Udherrefyes I Muzeumeve Shqiptare 148 1

A Gui de t o
Al bani an
Mus eums
Udhr r f yes
i Muzeumeve
Shqi pt ar e
Ministria e Turizmit,
Kulturs, Rinis dhe Sporteve
Ministry of Tourism,
Culture, Youth and Sports
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Shqipria me vlerat e saj t trashegimise kulturore, vazhdon t mbetet
nj muze trheqs dhe i hapur pr t gjith.
E gjendur mes dy qytetrimeve antike, atij grek dhe romak, ajo
trashgon nj thesar t vyer t pasurive kulturore, pjes e trashgimis
kulturore botrore.
Kjo trashgimi e pasur, gjendet ngado, n parqet e qendrat arke-
ologjike, n parqet natyrore, n galerit e artit, n arkivat fotografk
e flmik, n kalat dhe keshtjellat, n monumente fetare dhe banesat
popullore, n kalldrmet e rrugicat e gurta, si edhe n t gjitha muzet
e saj.
Ajo sht e vyer n cilsi dhe sasi, sht e njohur jasht vendit, e ad-
huruar nga vizitort q duan t shikojn kryeveprat e kultures dhe
artit, pr tu njohur me dshmit e parahistoris, periudhs arkaike,
Albania, embodied with its cultural heritage, still remains an attractive
and open museum to all.
Placed amidst the two antique civilizations, both of Greek and Roman
one, it inherits a precious thesaurus of cultural heritage, part of the
world cultural heritage.
Such rich heritage is overwhelming; it can be found in the archaeologi-
cal parks and centers, in the natural parks, into art galleries, through
photographic and flm archives, inside the castles and towers, onto
cult monuments and dwelling houses, paved roads and stone lanes as
well as inside all its museums.
The museum heritage is appreciated for its quality and quantity, well
known at home and abroad, adored by the visitors greatly wanting to
watch art and cultural masterpieces, eager to get acquainted with the
prehistoric testimonies or those belonging to archaic period, Illyrian
PARATHNIE
PREFACE
UDHRRFYESI I MUZEVE SHQIPTAR
A Guide to Albanian Museums
paraqytetare ilire, periudhs ilire, pr tu njohur me dshmit materiale
t grshetimit t kulturs ilire me at greke dhe romake.
Ve muzeve t njohur, Shqipria ka edhe shum koleksione t rafnu-
ara jo t zakonshme , q befasojn kdo dhe q shtrihen n do fush,
nga natyra tek arti, nga zejet tek etnologjia, nga arkaikja tek fetarja,
nga materialja tek shpirtrorja.
Deri m sot, nuk ishte botuar nj udherrefyes q t respektonte t
gjitha kriteret e nevojshme t katalogimit t muzeve shqiptar.
Ky udherrefyes prbn nj instrument unik dhe nj motiv m shum
pr t gjith ata vizitor vendas dhe t huaj, q duan t udhtojn
prmes kulturs, tradits dhe qytetrimit shqiptar.
Kjo guid sht nj ftes e hapur, pr kdo q ka dshir t zbuloj
Shqiperin europiane.
MINISTRI
THE MINISTER
BUJAR LESKAJ
pre-civilization and the Illyrian period as well; they want to know the
material testimonies coming out by the interlacement of the Illyrian
culture to that of Greek and Roman one.
Apart from the well-known museums, Albania ofers extraordinary re-
fned collections amazingly surprising everyone in each piece of heri-
tage starting from nature to art, from handcrafts to ethnology, from
archaic to cults, from tangible to intangible ones.
There have not been published any guide, so far, which would con-
sider all the necessary criteria needed for compiling up the Albanian
museum catalogs. The Guide constitutes an unique instrument and it
is a reason more to all those visitors, both natives and foreigners, wish-
ing to navigate across Albanian cultures, tradition and civilization.
Whoever wishing to discover the European Albania, this Guide is an
open invitation to.
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Prmbajtja
Parathenie 5
MuzeuHistorikKombtar,Tiran 8
MuzeuKombtarGjergjKastriotSknderbeu,Kruj 14
MuzeuKombetarEtnografk,Kruj 16
MuzeuKombtariArtitMesjetar,Kor 18
MuzeuKombtariArsimit,Kor 20
MuzeuKombetarOnufri,Berat 22
MuzeuKombtarEtnografk,Berat 24
VendvarrimiiSknderbeut,Lezh 26
GaleriaKombtareeArteve,Tiran 28
FototekaKombtareMarubi,Shkodr 30
MuzeuiPavarsis,Vlor 34
MuzeuArkeologjik,Durrs 36
MuzeuPrehistorik,Kor 40
MuzeuArkeologjik,Apolloni 42
MuzeuArkeologjik,Butrint 48
MuzeuArkeologjik,Tiran 54
MuzeuEtnografk,Elbasan 56
MuzeuHistorik,Shkodr 58
MuzeuEtnografk,Vlor 60
MuzeuiArmeve,Gjirokastr 62
MuzeuHistorik,Mat 64
MuzeuHistorik,Dibr 66
MuzeuEtnografk,Kavaj 68
MuzeuiKultursPopullore,Durrs 70
MuzeuHistorik,Lushnj 72
MuzeuiKalas,Shkodr 74
MuzeuVangjushMio,Kor 76
ShtepiaMuzeKongresiILushnjes 78
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Contents
Preface 5
NationalHistoricMuseumofTirana 8
NationalMuseumGeorgeKastriotScanderbegofKruja 15
NationalEthnographicMuseumofKruja 17
NationalMuseumOfMedievalArtofKora 19
NationalEducationMuseumofKora 21
NationalMusemOnufriofBerati 23
NationalEthnographicMuseumofBerati 25
NationalMuseumofScanderbegsGraveofLezha 27
NationalArtsGalleryofTirana 29
NationalPhotoGalleryMarubiofShkodra 31
IndependenceMuseumofVlora 35
ArchaeologicalMuseumofDurrsi 37
PrehistoricMuseumofKora 41
TheArchaeologicalMuseumofApolonia 43
ArchaeologicalMuseumofButrinti 49
ArchaeologicalMuseumofTirana 55
EthnographicMuseumofElbasani 57
HistoricalMuseumofShkodra 59
EthnographicMuseumofVlora 61
MuseumofWeapons ofGjirokastra 63
HistoricalMuseumofMati 65
HistoricalMuseumofDibra 67
EthnographicMuseumofKavaja 69
TheMuseumofTraditionalCultureofDurrsi 71
HistoricalMuseumof Dibra 73
TheMuseumofTheFortressofShkodra 75
VangjushMioMuseumofKora 77
Museum-houseTheCongressofLushnja 79
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7irane
Muzeu Historik Kombtar
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Telefon: +355 4 223446
Orari i vizitave: 9-13 dhe 17-19.
Pushim: E hn
Adresa: Bulevardi Dshmort e Kombit,
sheshi Sknderbej, Tiran
Muzeu Historik Kombtar u prurua m 28 Tetor 1981. Ai sht
institucioni m i madh muzeor shqiptar.
N mjediset e muzeut ndodhen 4750 objekte muzeore. Spikat
n kto mjedise Pavioni i Lashtsis, q nis me periudhn e pa-
leolitit e deri n antikitetin e von, n shek. VI pas Krishtit, me
afro 400 objekte, t gjitha t klasit t par.
N Pavionin e Mesjets, me afro 300 objekte, dokumentohet
qart shndrrimi i procesit historik t ilirve t vjetr n arbrit
e hershm.
Ky pavion pasqyron historin shqiptare deri n shek. XVI.
Pavione t tjer jan ai i Rilindjes Kombtare si edhe ai i Pavar-
sis e i krijimit t Shtetit Shqiptar, deri n vitin 1924.
N vitin 1996 sht krijuar Pavioni i Genocidit me 136 objekte.
Pavioni i Ikonografs, me 65 ikona t klasit t par, u ngrit n
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National Historic Museum
1
Tel: +355 42 234 46
Visiting Hours: 9
00
13
00
and 15
00
- 18
00
(***)
Holiday: Monday
Address: Bulevardi Dshmort e Kombit,
sheshi Sknderbej, Tiran
National Historic Museum was inaugurated on 28 Oc-
tober 1981. It is the biggest Albanian museum insti-
tution.
There are 4750 objects inside the museum. Striking
is the Antiquity Pavilion starting from the Paleolithic
Period to the Late Antiquity, in the 4th century A.D.,
with almost 400 frst class objects.
The Middle Age Pavilion, with almost 300 objects,
documents clearly the historical transformation pro-
cess of the ancient Illyrians into early Arbers.
This pavilion refects the Albanian history until the
15th century. Other pavilions are those of National
Renaissance, Independence and Albanian State Foun-
dation, until 1924.
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7irane
vitin 1999. N kt pavion zn vend veprat m t
mira t piktorve t shek. XIII dhe XIX, si Onufr Qipri-
oti, Joan etiri, Kostandin Jermonaku, Joan Athanasi,
Kostandin Shpataraku, Mihal Anagnosti dhe disa au-
tor anonim.
N vitin 2004, u ringrit Pavioni i Antifashizmit me 220
objekte.
N vitin 2005, n nj nga sallat e muzeut, u shtua
edhe Pavioni i Etnokulturs shqiptare, me rreth 250
objekte.
Ndr vlerat m t spikatura t pavioneve t m-
siprme do t prmendim dshmit e kulturs para-
historike n Shqipri, periudhs arkaike, paraqytetare
ilire, t periudhs ilire, si dhe shum objekte q kan
t bjn me grshetimin e kulturave greke dhe ro-
make. Veojm ktu pafkn prej bronxi dhe argjendi
n nj sken mitologjike ilire, t gjetur n varret
monumentale t Selcs t shek. III para Krishtit, disa
skulptura t periudhs klasike me prejardhje nga
Durrsi dhe Apollonia, shum terrakota dhe bronxe
t mrekullueshm, kok n mermer t Apollonit t
shek I pas Krishtit, nj relik praksiteliane t gjetur n
Butrint dhe t njohur me emrin konvencional Dea e
Butrintit. Nj kok burri me gur glqeror t shek. t V-
t nga Durrsi, n kufj t artit perandorak romak dhe
t artit bizantin, stela e Lepidias e shek. III pas Krishtit,
nga Durrsi, q parqit veshjen etnografke ilire dhe
shum gur varri, t quajtur kioliske me antroponime
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The Genocide Pavilion with 136 objects was founded
in 1996.
The Iconography Pavilion with 65 frst class icons was
established in 1999. The best works of 18th and 19th
century painters are found here, like Onufr Qiprioti,
Joan etiri, Kostandin Jermonaku, Joan Athanasi,
Kostandin Shpataraku, Mihal Anagnosti and some
unknown authors.
In 2004 the Antifascism Pavilion 220 objects was re-
established. In 2005 Albanian Ethnography pavilion
was added in one of Museum halls with 250 objects.
