National MuseumTopliceis a regionalnationalmuseum thatwas founded in1948in Prokupljeandtodayishousedin the building ofthe Old Post Office, in the main street, of a national heroRatkoPavlovicCicka. Thepart ofthearcheological collection isdedicated tothe Topliceuprisingof 1917andthe National Liberation Warduring World War II, ethnological collectionwith the citybehind, and two galleries. The buildingwhere themuseumis locatedwas builtin 1925andis protectedas a cultural monument. National MuseumToplicafrom 2009 participates in the manifestationMuseum Night, withsix projects. In recent years, under the leadershipof the Museumhavebeen archaeological investigationsat several sites.In July 2008, was discoveredthe remains ofRoman baths from thethird centuryBCinthe courtyard ofthe city’schurchof St. Procopius, and at the site ofthe causeway, which belongs tothe Vincaculture, traces of whichindicate thathere layoldestfound so far, the center of metallurgyin Europe. In earlyautumn 2009, construction began on thearchaeological parkwith the reconstruction ofa Neolithicvillageinthe Plocnik. Within the museum, todaythere aretwo galleries. One of them(Gallery of the National MuseumToplice) is located in themuseum buildingandbuiltin 1978, by adaptation and extensionof the museum building, inwhichparticipatedthe InstituteforProtection of Cultural Monumentsin Nis, and its collectionnow includesmore than 250works of art. Gallery“Boza Ilic”, is locatedin the city’spedestrian zone, JugBogdanovaStreetandformedin 1996, and since1998, theMuseumhashostedart colony“Memorial Boza Ilic” withinwhich is awardedtheprize“Boza Ilic”.