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Ninety seconds on the Perast Museum (Bujović Palace)
Yes, entry is ticketed, with reduced rates for children up to 12 and for groups of more than 10. Holders of an ICOM card and accredited journalists go in free. The operator, Muzeji Kotor, also sells a common ticket that pairs the museum with its Roman Mosaics.
As of 2026, from 15 April to 15 October it opens Tuesday to Sunday, 8am to 8pm, and outside that season Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 4pm. Mondays are closed all year. So are the whole of January, Orthodox Easter, 1 May and 13 and 14 November.
Not without permission. The museum allows no photographs without special approval, so the request goes to the desk on arrival, before any camera comes out. The rule is the operator's own, published with its hours and admission terms.
Partly. Of about 2000 objects, the maritime pieces fill the ground floor: model ships, navigational aids, charts and part of the weapons. The salon on the first floor introduces the town's leading figures in portraits, among them the sea captains Matija Zmajević and Vicko Bujović. The whole collection sits in the 17th-century Bujović Palace.
Small and right on the quay, the museum in the Bujović Palace lets you inside a palace built for a Perast captain: a recreated captain's salon, ship models, portraits of the town's seafarers and a balcony with a panoramic view over the water.
Before you go in, look up at the front. The ground floor opens onto the quay through five rusticated arches, with balustrades and several balconies above, and the walls carry coats of arms and Latin inscriptions for the Bujović family. The palace was built in 1694 for Vicko Bujović, a Perast captain.
Inside, the collection runs to about 2000 objects. Beyond the ship models it keeps furniture, traditional costumes and documents from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries, along with exhibits on the town's history and its notable figures.
Bujović himself hangs among the portraits of the town's sea captains, so the man named on the front of the building is also on the wall inside.
Half an hour to an hour is enough here. The museum is small, so one unhurried pass through all the rooms covers it.
Inside, look for the ship models, the charts and instruments, the arms collection and the portraits of Perast's seafarers. One room is set out as a recreated captain's salon, showing how the town's leading families lived.
Save the balcony for last. The museum stands on the waterfront, so from the first floor you look straight out over the water.
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