Among the most impressive values of the above-
mentioned pavilions is the evidence of prehistoric
culture in Albania, Archaic Period and pre-urban Il-
lyrian period, Illyrian period and many objects relat-
ing to the intertwining of Greek and Roman cultures.
The bronze and silver plaque in a mythological scene,
found at Selc monumental graves of the 3rd century
B.C., some classical period sculptures coming from
Durres and Apollonia, many wonderful terracotta and
bronze works, the marble head of Apollon of the 1st
century A.D, a Praxiteles relic, found in Butrint and
known with the conventional name Dea of Butrint. A
limestone mans head of the 4th century from Durres,
in the boundaries of Roman Imperial art and Byzan-
tine art, Lepidias Stele of the 3rd century A.D. from
Durres, representing the ethnographic Illyrian clothes
and many gravestones called kioliske of Illyrian an-
throponomy. In the ancient period, special is the ex-
traordinary value of wonderful pebble mosaic of the
4th century B.C. made with ocus dermitucalis tech-
nique called Durres Beauty, but also Antigonea mo-
saic of the 4th century B.C. that represents the early
Christian period cult.
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7irane
ilire. N periudhn antike veohet vlera e jashtza-
konshme e mozaikut me gur zalli, me teknikn okus
dhermitucalis t mozaikut t shek. IV para Krishtit t
quajtur Bukuroshja e Durrsit, por edhe mozaiku i
Antigones i shek. VI pas Krishtit, q paraqit kultin e
periudhs s krishtrimit t hershm.
Nga periudha mesjetare e hershme dhe mesjeta e
von, muzeu ka disa objekte, si p.sh. stemat heraldike
t princrve shqiptar, kapitele t katedraleve, relieve,
ikona t ikonografve m t mdhenj t Shqipris, si
t Onufrit, shek. XVI, David Selenicasit dhe Kostandin
Shpatarakut shek. XVIII. Spikat n mnyr t veant
Epitaf i Gllavenics, nj kryevepr, plhur krpi, e
qndisur me ar, e vitit 1373, br nga princi shqiptar
Gjergj Araniti.
Nj vend t veant z periudha e heroit Kombtar
Gjegj Kastriot Sknderbeu, n shek XV.
Periudha e pushtimit otoman trajtohet si nj proces
q konvergon me Lidhjen Shqiptare t Prizrenit 1878,
fllimet e Rilindjes Kombtare dhe q kurorzohet me
shpalljen e Pavarsis t Shtetit t lir Shqiptar, m
1912.
N Muzeun Historik Kombtar, ruhen edhe shum
objekte origjinale, q u prkasin personaliteteve t
mdha t historis shqiptare
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The museum has some objects from the early and
late Middle Age, such as the heraldic emblems of Al-
banian princes, cathedrals columns, relief, icons by
the greatest Albanian iconographers, such as Onufri,
16th century, David Selenica and Kostandin Shpata-
raku, 18th century. Gllavenica Epitaph, in hemp cloth,
embroidered with gold of 1373, made by Albanian
prince Gjergj Araniti, occupies a special place.
The period of the National Hero, George Kastriot Scan-
derbeg, 15th century occupies a particular place.
The Ottoman invasion period is treated as a process
converging with Albanian League of Prizren in 1878,
beginning of National Renaissance, crowning with
the declaration of Independence of Albanian free
State in 1912.
National Historic Museum preserves many original
objects that belong to important personalities of Al-
banian history.
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kru|e
MUZEU KOMBTAR GJERGJ KASTRIOT SKNDERBEU
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Telefon: +355 532 22 25
Orari i vizitave: 9-13 dhe 15-18. (***)
Pushim: E hn
Adresa: Kalaja Kruj
Muzeu Kombtar Gjergj Kastrioti Sknderbeu sht pruruar m 1 Nn-
tor1982. Ky muze sht ndrtuar n kalan e famshme t Krujs, kryeqen-
dra e shtetit t arbrit dhe personifkim i disfats s ushtrive turke, pr tri
her rresht, n shek. XIV-XV.
N kt muze jan t ekspozuara mjaft objekte, dokumente dhe bibliograf
origjinale, riprodhime autentike q fasin qart pr historin e popullit shq-
iptar n shek. XV e m gjer.
N kt muze numrohen pavione t tilla si pavioni i antikitetit dhe mesjets
s hershme, pavioni i principatave shqiptare, i pushtimit osman dhe prbal-
limit t ktij pushtimi, pavioni i kshtjellave mesjetare, i qndress shqiptare,
kanceleria e Sknderbeut, biblioteka, salla e princave, e pinokoteks dhe s
fundi pavioni i trashgimis dhe i jehons. N kto pavione jan ekspozuar
objekte prej qeramike, bronxi, hekuri, bakri, faksimile t ndryshme, ikona
origjinale, shkrime, kmban e vitit 1462, shpata origjinale t shek. XV etj..
(***)N muajt: Maj, Qershor, Korrik, Gusht, Shtator,
orari i vizitave sht 9-13dhe 16-19.
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NATIONAL MUSEUM GEORGE KASTRIOT SCANDERBEG
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National Museum George Kastriot Scandebeg was inaugurated on 1 No-
vember 1982. It is built in the famous fortress of Kruja, capital of Arber state
and personifcation of Turkish armies defeat for three successive times in the
14th 15th century.
Many objects, original documents and bibliographies, authentic reproduc-
tions that depict clearly Albanian people history in the 15th and beyond are
displayed in this museum.
The museum counts such pavilions as Antiquity and Early Middle Age Pa-
vilion, Albanian Princedom Pavilion, Pavilion of Ottoman Invasion and re-
sistance to this invasion, medieval fortresses pavilion, Albanian resistance,
Scanderbegs ofce equipment and library, princes hall and pinacotheque
and the last one is the heritage and echo pavilion.
Objects of ceramic, bronze, iron, copper, several facsimiles, original icons,
writings, a bell of 1462, original swords of the 15th century, etc. are displayed
in these pavilions.
Tel: +355 532 22 25
Visiting Hours: 9
00
13
00
and 15
00
- 18
00
(***)
Holiday: Monday
Address: Fortress of Kruja
(***) In May, June, July, August and September the
visiting hours are: 08
00
-13
00
and 16
00
-19
00
KRUJ
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MUZEU KOMBETAR ETNOGRAFIK
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Telefon: +355 511 2225
Orari i vizitave: 9-13 dhe 15-18 (***).
Pushim: E hn
Adresa: Kalaja Kruj
kru|e
Muzeu Kombtar Etnografk i Krujs u prurua m 20 Nntor1989. Ai sht
i ndrtuar n nj banes karakteristike qytetare t vitit 1764. Banesa sht
monument kulture i kategoris s par. N 15-16 mjediset e saj, si edhe
objektet e paraqitura n mjediset e jashme, jepet nj pamje e plot i ze-
jeve t ushtruara n Kruj dhe n t gjith Shqiprin, si edhe i menyrs s
jetess duke flluar q 300 vjet prpara. 90% e objekteve t ktij muzeu jan
origjinale dhe 100% jan funksionale. N t gjejm objekte prej qeramike,
druri, guri, hekuri, pambuku, mndafshi, leshi, qndisma t ndryshme t
ekspozuara me fnes. Mosha e ktyre objekteve varion nga 60-70 deri n
500-vjeare.
orari i vizitave sht 9-13dhe 16
00
-19.
00
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NATIONAL ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM
3
National Ethnographic Museum Kruj was inaugurated on 20 November
1989. It is placed in a characteristic urban building of 1764. This building is a
frst class culture monument. Its 15-16 rooms and the objects exhibited out-
side give a complete view of the crafts applied in Kruj and all over Albania
and of the way of living since 300 years. 90 % of this museum items are origi-
nal and 100 % are functional. Items of ceramic, wood, stone, iron, cotton, silk
and wool and various embroideries are exhibited here with fnesse. These
objects have an age varying from 60-70 to 500 years.
visiting hours: 09
00
-13
00
and 16
00
-19
00
KRUJ
Tel: +355 532 22 25
Visiting Hours: 9
00
13
00
and 17
00
- 18
00
(***)
Holiday: Monday
Address : Fortress of Kruja
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MUZEU KOMBTAR I ARTIT MESJETAR
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Telefon: +355 824 30 22
Orari i vizitave: 9-13 dhe 17-18 (***)
Pushim: E hn
Adresa : L. 2, Rr. Sotir Pei, Kor
kore
Muzeu Kombtar i Artit Mesjetar, n Kor, u prurua m 24 Prill 1980. Ai
sht nj nga qendrat muzeore m t rndsishme t Shqipris e m gjer.
Fondi i tij ka mbi 7 mij objekte kulti e arti, kryesisht ikona e m pak punime
guri, druri, metali e tekstili t krijuara nga mesjeta e hershme deri n fllim
t shek. XX prej artistsh anonim e t mirnjohur, nga treva t ndryshme
t vendit.
N salln kryesore jan vendosur nj koleksion ikonash dhe objekte nga m
t mirat, krijuar n shekuj e q pasqyrojn momente t ndryshme t zhvil-
limit t ikonografs shqiptare dhe prfaqsuesit kryesor t tyre. Aty ka ve-
pra t autorve anonim t shek. XIII-XIV dhe t tjer t mirnjohur si: Onufri,
Onufr Qiprioti, Msues Kostandini, Jeromonaku, Shpataraku, Selenicasi,
vllezrit Zograf etj..
orari i vizitave sht 9-13dhe 16.
00
-19.
00
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NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MEDIEVAL ART
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Tel: +355 824 30 22
Visiting Hours: 9
00
13
00
and 15
00
- 18
00
(***)
Holiday: Monday
Address: L. 2, Rr. Sotir Pei, Kor
National Museum of Medieval Art in Kor was inaugurated on 24 April
1980. It is one of the most important museum centers of Albania. Its fund
includes over 7 thousand art and cult items, mainly icons and less stone,
wooden, metal and textile works of anonymous and well-known artists from
diferent areas of the country.
A collection of best icons and objects created in centuries representing vari-
ous moments of Albanian iconography development and its main represen-
tatives are displayed in the principal hall. Here are works of anonymous art-
ists of the 13th - 14th century and other well-known ones like Onufri, Onufer
Qiprioti, Teacher Kostandini, Jeromonak Shpataraku, Selenica, Zograf Broth-
ers, etc.
visiting hours: 09
00
-13
00
and 16
00
-19
00
KOR
18
MUZEU KOMBTAR I ARSIMIT
5
Telefon: +355 8243022
Orari i vizitave: 9-13 dhe 15-18 (***)
Pushim: E hn
Adresa: L. 12. Bul. Shn Gjergji, Kor
kore
N ndrtesn ku ndodhet sot Muzeu Kombetar i Arsimit shqiptar, ndrtes
Monument Kulture 150-vjeare, sht hapur Shkolla e Par n gjuhn shqi-
pe, ose si thirrej athere, Msonjtorja e Par Shqipe.
