewish codex known around the world as the Sarajevo Haggadah. The haggadah (Hebrew for story, account) is a collection of religious rules and traditions arranged into the order of the Seder observed on Passover, the holiday celebrating the liberation of the Jews from slavery in Egypt.
Botanički vrt osnovan je 1912/13. godine pod rukovodstvom poznatog botaničara Karla Malija (Malý) (1874.–1951.). Vremenom je mijenjao svoju fizionomiju, ali mu je koncepcija, uz manje izmjene, i do danas ostala onakva kakva je bila na početku.