We are currently laying down a basis for the development of a strategy for building a modern concept of legacies within the cultural policy of the Republic of Serbia. Improvement of the concepts of legacy and endowment activities in general, as part of cultural heritage, is of incomparable importance for the cultural policy of the Republic of Serbia. As an inseparable segment of the universal cultural matrix, legacies share the fate of society as well as the challenges that museums, galleries, libraries and archives face today. Based on the state of legacy in Serbia, we have mapped key problems in this area of activity in which, among other things, it is necessary to establish a general legal framework that would regulate the complicated issues of legacy on a national level, which would cover (and ultimately solve) an entire conglomerate of difficulties, issues and dilemmas that legators and legatees face. Defining cultural policy is a precondition, a foundation for further resolution of all problems and issues related, among other things, to legacies.