Kjo shkoll u hap m 7 Mars 1887, me leje nga Perandoria Osmane. Ndrtesa
ishte shtpia ku banonte patrioti korar Diamanti Terpo i cili e dhuroi kt
banes pr shkolln shqipe.
N kt muze pasqyrohet historia e shkrimit shqip, e moris s alfabeteve
deri n alfabetin q kemi sot, vendosur n Kongresin e Manastirit, m 1908.
N kt Muze pasqyrohet historia e librit shqip prej abetares s par t gjuhs
shqipe (evetari, 1744), hartuar nga Naum Panajot Bredhi (Veqilharxhi).
Ndrtesa e muzeut ka tet mjedise ekspozimi.
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.-19.
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NATIONAL EDUCATION MUSEUM
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Tel: +355 824 30 22
Visiting Hours: 9
00
13
00
and 15
00
- 18
00
(***)
Holiday: Monday
Address: L. 12. Boul. Shn Gjergji, Kor
The First School in Albanian Language (called Msonjtorja) was opened
on 7 March 1887 in the current building of National Education Museum, a
150-year-old building. It was opened by permission of Ottoman Empire. The
building was the house of the patriot from Kora, Diamanti Terpo, who do-
nated it for frst Albanian School.
This museum shows the history of Albanian writing, the numerous alpha-
bets up to the present one, decided in Manastiri Congress in 1908. It also
displays Albanian book history starting from the frst primer of Albanian lan-
guage (Evetari 1744) compiled by Naum Panajot Bredhi (Veqilharxhi). The
museum building has eight exhibiting rooms.
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-13
00
and 16
00
-19
00
KOR
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MUZEU KOMBETAR ONUFRI
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Telefon: +355 32 43022
Orari i vizitave: 8-16 (***)
Pushim: E hn
Adresa: Lagja Kala, Berat
8erat
Muzeu Kombtar Onufri, gjendet n qendr t lagjes s banuar n kalan
mesjetare t qytetit t Beratit.
N t jan prfshir nj fond i pasur ikonografk dhe disa objekte t shr-
bess. Muzeu sht organizuar n mjediset e kishs s katedrales s Shn
Mris, q sht ndrtuar n vitin 1797, mbi themelet e nj kishe m t
vjetr me t njjtin emr.
Ky muze mban emrin e piktorit m t shquar shqiptar t shek. t XVI, Onufrit,
i cili ka ln nj fond mjaft t pasur n krijimtarin ikonografke. Kompleksi
muzeal prbhet nga salla qendrore e kishs, mjedisi i altarit, si edhe nga
nj sr mjedisesh ndihmse njkatshe, n ann veriore, dhe dykatshe,
n ann perndimore. Ndrtimi shquhet pr ngritje n lartsi, duke prbr
nj variant t rndsishm t arkitekturs s kultit n kalimin nga shek. i
XVIII- n shek. XIX.
Muzeu ka tri salla kryesore, n t cilat jan t ekspozuara veprat m t mira
t autorve q prmendm m lart si edhe t autorve t tjer.
Ve ikonave t ekspozuara n mjediset e muzeut, nj seri t veant pr-
faqsojn edhe ikonat e vendosura n ikonostasin e praruar t kishs t cilat
jan vepra t piktorit Joan etiri.
N vitrina jan t ekspozuara edhe disa tekstile dhe objekte metalike, t cilat
dshmojn pr nj tradit artizanale t nj niveli t lart t trevs s Beratit.
orari i vizitave sht 9-13dhe 16.00.-19.00.
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NATIONAL MUSEM ONUFRI
6
Tel: +355 623 22 48
Visiting Hours: 9
00
13
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and 15
00
- 18
00
(***)
Holiday: Monday
Address: Lagja Kala, Berat
National Museum Onufri is located in the center of the inhabited quarter in
Berat medieval castle. This museum contains a rich iconographic collection
and some religious service items. It is organized in Virgin Mary cathedral,
built in 1797 on the foundations of an older church with the same name.
It bears the name of the most remarkable Albanian painter, Onufri, who left
a very rich fund of iconographic creation.
This museum complex is composed of the main nave, the altar area, and a
series of auxiliary one-storey rooms in the north and two-storey ones in the
west. The construction is distinguished for its high altitude, representing an
important version of the cult architecture in the period from the 13th to the
19th century.
The museum has three main halls, where the best works of the above-men-
tioned and others authors are displayed.
Apart from the icons exhibited in the museum, the icons placed in the gold-
en church iconostasis, made by the painter Joan etiri, comprise a particular
series.
Some textile and metal objects are displayed in glass cases, which give evi-
dence of a very high-level handicraft tradition of Berat region.
visiting hours: 0800-1300 and 1600-1900
BERAT
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MUZEU KOMBTAR ETNOGRAFIK
7
Telefon: +355 32 32224
Orari i vizitave: 9-13 dhe 15-18(***).
Pushim: E hn
Adresa: Adresa : L. 13 Shtatori, Berat
8erat
Ky muze u prurua n vitin 1979. N t prfshihet kultura popullore etno-
grafke e trevs s Beratit, si edhe ajo e Shqipris s Jugut.
Muzeu sht vendosur n nj godin dykatshe trishekullore, tipike e trevs
beratase.
N katin e par sht ngritur nj sall n t ciln sht imituar nj rrugic
mesjetare me dyqane tradicionale n t dy ant e saj. N kt sall sht
vendosur edhe pavioni i lashtsis. Po kshtu, n
katin e par jan vendosur objekte q jan prdorur pr prpunimin e ul-
lirit.
N katin e dyt ndodhet ardaku i hapur pr pritje miqsh. N kt kat ndod-
hen me radh arkivi, tezgjahu, dhoma e pritjes e fshatit, kuzhina dhe dhoma
e pritjes e qytetit.
N mjediset e jashme t muzeut jan vendosur shum objekte origjinale,
masive dhe funksionale t kulturs son popullore.
orari i vizitave sht 9-13dhe 16.00-19.00
1. MuzeuEtnografkBerat
ADDRESS:L.13Shtatori,Berat.
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NATIONAL ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM
7
This museum was inaugurated in 1979. It includes Berat region and South-
ern Albania folk ethnographic culture.
The museum is placed in a three-century two-storey building, typical for Be-
rat area.
The ground foor has a hall with an imitated medieval street with traditional
shops on both sides. The antiquity pavilion and objects used to process ol-
ives are placed in this hall.
In the second foor, there is an open balcony to receive guests. The archive,
the loom, the village sitting room, the kitchen and the city sitting room
come in a row in this foor.
Many original massive and functional objects of our folk culture are on the
outside space of the museum.
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BERAT
Tel: +355 623 22 24
Visiting Hours: 9
00
13
00
and 15
00
- 18
00
(***)
Holiday: Monday
Address: Adresa : L. 13 Shtatori, Berat
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Memoriali u prurua m 23 Nntor 1981.
Objekti themelor m i rndsishm ktu sht vet ndrtesa e Kishs Kat-
edrale t Shn Kollit, e cila sht selia e Kuvendit t Lezhs, t 2 Marsit 1444,
dhe vendi i varrimit t Heroit ton Kombtar Gjergj Kastrioti Sknderbeu,
m 17 Janar 1468.
Elemente t rndsishme q ruhen sot n kt kish jan: Afresku origjinal
i Shn Kollit, absida (harku i altarit) e kishs, tri dritaret dhe dera origjinale e
kishs, si edhe harku mbi der, nj element dekoracioni origjinal i kishs.
Muzeu ka edhe sektorin e jashtm, mjedisin arkeologjik me objekte nga
periudha antike dhe mesjetare e Lezhs, q ndodhen rrotull objektit.
VENDVARRIMI I SKNDERBEUT
8
Orari i vizitave: 9-13 dhe 15-18
Pushim: E hn
Adresa: L Sknderbeg
Lezhe
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The memorial was inaugurated on 23 November 1981. The most important
element is the building of Saint Nicholas Cathedral itself, which is at the
same time the seat of Lezha Assembly on 2 March 1444 and the grave of our
National hero George Kastriot Scanderbeg on 17 January 1468.
Important elements preserved today in this church are: Saint Nicolas origi-
nal fresco, the church apse, the three windows and the original church door,
the arch over the door and an original church decoration.
This museum has also the outer sector, the archaeological environment with
objects from Lezha ancient and medieval period, found around the muse-
um.
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCANDERBEGS GRAVE
8
Visiting Hours: 9
00
13
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and 15
00
- 18
00
Holiday: Monday
Address: L. Sknderbej
LEZHE
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GALERIA KOMBTARE E ARTEVE
9
Telefon: +355 4 226033
Orari i vizitave: 9-19 (***).
Pushim: E hn
Adresa: Bulevardi Dshmort e Kombit
7irane
Galeria Kombtare e Arteve u themelua n vitin 1954, dhe u transferua n Bulevar-
din Dshmort e Kombit n vitin 1974. Galeria Kombtare e Arteve sht institu-
cioni m i rndesishm i arteve pamore n vendin ton.
Ktu ruhet koleksioni Kombtar i arteve pamore , duke flluar nga gjysma dyt e
shek. XIX e deri n ditt tona.
Ky koleksion prbhet nga vepra t periudhs s Rilindjes Kombtare dhe Pavar-
sis (1883 1944), nj koleksion ikonash q i prket shek. XIII XIX, koleksioni m
i madh i pikturs dhe skulpturs s periudhs s Realizmit Socialist (1944-1990) ,
pavioni i artistve t huaj, si dhe nj koleksion i artit bashkkohor kombtar dhe
ndrkombtar.
N katin prdhes organizohen ekspozita t prkohshme, kryesisht pr artin bash-
kkohor.
Disa nga ekspozitat e prvitshme m t rndsishme q organizohen jan Konkursi
Ndrkombtar i Fotografs Artistike Marubi dhe Konkursi Ndrkombtar i Arteve
Pamore Onufri . do dy vjet organizohet Bienalja e Tirans , nj nga manifesti-
met m t mdha t artit bashkkohor n nivel ndrkombtar.
Gjithashtu n Galerin Kombtare t Arteve, bhet promovimi i artistve, shoqat-
ave ose grupeve t ndryshme artistike nga vendi dhe bota.
N katin e par dhe t dyt ekspozohen vepra nga fondi kombtar, t ndara kto
sipas periudhave historike, ose n baz t koncepteve artistike q synojn rivlersi-
min n kohe t vlerave q bart ky institucion, pr tia paraqitur ato publikut n
mnyr cilsore. Sot n Galerin Kombtare t Arteve ruhen rreth 4000 vepra.
(***)N muajt: Maj, Qershor, Korrik, Gusht, Shtator, orari i
vizitave sht 10-20
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NATIONAL ARTS GALLERY
9
Tel: +355 4 226033
Visiting Hours: 9
00
19
00
(***)
Holiday: Monday
Address: Bulevardi Dshmort e Kombit
National Gallery of Arts was founded in 1954 and was transferred to the
Boulevard Deshmoret e Kombit in 1974. National Arts Gallery is the most
important institution of visual arts in our country.
