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Nikola Tesla called the age in which he lived the age of electricity. His inventions and discoveries are largely the result of his research of these natural phenomena, which also defined the title of the exhibition.

The exhibition follows Tesla's life and work chronologically and is documented according to subjects. It covers the following segments:

• Origins and family, schooling (Gospić, Karlovac, Gratz, Prague)

• Employment in Europe (Budapest, Paris, Strasbourg)

• First years of his work in the US

• Scientific contribution according to fields

• Most important recognitions

• Tesla's legacy in the Nikola Tesla Museum in Belgrade

Tesla's inventions and discoveries belong to the fields of electro technology (energetics, high voltage technology, radio technology, wireless remote control), and machine engineering.

Tesla's invention of the rotating magnetic field in 1882 gave birth to the induction motor, and introduced the new technology ofpower transmission to large distances based on polyphase alternating currents. Tesla's work in energetics is marked by his cooperation with George Westinghouse, which resulted in the application of Tesla's inventions in the Niagara Falls power plant. It was put in operation on November 15, 1896, and out of a total of 13 patents applied in the transportation and distribution system, 9belong to Nikola Tesla.

In the field of high voltage currents, radio technology, and wireless remote control, Tesla's contribution covers the discovery of the device that became known as Tesla's transformer, in 1891, the definition of the basic principles of radio in 1893, the discovery of the antenna-earth system in 1892 and of the system of four resonant circuits in 1897, the invention of the remote control using radio waves in 1898, the discovery of the high power, high frequency current generator in 1899, the establishing of the laws of transfer of energy through the Earth in 1899-1900.

In the field of machine engineering, Tesla discovered the new principle of energy transfer from and to fluid, and applied it to pumps, bladeless turbines, compressors and ventilators. The discovery that he envisioned at the beginning of 1902 was applied byhim in practice five years later.

Tesla received numerous recognitions for his immeasurable contributions to science, and one part of the exhibition is dedicated to those recognitions. In 1960, the unit for magnetic induction in the International System of Units was named tesla. Since October 16, 2003, the archive materials from Tesla's legacy, kept in the Museum, are a part of the UNESCO international registry of documentation "Memory of the World", in order to be preserved from oblivion and protected for the benefit of all mankind.

Content of the exhibition

“Tesla's Wonderful World of Electricity”

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Tesla's contributions to each field are individually illustrated with the following reference materials:

Roll-up banners (100 x 200 cm): 44 picies

the basic patents, photographs of the devices based on the principle protected by the patent, the laboratories where the experiments were performed (New York, Colorado Springs, Long Island), and journal notes (during his work in the Edison's machine factory in 1884, and in Colorado Springs in 1899)

Scale models:

•scale model of the Hydroelectric Power Station on the Niagara River

•scale model of Nikola Tesla's Long Island Laboratory at Wardenclyffe

•scale model of Tesla's laboratory in Colorado Springs

•scale model of Tesla's plane with vertical takeoff

Interactive models of the famous Tesla’s inventions:

•model of the Induction motor with an egg-shaped rotor, best known as Tesla’s Egg of Columbus

•model of the Induction motor with the plate type rotor

•model of Tesla's transformer (Tesla Coil)

•Tesla's Pump

•Tesla Fan

•Model of the Remote Controlled Boat

•Levitation Model

Film Tesla's Wonderful Laboratory at Long Island

3D animations and computer simulations of Tesla's most notable inventions. In this film, using the basic architectural layout ofthe laboratory and tower at Long Island, and the 6 last remaining photographs from Tesla's personal archives, made by Dixon Alley, photographer from the Photo Studio Tonnele & Co, Tesla’s Long Island laboratory has been recreated as it stood in September 1902.

Content of the exhibition

“Tesla's Wonderful World of Electricity”

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Crates with exhibition models and panels

22 crates,1600kg, volume 10m3 (approximately)

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Scale model of the Hydroelectric Power Station

on the Niagara River

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Scale model of the laboratory in Colorado Springs

Scale model of the laboratory in Colorado Springs

Scale model of the laboratory in Colorado Springs

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Scale model of the Long Island Laboratory

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Scale model of the plane with vertical takeoff

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Model of the Induction motor with the plate type rotor

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Model of the Induction motor with an egg-shaped rotor

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Model of Tesla's transformer

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Model of Tesla's pump

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Model of the Tesla Fan

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Model of the Remote Controlled BoatModel of the Remote Controlled BoatModel of the Remote Controlled Boat

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Levitation Model

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View of the exhibition

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Exhibition visitors