National Collection of visual arts is preserved here starting from the second
half of the 19th century till present.
This collection consists of works from National Renaissance and Indepen-
dence period (1883 1944) , a collection of icons belonging to the 13th the
19th century, the biggest paintings and sculptures collection of Socialist Re-
alism period (1944-1990), foreign artists pavilion and a collection of contem-
porary national and international art
Temporary exhibitions are organized in the ground foor, mainly for the con-
temporary art. Some of the most important annual exhibitions organized
are Marubi International Artistic Photography Contest and Onufri Interna-
tional Visual Arts Contest. Tirana Biennale, one of the biggest manifestations
of contemporary art in an international level is organized every other year.
The promoting of artists, associations and various artistic groups from the
country and abroad takes place in the National Arts Gallery.
Works from national fund are displayed in the frst and the second foor, sep-
arated according to the historical periods or on the basis of artistic concepts,
which intend to revaluate in time the values that this institution has, so as to
present the to the public qualitatively.
National Arts Gallery preserves around 4000 works.
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FOTOTEKA KOMBTARE MARUBI
10
Telefon: +355 22 43467
Orari i vizitave: 8-16
Pushim: e shtune, e diel
Adresa: L. Vasil Shanto, Rr Muhamet Gjollesha
Shkoder
Fototeka Kombtare Marubi sht
krijuar m 1970 pas dhurimit q i bri
Geg Marubi arkivit s tij personal prej
tre brezash, me rreth 150 mij nega-
tiv, shtetit. N kt arkiv gjenden
negativ nga t gjitha formatet, q
nga 30x40 dhe deri te 6x9 n pllaka
xhami, nga viti 1858 deri n vitin 1959.
Ky, sht nj nga arkivat m t pasur
t Ballkanit. N t mund t gjesh neg-
ativ me tema t ndryshme dhe fgura
po kaq t shumllojshme, si pashal-
lar, vezir, ofcer turq dhe deri kon-
suj t kombsive t ndryshme, italia-
n, francez, austriak, anglez, rus,
grek, serb, fgura nga Lufta e Par
dhe e Dyt Botrore dhe fgura shq-
iptarsh t rndsishm si Luigj Gur-
akuqi, Fishta, Mjeda, Asdreni, Koliqi,
Lasgush Poradeci, Migjeni, Azem e
Shote Galica e shum e shum fgura
t tjera t rndsishme t historis
son kombtare.
Gjithashtu n arkiv mund t gjesh
negativ me tema nga etnografa,
urbanistika, monumentet e kulturs,
historia, pazari, lundrimi n Bun
etj, Geg Marubi, i fundit i dinastis
Marubi., ishte mjeshtr i portretit dhe
i peisazhit me infra t kuqe. Ishte i pari
ai q prdori kt proces t zhvillimit
t fotografs, pasi e msoi n Franc
ku dhe kreu studimet. Kt nism e
prkrahn dhe fotograf t tjer shko-
dran si Shan Pici q flloi t punoj
nga viti 1924 dhe deri 1962 n Lezh.
Ai i dhuroi shtetit rreth 70 mij nega-
tiv t formatit 18x24 deri 4x6 n plla-
ka xhami dhe n flma celuloidi. Shani,
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NATIONAL PHOTO GALLERY MARUBI
10
Tel: +355 22 43467
Visiting Hours: 8
00
16
00

Holiday: Saturday, Sunday
Address: L. Vasil Shanto, Rr Muhamet Gjollesha
National Photo Gallery Marubi was
created in 1970 after Geg Marubi do-
nated to the state his personal archive
of three generations with about 150
thousand negatives. There are nega-
tives of diferent formats from 30x40
to 6x9 in glass slabs, from 1858 to
1959. This is one of the richest photo
galleries in the Balkans. One can fnd
here vrious themes and a variety of
fgures, such as pashas, viziers, Turk-
ish ofcers and consuls of diferent
nationalities, Italians, French, Austri-
ans, English, Russians, Greeks, Serbs,
fgures from the First and the Second
World War and Albanian important
fgures, like Luigj Gurakuqi, Fishta,
Mjeda, Asdreni, Koliqi, Lasgush Po-
radeci, Migjeni, Azem e Shote Galica
and many other important fgures of
our national history.
The archive has also many negatives
with themes from ethnography, city
planning culture monuments, his-
tory, market, navigation in Bun, etc.
Geg Marubi, the last of Marubi dy-
nasty, was a master of infrared por-
trait and landscape. Having learned
it in France, where he carried out the
studies, he was the frst to use this
process of photo development. This
initiative was supported also by other
Shkodra photographers, like Shan Pici,
who worked in the city of Lezh from
1924 to 1962. He donated to the state
about 70 000 negatives of 18x24 and
4x6 format in glass slabs and celluloid
flms. Shani, as called by the people,
was the Highlands photographer.
The material that he donated has vari-
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si e quante populli, ishte fotograf i
Malsive. N materialin q ai dhuroi,
ka tema t ndryshme si: peijsazhi i tij
i famshm, urbanistika, etnografa,
pazari, sporti e shum tema t tjera t
rndsishme.
Ded Jakova ishte nj fotograf tjetr
shkodran q i dhuroi shtetit rreth 50
mij negativ, n xham dhe celoloid,
me format 10x15 deri 6x9. Ded Ja-
kova ishte fotograf i rinis. Kshtu e
quante populli i Shkodrs. Ai ishte dhe
si fotoreporter pr kohn dhe e zhvil-
loi veprimtarin e tij nga viti 1930 dhe
deri 1959. N fondin e tij zbulojm
nj larmi temash si histori, etnograf,
urbanistik, teatr e shum t tjera t
rndsishme.
Pjetr Rraboshta, q dhuroi rreth 3
mij negative, quhet ndryshe edhe
fotograf i fmijve dhe i manifesti-
meve t ndryshme q jan br n
qytetin e Shkodrs n vitet nga 1959
deri n vitin 1975. Materiali i tij sht
n flma Laika, 24x36 mm.
Angjelin Nnshati me bindje t plot
do ta quanim vazhduesi i fotografve
t tradits shkodrane. Ai dhuroi rreth
250 mij poza. Materiali i tij sht i fk-
suar n flma Laika, 24x36 mm, dhe
fllon n vitin 1959 deri n vitin 1984.
N fondin e tij ka tema t ndryshme
si manifestime shkollore, arsimore,
sportive, mjeksore, etj.
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ous themes as: his famous landscape,
city planning, ethnography, market,
sports and many other important
themes. Ded Jakova was another
Shkodr photographer who donated
to the state about 50 thousand nega-
tives in glass and celluloid of 10x15
and 4x5 format. Ded Jakova was
the youth photographer. This is how
Shkodr people called him. He was
also a photo reporter of the time and
carried his activity from 1930 to 1959.
We discover a series of themes in his
fund like history, ethnography, city
planning, theater and many other im-
portant ones.
Pjetr Rraboshta, who donated about
3 thousand negatives, is also called the
photographer of children and various
celebrations related to Shkodr from
1959 to 1975. His material is in Laika
flms, 24x36mm.
We would call Angjelin Nenshati with
full conviction a follower of Shkodr
photographers tradition. He donated
about 250 photos. His material is in
Laika flms, 24x36mm and it starts in
1959 until 1984. His fund includes var-
ious topics like school, sports, medi-
cine celebrations, etc.
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Vlor
MUZEU I PAVARSIS
11
Telefon: +355 33 29419
Orari i vizitave: 9-13 dhe 17-20. (***)
Pushim: E hn
Adresa: L. Pavarsia, Rr. Sadik Zotaj, Vlor
Muzeu i Pavarsis, u prurua m 28 Nntor t vitit 1962.
Ai sht i vendosur n ndrtesn ku gjat vitit 1913, u vendos dhe punoi
Qeveria e par shqiptare. Kjo ndrtes ruan vlera arkitekturore t nj banese
dykatshe qytetare vlonjate dhe sht shpallur monument kulture.
Muzeu ka tet dhoma t pajisura me orendi origjinale t shek. t XIX. N
kt muze jan t ekspozuara me dhjetra objekte dhe relike autentike, do-
kumente, botime, vepra arti etj.
Ndr mjediset m t rndsishme t muzeut prmendim kabinetin e puns
t Kryeministrit t par shqiptar, Ismail Qemali, dhe salln e mbledhjeve t
Qeveris Provizore.
Vlen t prmendet fakti se n godinn e Muzeut t Pavarsis, ka funksion-
uar pr 6 muaj qeveria e shtetit t par shqiptar. Shpallja e pavarsis sht
moment kulmor n historin e vendit ton, moment n t cilin u afrmuan
vlerat shtetformuese t popullit shqiptar.
N mjediset e ktij muzeu, jan ekspozuar shum dokumente dhe objek-
te origjinale t kohs si famuj, letrkmbime origjinale t periudhs para
shpalljes s pavarsis dhe shum objekte t tjera me vlera kulturore dhe
historike.
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INDEPENDENCE MUSEUM
11
Tel: +355 63 294 19
Visiting Hours: 9
00
13
00
and 15
00
- 18
00
(***)
Holiday: Monday
Address: L. Pavarsia, Rr. Sadik Zotaj, Vlor
Independence Museum was inaugurated on 28 November 1962. It is placed
in the building where the frst Albanian Government worked in 1913. It has
preserved the construction values of an urban two-storey Vlora building and
it was declared a cultural monument.
This museum has eight rooms equipped with original 19th century furni-
ture. Tens of authentic objects and relics, documents, editions, works of art,
etc. are exhibited in this museum.
Among the most important parts of this museum are the ofce of the frst
Albanian Prime Minister, Ismail Qemali and the Provisional Government
Conference Room.
It is worth mentioning that the government of the frst Albanian state
worked for six months in the Independence Museum building. Proclamation
of independence is a culminating moment in our countrys history, when the
state formation values of Albanian people were afrmed.
Many original documents and items of the time like fags, correspondence
of the period prior to the proclamation of independence and other objects
of cultural and historic value are displayed in this museum.
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Durrs
MUZEU ARKEOLOGJIK
12
Telefon: +355 52 22253
Orari i vizitave: 8-16 (***)
Pushim: E Shtun, e Diel
Adresa: L. Nr 1, Rruga Taulantia
Muze q paraqit nj nga qytetet m t lasht t Mesdheut (Epidammn Dyr-
rachion Durrs), t banuar n mnyr t pandrprer nga shek.VII p.e.s. deri
n ditt tona. U krijua me nismn e arkeologut Vangjel Toi, n vitin 1951,
me materiale arkeologjike t mbledhura pas lufts s Dyt Botrore si dhe
nga disa grmime t kryera gjat viteve 1947-1950. N vitin 1957 ndrtess
iu bn disa shtesa t cilat bn t mundur plotsimin e muzeut me pav-
jonet e historis dhe t shkencave natyrore duke e kthyer at me prmbajtje
t prgjithshme. N fund t viteve 60, rikthehet n muze t proflizuar arke-
ologjik duke iu shtuar edhe dy mjedise t tjera n form portiku pr ekspozi-
min e objekteve t mdha (skluptura, relieve, kolonada, kapitele, sarkofage
etj.). Grmimet e prvitshme n Durrs kan pasuruar vazhdimisht ekspoz-
itn e muzeut n ndrtesn e re. Ekspozimi i materialit arkeologjik respekton
n mnyr t kombinuar kriteret e kronologjis, tematiks dhe didaktiks. Ai
jep nj informacion t koncentruar pr periudhat m t hershme t jets s
qytetit si ajo paraqytetare dhe e vjetr, ndrsa pr periudhat klasike, hele-
nistike, romake, antikitetin e von dhe mesjetn, ky informacion sht m
i detajuar.
Hapsira prreth muzeut sht ruajtur pr objkte t mdha prej guri e
mermeri, n formn e nj parku arkeologjik t organizuar sipas periudhave.
Ekspozita e re e MAD u hap n Prill 2002 dhe prfaqson muzeun m t
madh arkeologjik n Shqipri.
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM
12
Tel: +355 52 22253
Visiting Hours: 8
00
16
00
(***)
Address: L. Nr 1, Rruga Taulantia
The museum displays one of the most ancient cities of Mediterranean.
(Epidamnus - Dyrrachium - Durres), inhabited uninterruptedly from the 7th
century B.C. until present. It was created with the initiative of archaeologist
Vangjel Toci in 1951 with archaeological material collected after the Second
World War and some excavations carried out in 1947-1950. In 1957 the build-
ing was enlarged and it made possible the completion of the museum with
history and natural sciences pavilions transforming it with a general content.
At the end of the 60s it was restituted to a profled archeological museum
adding two other annexes in a portico form to exhibit big objects (sculp-
tures, relief, colonnades, columns, sarcophagi, etc.). Annual excavations in
Durrs have continuously enriched the displays in the new building. The ar-
cheological material display respects in a combined way the chronological,
didactic and thematic criteria. It gives focused information on the earliest
periods of city life, like the pre-urban and ancient one, and more detailed
information about the classic, Hellenistic, Roman, late Antiquity and Middle
Ages.
The space around the museum is preserved for big objects of stone and
marble in the form of an archeological park organized according to the pe-
riods. The new exhibition of Durrs Archeological Museum was opened in
2002 and it represents the biggest archaeological museum in Albania.
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Durrs
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Muze rajonal i specializuar pr historin. Ky muze u krijua n vitin 1985 n
mjediset e dy ndrtesave karakteristike t arkitekturs popullore t zons s
Kors t shek.19-t. Njra shrben pr ekspozitn dhe tjetra pr fondet dhe
shrbimet ndihmse t muzeut. Muzeu i ofron publikut rezultatet e krki-
meve e studimeve arkologjike t rajonit m t pasur me vendbanime para-
historike, Shqipris Juglindore, e njohur n antikitet me emrin Dasaretia
(sot zona e Kors, Kolonjs dhe Pogradecit).
Prve trajtimit kronologjik tematik t epokave neo-eneolitike, asaj t
bronxit e hekurit, t cilat zn pjesn m t madhe t ekspozimit, n mnyr
t koncentruar jan dhn edhe gjetjet q lidhen me periudhn antike, an-
tikitetin e von dhe mesjetn e ktyre trevave. Muzeu prmban rreth 1000
objekte t ekspozuara dhe nj fond themeltar prej 8000 objektesh. Vazhdimi
i grmimeve sistematike n kt rajon, pasuron do vit MPK me objekte t
reja. Muzeu Parahistorik i Kors si muze i proflit arkeologjik sht i vetm
pr temn q trajton.
Kor
MUZEU PREHISTORIK
13
Adresa: Rr. Mihal Grameno, L. Nr. 3
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PREHISTORIC MUSEUM
13
Visiting Hours: 8
00
16
00
Address: Rr. Mihal Grameno, L. Nr. 3
Regional museum specialized for history. The museum was created in 1985
in two characteristic buildings with folk architecture of Kor area in the
19th century. one serves for the displays and the other serves for the fund
and auxiliary services of the museum. The museum ofers to the public the
results of archeological researches and studies of the richest region in pre-
historic dwellings, Southeastern Albania, known in Antiquity as Desaretia
(nowadays area of Kor, Kolonj and Pogradec).
Besides the chronological-thematic treatment of the neo-Neolithic, bronze
and iron Ages, which occupy the largest part of displays, the fnds of ancient
period, late antiquity and Middle Age of these areas are displayed. 1000 dis-
played objects and 8000 objects in the main fund exist in the museum. Pre-
historic museum of Kor as a museum of archaeological profle, is unique
for the theme it covers.
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Apolloni
MUZEU ARKEOLOGJIK
14
U hap n vitin 1958 n mjediset e Man-
astirit t Shn Mris brenda qytetit t
Apolonis. Ekspozita prmbante materia-
lin arkeologjik t grumbulluar para e pas
lufts II Botrore. Zbulimet e reja q u kry-
en gjat viteve 1958- 1960 bn t mundur
riorganizimin e ekspozits s Muzeut, m
1961. Krkimet sistematike arkeologjike
t dhjetvjearve pasardhs n Apoloni
, krkuan ristrukturimin e tij disa her, ku
vend t veant z ai i vitit 1985 kur MAA
rikonceptohet trsisht duke pasqyruar
historin e kulturn e qytetit nga lind-
ja deri n rnien e tij. organizimi dhe
ekspozimi i materialit arkeologjik npr-
mjet kombinimit t kriterit kronologjik
me at tematik duke dhn aspekte t
ndryshme t jets s qytetit si krijimi i tij,
marrdhniet me ilirt, organizimi poli-
tik, zejtaria, tregtia, vera dhe pija, gruaja
dhe fmija, arsimi dhe kultura, arti, lufta,
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THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM
14
Visiting Hours: 8
00
16
00
It was opened in 1958 in the premises
of Saint Mary Monastery inside the city
of Apollonia. The exhibition contains
the archeological material collected
before and after World War II. The new
fnds in 1958- 1960 made possible the
reorganization of museum displays
in 1961. The systematic archeological
researches of the successive decades
in Apollonia required its restructuring
some times, special was that of 1985
when Archeological Museum of Apol-
lonia was entirely reconceived refect-
ing the history and the culture of the
city from its birth to its decline. The ar-
cheological material organization and
display through the combination of
the chronologic and thematic criterion
giving diferent aspects of the city life,
like its creation, relations wit Illyrians,
the political organization, crafts, trade,
APolloNIA
42 Apolloni
varrezat etj. i kan shtuar vlerat e muzeut
dhe vizitori arrin t marr informacion
t plot pr historin njmijvjeare t
qytetit , prej shek.VI p.e.s deri n shek IV
t e.s. Ndrtimet monumentale n Apo-
loni si tempujt, bulea, biblioteka, odeoni,
teatri, shtitorja, sistemi i fortifkimit, i
furnizimit me uj (nimfeu), banesat e zbu-
luara n qndr t qytetit prreth muzeut,
ofrojn nj muze t hapur n natyr duke
plotsuar prfytyrimin e vizitorit pr kt
qytet antik. N vitin 1996 Muzeut t Apo-
lonis i shtohet edhe ndrtesa pr krki-
met e studimet arkeologjike, nj mundsi
tjetr pr t njohur si realizohen zbulimet
e reja, mjetet e metodat bashkkohore t
krkimit shkencor.
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wine and drinks, woman and children,
education, culture, war, cemeteries,
etc. added values to the museum and
the visitor can receive complete in-
formation on the millennial history of
the city since the 6th century B.C. to
the 4th century A.D. The monumen-
tal constructions in Apollonia like the
temples, bulea, the library, the odeon,
the theatre, the fortifcation system,
the water supply system (nimfeu), the
houses found in the city centre around
the museum ofer an open museum
in nature completing the visitors vi-
sion about this ancient city. In 1996
the building for the archeological
researches and studies was added to
Apollonia Museum, another possibil-
ity to get to know how the new fnds
are realized, the contemporary means
and methods of scientifc research.
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46
Butrint
MUZEU ARKEOLOGJIK
15
Muze q paraqit materialin arke-
ologjik t qytetit antik t Butrintit
dhe rrethinave t tij. U krijua n vitin
1950 n mjediset e fortess s periud-
hs veneciane, n akropolin e qytetit.
Prmbante materialin arkeologjik, t
zbuluar nga Misioni Arkeologjik Italian
midis dy luftrave botrore n Butrint,
q shptoi nga shkatrrimet e lufts
s II Botrore. Fillimi i grmimeve
sistematike n kt qytet nga arke-
ologt shqiptar, shtuan ndjeshm
objektet e monumentet arkeologjike
t cilat u ekspozuan nprmjet disa
rikonstruksioneve t Muzeut dhe, n
mnyr t veant atij, t vitit 1988,
kur ai mori formn m t plot. N
vern e vitit 2005 muzeu u rinovua
dhe u pasurua, me materialet e zbu-
luara nga grmimet e prbashkta t
Institutit Arkeologjik dhe Fondacionit
Butrinti, q nga viti 1994. Rihapja e
muzeut u mundsua nga mbshtetja
Adresa: Parku Kombtar i Butrintit
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15
Visiting Hours: 8
00
16
00

Address: national park of Butrinti
This museum displays the archaeolog-
ical fnds of ancient Butrint and sur-
rounding area. It was created in 1950
in the premises of a fortress of the
Venetian period, in the city acropolis.
Initially the museum displayed the
objects found by the Italian Archaeo-
logical Mission in the period between
two World Wars in Butrint which was
spared from the destructions of world
war II. The beginning of the system-
atic excavations by albanain archae-
ologists in this city increased sensi-
tively the archaeological objects and
monuments which were displayed
between some Museum reconstruc-
tions, especially that of 1988, when it
took its most complete shape. In sum-
mer 2005 the museumwas renovated
and enriched with fnds discovered
by the joint excavations of Archaeol-
ogy Institute and Butrinti Foundation
since 1994. The reopening of the mu-
seum was made possible by the sup-
BUTRINT
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Butrint
dhe ndihma fnanciare i Institutit t
Arkeologjis, Fondacionit Butrinti,
Fondacionit leventis dhe Parkut Kom-
btar t Butrintit.
Historia e qytetit me lindjen , zhvil-
limin e rnien e tij, shtjellohet npr-
mjet materialit arkeologjik dhe buri-
meve t shkruara t autorve antik.
Paraqitja edhe e qendrave t tjera, m
t vogla, t banimit n zonn prreth
Butrintit sqaron m mir kushtet e
lindjes e lulzimit t qytetit t Butrintit
gjat antikitetit dhe periudhs ro-
make. Brenda periudhs antike vend
t veant zn pasqyrimi i qarkul-
limit monetar si dhe mbishkrimet e
shumta t Butrintit, t cilat fasin edhe
pr organizimin shoqror e politik t
qytetit. Antikitetit t Von dhe periud-
hs bizantine i sht kushtuar nj mje-
dis ku nprmjet vitrinave e paneleve
vihet n pah tkurrja e qytetit dhe kth-
imi i tij n nj qendr fetare. Materiali
i ekspozuar n muze, numri i madh i
monumenteve t zbuluara e t ruaj-
tura mir, si dhe mjedisi pitoresk, me
tabelat shpjeguese prkatse, e rritin
shum informacionin q merr vizitori.
Gjith prmbajtja e muzeut shtjello-
het mbi bazn e tre kritereve; ai kro-
nologjik, q synon t jap zhvillimin
e qytetit n periudha t ndryshme
kohore duke flluar nga parahistoria e
thell (epokat e gurit ) deri n rnien
e tij gjat mesjets; ai tematik, pr t
dhn aspekte nga jeta e prditshme
ekonomike e shoqrore si zejtaria,
tregtia, marrdhniet me rajonin dhe
Mesdheun, arti, kulti, arsimi, etj.; dhe
ai didaktik q realizohet nprmjet
prdorimit t paneleve, hartave, ski-
cave, maketeve, rikonstruksioneve
triprmasore t monumenteve krye-
sore etj.
Si i till, Muzeu Arkeologjik i Butrintit,
sht muze me standarde bashkko-
hore dhe shum i veant n fushn
e tij.
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port and the fnancial contribution
of the Archaeology Institute, Butrinti
Foundation, leventis Foundation and
Butrinti National Park.
The city history, with its birth, devel-
opment and its decline is shown by
archaeological objects and written
documents of ancient authors. The
presentation of other smaller inhab-
ited centers around Butrint clarifes
better the conditions of Butrint city
rise and fourishing during Antiquity
and Roman period. Within the Antiq-
uity period, a special place is occupied
by the display of monetary circula-
tion and the numerous inscriptions
in Butrint that speak about the social
and political organization of the city
in late Antiquity and a part is dedi-
cated to Byzantine period where the
show cases and the panels display the
shrinking of the city and its transfor-
mation into a religious centre.
The material exposed in the museum,
the great number of monuments dis-
covered and well-preserved and the
pictoresque environment with the
respective explaining tables, increase
a lot the information received by the
visitor.
All the content of the museum is ex-
plained on the basis of three criteria:
the chronologic criterion, which aims
to introduce the development of the
city in various periods, beginning from
deep prehistory (Stone Age) until its
fall during the Middle Age; thematic
criterion, which introduces aspects
of everyday economic and social life,
such as crafts, trade, relations with the
region and Mediterranean, art, cult,
education, etc, and the didactic crite-
rion, which is implemented by intro-
ducing panels, maps, drawings, mod-
els, three dimensional reconstruction
of main monuments, etc.
As such, the Archeological Museum of
Butrint is a museum of contemporary
standards and very special in its feld.
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Butrint
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Tiran
MUZEU ARKEOLOGJIK
16
Telefon: +355 4 240711
Adresa: Bulevardi Dshmort e Kombit, Sheshi Nn Tereza
sht muzeu i par i krijuar pas lufts s II Botrore,
pasi gjat ksaj lufte u shkatrruan edhe institucio-
net e fundit muzeale. U hap me 1.11. 1948 si Muze
Arkeologjik Etnografk dhe vazhdoi i till deri n
vitin 1976, kur u veua pavioni etnografk dhe ai u
organizua si muze i proflizuar arkeologjik.
Ky muze paraqit krkimet e zbulimet arkeologjike
kohore nga epokat e gurit, tek ato t metaleve
(bronxit e hekurit), kur lindi e u zhvillua qytetrimi
ilir, antikitetin, si dhe antikitetin e von e mesjetn
deri n pushtimin oaman. Krkimet intensive arke-
ologjike n fushn e parahistoris, antikitetit dhe
mesjets n periudhn m pas, bn t mundur
nj varg riorganizimesh e rikonstruksionesh t ktij
muzeu (1957, 1976,1982,1985,1998) pr prmirsi-
min e mtejshm t prmbajtjes dhe ekspozimit.
Ky muze jep nj informacion t plot pr vendba-
nimet m t hershme n Shqipri e veanrisht pr
periudhat kur zhvillohen proceset e formimit t
fseve dhe etnosit ilir.
Antikiteti jepet nprmjet qendrave qytetare q
lulzuan n shek. III-II p.e.s., n territoret e fseve
kryesore ilire. N mnyr t prmbledhur paraqitet
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16
Tel: +355 4240771
Visiting Hours: 8
00
15
00
(***)
Address: Bulevardi Dshmort e Kombit, Sheshi Nn Tereza
It is the frst museum created after the World War II,
because during this War the last museum institutions
were also destroyed. It was opened on 1.11.1948 as
an Archeological Ethnographic Museum and con-
tinued as such until 1976, when the ethnographic
pavilion was organized as a profled archeological
museum. This museum presents the researches and
archeological fnds in time from the Stone Age until
the metal age (bronze and iron), when the Illyrian civi-
lization rose, antiquity and late antiquity and Middle
Age until the ottoman invasion. The intensive archae-
ological researches in the feld of prehistory, antiquity
and Middle Age in the later period, made possible a
series of reorganizations and reconstructions for this
museum (1957, 1976, 1982, 1985, 1998) for the fur-
ther improvement of the content and display. The
museum gives full information on the earliest ancient
dwellings in Albania, especially on the periods when
the process of Illyrian tribes formation takes place. It
also provides summarized information on late Antiq-
uity and early Middle Age when the transition from
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Tiran
n muze edhe periudha e Antikitetit t Von, t Mes-
jets s hershme, kur realizohet kalimi nga ilirt tek
arbrit.
Muzeu Arkeologjik i Tirans ka t ekspozuar rreth
2000 objekte dhe mbshtetet n nj fond rezerv
prej 17.000 objektesh, i cili shtohet do vit nga zbuli-
met sistematike arkeologjike.
Muzeu Arkeologjik i Tirans dhe muzet e tjer t
proflizuar arkeologjik, jan pjes prbrse t In-
stitutit Arkeologjik .
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Illyrians to Arbers takes place.
Tirana Archaeological Museum has displayed about
2000 objects and it has a fund support of 17000,
which is increased annually by the systematic archae-
ological fnds.
Tirana Archaeological Museum and the other profles
archaeological museums are constituent part of the
Archaeological Institute.
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Elbasan
MUZEU ETNOGRAFIK
17
Muzeu Etnografk i Elbasanit sht ndrtuar n nj shtpi karakteristike me
ardak, q i takon shek. XVIII.
Elbasanasit e njohin si shtpia e Sejdinve. Ajo sht nj shtpi e cila, nga
mnyra e ndrtimit dhe arkitektura, sht e veant n llojin e vet n trevn
e Elbasanit. N planin kompozicional dhe n prgjithsi me konceptimin e
saj funksional dhe arkitektonik, kjo banes, u ngjan shum banesave me ar-
dak q gjenden n zonn e Beratit dhe t Shkodrs.
Banesa prbhet nga dy kate.
Kati i par prdorej si magazin e produkteve bujqsore dhe prbhet nga
kto mjedise :
1. Koridori;
2. Dhoma e leshrave;
3. Dhoma e metaleve;
4. Dhoma e tabakve;
Kati i dyt, ka qen prdorur si vend banimi dhe prbhet nga kto mjedise
1. Koridori;
2. Dhoma e puns e vajzave;
3. Dhoma e grave;
4. Dhoma e burrave;
5. Dhoma e nuses dhe dhndrit;
Kjo banes, sht restauruar nga Instituti i Monumenteve t Kulturs n vitet
1983-1985 dhe n vitin 1986 mjediset e saj u prshtatn n muze etnografk.
N fondet e ktij muzeu ruhen rreth 900 objekte origjinale t kulturs popul-
lore dhe etnografs.
Telefon: +355 545 9626
Orari i vizitave: 9
00
16
00

Pushim: Diel
Adresa: Rr. 28 Nntori, Sheshi Aqif Pasha
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ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM
17
Tel: +355 545 9626
Visiting Hours: 9
00
16
00
Holiday: Sunday
Address: Rr. 28 Nntori, Sheshi Aqif Pasha
Ethnographic Museum of Elbasan is built in a traditional house with ardak
(balcony) belonging to the 18th century.
Elbasani people recognize it as Sejdins house. The house is specifc regard-
ing construction technique and architecture in Elbasan region. From the
composition point of view, it is quite similar to the houses with a balcony
found in the city of Berat and Shkodra. The house has two storeys.
The ground foor was used as a store for agricultural products, it consists of:
1. The corridor;
2. The room of woolen products;
3. The room of metals;
4. The room of sheets of papers.
The frst foor was used for living and consists of:
1. The corridor;
2. The room for girls work;
3. The room for women;
4. The room for men;
5. The room for the bride and groom.
This building was restored by the Culture Monuments Institute in 1983-1985
and in 1986 its premises were adapted for an Ethnographic Museum.
Some 900 original objects of folk culture and ethnography are preserved in
this museum.
ElBASAN
58 Shkodr
MUZEU HISTORIK
18
Telefon: +355 224 3213
Adresa: Rr. Oso Koka, Nr 12
Muzeu Historik i Shkodrs, themeluar n vitin 1947, sht vendosur n
qendr t qytetit, n shtpin e oso Kuks, nj banes karakteristike e mesit
t shekullit XIX, me vlera t veanta etnografke.
Banesa qytetare shkodrane e tipit me ardak, prbn nj nga realizimet m
t prkryera n tipologjin e baness tradicionale shqiptare. Ajo sht arkiv
i vrtet i jets s banorve t qytetit m t rndsishm t Shqipris s
Veriut, bazuar n tregtin, artizanatin dhe prodhimin bujqsor-blegtoral.
Banesa me prmasa t mdha prbhet prej dy katesh, ku kati prdhes
(hajati dhe hauret) shrbente tradicionalisht si depo pr mjetet e puns
dhe rezervat ushqimore t familjes, ndrsa kati sipr pr familjart. N nj
shkallare prej guri t nj stili t qndrueshm dhe elegant, ngjitesh n katin
e siprm, n nj mjedis t hapur dhe t gjer, me konstruksion druri (ar-
dak) q kryente disa funksione, sidomos pr proceset e punimeve tekstile,
t mndafshit, t leshit dhe pr ceremoni familjare, si dasmat e festat fetare.
Prmes ktij mjedisi bhet komunikimi i drejtprdrejt me seciln prej
katr dhomave. Dhomat si nga ana funksionale ashtu edhe artistike jan tra-
jtuar me nj kujdes t vecant. Elementet e tyre m interesante jan: oxhaku
monumental, tavani, dritaret n dy nivele, kthina n form lozhe (trapazani),
raftet e murit( aikraftet) dhe sirtaret prgjat mureve (sergjit), t gjitha t
zbukuruara me motive foreale dhe simbolik t pasur e origjinale.
Edhe m interesante shtpin e bn porta e jashtme monumentale, oborri
i gjer e i gjelbruar me pusin e lugun e gdhendur n gur, si dhe ekspozimi
i mjaft objekteve arkeologjike (kolona, kapitele, stela varresh e elemente t
ndryshme arkitekturore). Banesa, s bashku me aksesort e jahtm t saj,
rrethohet prej muresh t lart guri mbuluar me shermashek.
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HISTORICAL MUSEUM
18
Tel: +355 224321
Visiting Hours: 9
00
13
00
Address : Rr. Oso Koka, Nr 12
It was founded in 1947, placed in the center of the city, in the house of oso
Kuka, a traditional house of the 19th century, with special ethnographic val-
ues.
The traditional Shkodra house with an open balcony represents one the
most perfect realizations traditional Albanian houses typology. It is a real
archive of the inhabitants life of the most important Northern Albanian city,
based on trade, craftworks and agricultural-livestock production.
The building is a two-storey house of big dimensions, where the ground
foors (the galleries) were used as cellars for tools and family reserve food,
whereas the upper foor was used for the family members.
It is accessible by some stone stairs of elegant and stable style, which lead
to a open space of wood construction (ardak = balcony), which had many
functions, especially for processes of the textile, silk and wool works and
family celebrations, like weddings and religious celebrations. The four rooms
can be accessed directly from the balcony. The rooms have been treated
with a special care either functionally or artistically. Their most interesting
elements are: the monumental chimney, the ceiling, the windows in two
levels, the niche in a balcony form (trapazan), the wall shelves (aikraft) and
drawers along the walls (sergji), all decorated with foral motives and rich
original symbols.
The house becomes more interesting by the outer monumental gate, the
large and green courtyard, with the well, the trough carved in stone, and the
many archaeological objects displayed (columns, capitals, grave steles and
various architectonic elements).
The building and its outside annexes are surrounded by high stonewalls
covered by ivy.
SHKoDER
60
Vlor
MUZEU ETNOGRAFIK
19
Telefon: +355 33 23514
Orari i vizitave: 9.
00
-13.
00
dhe 17.
00
-20.
00

Pushim: E Diel
Adresa: L. Hajro akerri, Rr. Ceno Sharra
Muzeu etnografk ndodhet n nj ndrtes karakteristike qytetare vlonjate,
e cila, pr nga koha e ndrtimit, i prket mesit t shekullit t XIX.
Prsa u prket vlerave historike, n kt ndrtes, n vitin 1908, u krijua Klu-
bi patriotik labria, q luajti nj rol t rndsishm n fazn prgatitore t
shpalljes s Pavarsis. Kryetar nderi i ktij klubi u zgjodh Ismail Qemali.
Duke qen se ruante vlera historike ndrtimore, kjo ndrtes m 27.11.1982,
u prshtat n Muze etnografk.
N mjediset e ktij muzeu ruhen rreth 300, objekte ,t gjitha kto me vlera t
mirfllta n fushn e veshjes, t punimeve t drurit, t metalit, t shtrojeve
dhe qeramiks.
N numrin e madh t objekteve dhe shumllojshmrin e tyre prmendim:
kmisha dhe jeleku i Kanins prej nj periudhe m se 150 vjeare, veshje
grash m se nj shekullore, sixhade e velenxa t punuara para 80-90 vjetsh,
punime n fligran, objekte prdorimi druri t punuara nga mjeshtra popul-
lor t krahins s Vlors etj.
Krahas ktyre objekteve t lartprmendura , n kt muze gjenden edhe
mjaft relike t kohs.
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ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM
19
Tel: +355 33 23514
Visiting Hours: 9.
00
-13.
00
dhe 17.
00
-20.
00

Holiday: Sunday
Address: L. Hajro akerri, Rr. Ceno Sharra
The Ethnographic museum is situated in a traditional Vlora house, the con-
struction of which dates back to the middle of 19th century. With regard to
the historical values, the Patriotic Club laberia was established in 1908; it
played an important role in the preparatory phase for proclamation of Inde-
pendence. Ismail Qemali was the elected the honor chairman of this club.
Bearing historic and construction values, this house was adapted to an Eth-
nographic Museum on 27.11.1982.
The collection of this museum consists of about 300 objects of authentic
values in thefeld of clothes, woodworks, metalwork, carpets and ceramics.
In the great number and variety of objects we may mention: the shirt and
waistcoat of Kanina, 150 years old, women clothes, more than one century
old, rugs, carpets worked out 80-90 years ago, fligree works, utility wooden
objects worked by handicraft masters of Vlor region, etc.
Besides the above-mentioned objects, many relics of the time are also found
in this museum.
VloRE
62
Gjirokastr
MUZEU I ARMEVE
20
Telefon: +355 846 24 60
00
-16.
00

Pushim: E shtun, E diel.
Adressa: Kalaja Gjirokastr
Muzeu i armve, gjendet n nj nga qendrat m t rndsishme t trashgi-
mis kulturore shqiptare, n Kalan e Gjirokastrs.
N fondin e ktij muzeu t rndsishm pr historin dhe kulturn shqip-
tare gjenden rreth 1060 arm origjinale t epokave t ndryshme duke fl-
luar nga ajo e gurit, hekurit, bronxit, mesjets, lufts italo-greke, lufts s
Par Botrore, lufts s Dyt Botrore si dhe arm t tjera t gjetura n ter-
ritorin e Shqipris. Ndodhen gjithashtu edhe arm t rnda t kalibrave
t ndryshm, tanke, topa, mortaja etj. N fondet e ktij muzeu jan t arki-
vuara edhe shum piktura, skulptura, makete t shtpive kull si dhe shum
veshje karakteristike t lufttarve shqiptar. Ky muze sht pruruar si i
till m 29.11.1971, brenda kalas s qytetit. Kati i dyt ka shrbyer si burg, i
ndrtuar n vitin 1923. Mjediset e ktij burgu ruhen edhe sot n gjendje t
till dhe shrbejn si pjes prbrse e ktij muzeu.
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MUSEUM OF WEAPONS
20
Tel: +355 846 2460
Visiting Hours: 8.
00
-16.
00

Address: Kalaja Gjirokastr
The Museum of Weapons is situated in one of the most important culture
heritage centers of Albania, in the Fortress of Gjirokastra. Some 1060 original
weapons are found in this important museum for Albanian culture and his-
tory starting from the stone age, iron age, bronze age, Middle Age, Italian-
Greek War, First World War and Second World War, as well as other weapons
found in Albanian territory. Heavy weapons of various calibers such as tanks,
canons, mortars, etc. are found here. The fund of this museum has also many
paintings, sculptures, models of tour houses and many traditional clothes of
Albanian warriors. This museum was inaugurated on 29.11.1971 inside the
citys castle. The frst foor served as a prison, built in 1923; it is preserved as
it was and it is an integral part of the museum.
GJIRoKASTER
64
Mat
MUZEU HISTORIK
21
Telefon: +355 33 23514
00
-14.
00
dhe 17.
00
-19.
00

Pushim: E hn
Adresa: L. Pjetr Budi, Rr. Rexhep pash Mati, Burrel
Muzeu historik Mat, me qndr n qytetin e Burrelit, pr her t par sht
ngritur n nntor t vitit 1967. Ai sht vendosur n nj ndrtes t pr-
shtatur, n qendr t qytetit, dhe ka kto pavjone: Pavioni i lashtsis me
periudha t neolitit, bakrit,bronxit, hekurit, kultura qytetare ilire dhe ajo e
hershme mesjetare q mbyllet n shek. XII.
Pavioni i Historis s Mesjets q prfshin minipavionin e principat, Shteti
i Arbrit, Principata e Kastriotve, Gjergj Kastrioti Skndrbeu, Kuvendet
e Matit, Pjetr Budi, dhe qndresa kundr Reformave t Tanzimatit. N
kt muze ndodhet edhe maketi i punishtes s barutit, karakteristik kjo
zotruese pr kt krahin.
sht nj muze i cili po pasurohet me fonde t reja nga dita n dit.
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HISTORICAL MUSEUM
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Tel: +355 33 23514
Visiting Hours: 10.
00
-14.
00
dhe 17.
00
-19.
00

Holiday: Monday
Address: L. Pjetr Budi, Rr. Rexhep pash Mati, Burrel
The Historical Museum of Mat district with the centre in Burrel city was es-
tablished in November1967. It is placed in an adapted building in the city
center, it has these pavilions: the Antiquity pavilion, with the periods of Neo-
lithic Age, Copper Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Illyrian urban culture and the
early medieval culture closing in the 7the century.
The Middle Age pavilion which includes the mini pavilion of Princedom,
Arber State, Kastriots Princedom, George Kastriot Scanderbeg, Mat Assem-
blies, Pjeter Budi and Resistance against Tanzimati Reforms. The museum
displays also a powder workshop model, which was a prevailing character-
istic in this area.
The museum is daily enriched with new objects.
MAT
66 Dibr
MUZEU HISTORIK
22
Telefon: +355 218 2516
00
-14.
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Pushim: E shtune, E Diel
Adresa: Bulevardi Elez Isuf, Peshkopi
Muzeu i rrethit Dibr, sht krijuar dhe funksionon si institucion q nga viti
1964, n fllim si nj pavion dhe n vitet n vazhdim duke u zgjeruar.
Pas vitit 1998 Muzeu u riorganizua me t gjitha pavionet e tij, si ai arkeologjik,
historik dhe etnografk duke ekspozuar nj pjes t madhe t vlerave q
gjenden n fondet e tij.
Muzeu i Dibrs ka n fonde rreth 2000 objekte me mjaft vlera, disa prej t
cilave jan shum t rralla duke flluar nga ato arkeologjike, si fbula, pitosa,
kapitele, eki guri, vegla pune stralli, en t ndryshme prej balte, arm zjar-
ri, shpata, objekte personale t fgurave historike dhe nj pasuri t madhe
etnografke, q nga objekte blegtorale, bujqsore, t guzhins dhe deri te
veshjet e llojeve t ndryshme t krahinave t Dibrs.
Vlen pr tu prmendur se 80 % e objekteve, q ruhen n fondet e ktij
muzeu, jan origjinale.
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HISTORICAL MUSEUM
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Tel: +355 218 2516
Visiting Hours: 10.
00
-14.
00
Address: Bulevardi Elez Isuf, Peshkopi
Dibr District Museum was created since 1964 frst as a pavilion and it was
enlarged later. After 1998 the Museum was reorganized in all its pavilions
like the archaeological, historic, and ethnographic pavilion displaying a
large part of the values that exist in its fund. Dibr Museum has 2000 objects
with a lot of values, some of which are very rare, starting from the archaeo-
logical ones such as fbula, pitosa, capitals, stone hammer, fint tools, various
earthen utensils, fre weapons, swords, personal objects of historical fgures
and a great ethnographic property, from livestock, agriculture, kitchen ob-
jects up to clothes of various kinds from Dibr region.
It is worth mentioning that 80% of the objects, preserved in this museum,
are original.
DIBER
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Kavaj
MUZEU ETNOGRAFIK
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Telefon: +355 554 2710
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-14.
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Pushim: E hn
Adresa: Rr. Zguraj
Muzeu etnografk i Kavajs i pruruar n nntor t vitit 1971, u vendos n
nj banes t restauruar, me hajat, tipi i s cils shfaqet n prhapje t gjer
n shekullin XVIII, teksa gjeneza arkitekturore e saj e ka fllesn n antikitetin
e von, n tipologjin e vilea rustica, t mirnjohur n zonn e Kavajs.
Pas restaurimit t baness, tanim muzeale, asaj iu dha statusi i monumentit
kulturor. Ajo iu shtua grupit t monumenteve t kulturs t Kavajs si kalaja
e Bashtovs (shek. XII-XIV), kisha e ets (shek. XIII) ura mesjetare e Bukaqit,
kulla e Sahatit t qytetit (1817) etj.
Grupi drejtues,q programoi orientimin konceptual dhe realizimin e mir-
fllt t muzeut etnografk, prbhej nga autoritetet m t shquara t kohs
n studimet etnografke .
Prmbajtja muzeale u prqndrua n tri aspekte: stilistika arkitekturore e
ngrehins dhe funksionet e ndarjeve kompozicionale, vizioni i sistemit t
shtpis s zjarrit, ods s fetjes dhe t miqve dhe fondi i prgjithshm et-
nografk.
Karakteristika m e rndsishme e fondit t prgjithshm muzeal prcakto-
het nga shumllojshmria e objekteve dhe mozaiku i larmishm etnografk
i prejardhjes s tyre. Prve prodhimeve nga zejet prfaqsuese t Kavajs
si punimi i qeramiks, bakrit, tekstileve, origjina e nj pjese t madhe t ktij
fondi piketohet n koordinatat gjeoetnografke t veriut, verilindjes dhe
jugut t Shqipris. Elementet e veshjeve popullore nga kto treva dallohen
pr nivelin e fness mjeshtrore t trajtimit, pr pasurin e leksionit orna-
mentosimbolik t fgurave gjeometrike, zoomorfe, dhe antropomorfe.
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ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM
23
Tel: +355 554 2710
Visiting Hours:10.
00
-14.
00
Holiday: Monday
Address: Rr. Zguraj
Ethnographic Museum of Kavaje, inaugurated in 1971, was placed in a re-
stored building with hajat (gallery), the type of which is widespread in the
18th century, whereas its architectonic origin is in the late antiquity, in the
typology of vilae rustica, well knownin Kavaje area. After the restoration of
the building, which is a museum now, it was given the cultural monument
status. It added to Kavaj cultural monuments group like Bashtova Fortress
(12th -14th century), eta church (13th century), medieval bridge of Bukaqi,
the city Clock Tower (1817), etc.
The managing group which programmed the conceiving orientation and
the real realization of the ethnographic museum was composed of the most
distinguished authorities of the time in the ethnographic studies.
The museum content is concentrated on three aspects: architectural stylis-
tics of the building and the functions of the compositional divisions, the vi-
sion of the system of a house with freplace, sleeping room and guests room
and the general ethnographic fund.
The main characteristic of the general museum fund is defned by the vari-
ety of the objects and the variegated ethnographic mosaic of their origin.
Besides the products of Kavaj representing crafts, like works in ceramic, cop-
per, textiles, the origin of a large part of this fund is traced back to the North-
ern, Northeastern and Southern Albania geo-ethnographic coordination.
The elements of the traditional suits from these regions are distinguished
for the level masterly fnesse in treatment, for the richness of ornaments and
symbols merged in geometric, zoomorphic and anthropomorphic forms.
KAVAJE
70 Durrs
MUZEU I KULTURS POPULLORE
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Telefon: +355 52 23150
00
-14.
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Pushim: E Diel, e hn
Adresa: l. 1, Rr. Koloneli Tomson
U hap n vitin 1975. N ndrtesn ku ndodhet edhe sot, shtpi karakteris-
tike durrsake e gjysms s dyt t shek.XIX, shtpi ku ka kaluar nj pjes t
fmijris s tij aktori i madh i skens Aleksandr Moisiu, ky muze u vendos
n vitin 1983.
Kjo banes, gjendet n qndr t qytetit, pran amftetatrit dhe sht nj
objekt q paraqit vlera t rndsishme etnografke.
N njrn nga dhomat e muzeut paraqitet jeta e aktorit Aleksandr Moisiu
dhe nj pjes e krijimtaris artistike t tij.
N nj mjedis tjetr, t traditave e kostumeve popullore, paraqitet n mnyr
t organizuar, jo vetm kostumografn e rrethit t Durrsit, por edhe e ngu-
limeve t tjera n kt trev, si asaj kosovare, ame etj.
Pavioni me organizimin q ka, t jep menjher t dhna mbi artin e pun-
imit t vegjeve t krahins.
Pavioni tjetr, ai i tradits popullore artizanale, paraqit objekte artizanale t
tradits n vazhdim dhe mjeshtrin e kahershme t ksaj treve n punimet
artistike t disa llojeve.
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THE MUSEUM OF TRADITIONAL CULTURE
24
Tel: +355 52 23150
Visiting Hours: 9.
00
-14.
00

Holiday: Sunday, Monday
Address: l. 1, Rr. Koloneli Tomson
It was opened in 1975, in a traditional Durrs building of 19th centurys sec-
ond half, where the famous actor of the stage Alexander Moisiu passed his
childhood, this museum was placed in 1983.
This building is situated in the city centre close to Durres Amphitheatre and
it is an objects which presents important ethnographic values.
The life of the actor Alexander Moisiu and some of his artistic creations are
displayed in one of the museum rooms.
In another part, that of the folk traditions and suits, the traditional suits Dur-
rs region and other settlements, like Kosovar and am suits are displayed
in an organized way.
The organization of the pavilion gives immediately data on the art of loom
works in the region.
The other pavilion that of the traditional folk crafts presents successive tradi-
tional craftworks and the early mastery of this area in artistic works of some
kinds
DURRES
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Lushnj
MUZEU HISTORIK
25
00
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Pushim: E Diel
Adresa: Rr. Kongresi i lushnjes
Muzeu i qytetit te lushnjes, sht vendosur n nj godin n qendr t
qytetit.
Muzeu Historik i rrethit t lushnjes u prurua n vitin 1988.
N kt godin, ndodhen edhe Galeria e Artit dhe Biblioteka e qytetit.
Muzeu Historik, ka disa pavione, ndr t cilt prmendim, Pavionin e lasht-
sis dhe at t kulturs popullore.
N pavionin e lashtsis, paraqiten krkimet dhe zbulimet arkeologjike ko-
hore nga epokat e gurit, tek ato t metaleve (bronxit e hekurit), antikitetin,
si edhe antikitetin e von e mesjetn deri n pushtimin osman.
N mnyr t prmbledhur paraqitet n muze edhe periudha e Antikitetit t
Von, t Mesjets s hershme, kur realizohet kalimi nga ilirt tek arbrit.
Gjithashtu i rndsishm n kt muze sht edhe pavioni i kulturs popul-
lore, n t cilin jepet nj pamje e plot e zejeve t ushtruara n Myzeqe dhe
n t gjith Shqiprin, si edhe mnyra e jetess e banorit t ktyre zonave.
N t gjejm objekte prej qeramike, druri, guri, hekuri, pambuku, mndafshi,
leshi, qndisma t ndryshme t ekspozuara me fnes.
N kt pavion, gjithashtu, gjejm t ekspozuara, kostume popullore tradi-
cionale t zons si edhe makete t jets dhe t puns s fshatarit myzeqar.
N sallat e muzeut shpesh gjejm edhe ekspozita t prkohshme t cilat
pasurojn brendin e tij.
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HISTORIC MUSEUM
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Visiting Hours: 8.
00
-14.
00

Holiday: Sunday
Address: Str. Kongresi i lushnjes
The Historic Museum of lushnja, inaugurated in 1988, is placed in a nice
building in the center of the city.
The Gallery of Arts and the library of the city are situated in this very build-
ing.
The Museum consists of some pavilions such as that of Antiquity and of
Popular Culture.
The Antiquity pavilion is represented by objects which pertain to Stone Age,
Metall (bronze and iron) Age, Antiquity, late Antiquity, Medieval Age up to
the ottoman invasion.
The pavilion of popular culture is one of the most important of the museum,
giving a full knowledge of the handicrafts of the region of Myzeqe and Al-
bania as well as the way of living of that time. Some ceramic, wooden, stone,
iron, cotton, silk, wool objects can be found in the museum along with some
embroidery delicately hand made works.
Some traditional suits of the period along with decoys of way of living and
working of Myzeqeja peasants, are also displayed in the museum.
Some temporary exhibitions are opened time after time in the Museum
which enrich its content.
lUSHNJE
74
Shkodr
MUZEU I KALAS
26
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Pushim: E Diel
Adresa: Kalaja Shodr
Gjndet n oborrin e tret t kshtjells Rozafa dhe sht vendosur n
ndrtesn veneciane t kapiteneris. Vet ndrtesa me arkitekturn e saj
t jashtme e t brndshme e volumet e mdha sht shum trheqse pr
vizitort. Shkallarja e brendshme prej guri, atia e lart me qemer, ndarja e
kateve me elemente prej druri dhe prdorimi i parmakve prej hekuri t rra-
hur shprehin m s miri traditn e hershme ndrtimore lokale. N dy sallat
e mdha, q zn plotsisht katin e par dhe t dyt t saj, jan ekspozuar
objekte t shumta muzeore q paraqitin historin e lasht e t lavdishme t
kshtjells.
N katin prdhes, n ball nj basoreliev i punuar mjeshtrisht nga nj au-
tor shkodran, paraqit legjendn e famshme t themelimit t qytetit, sipas s
cils nna e re shkodrane vetsakrifkohet, duke u murosur pr s gjalli n
muret e qytetit, q ato t qndronin prjetsisht.
N vitrinat e panelet e ksaj salle jan sistemuar me shije objekte arke-
ologjike, si en e fragmente ensh prej qeramike t periudhave t ndryshme
parahistorike, antike e mesjetare, m t vjetrat prej t cilave jan ato t ep-
oks s bronzit t hershm (2000 vjet p.e.s.), kur nisi jeta mbi kt kodr.
Gjithashtu aty paraqiten mjaft objekte t tjera metalike si vegla pune, arm,
stoli e monedha, zbuluar n koh t ndryshme mbi kodr ose n grmimet
arkeologjike t realizuara posht saj, ku shtrihej qyteti antik e mesjetar.
Nj interes t veant ngjallin tek vizitori gjylet prej guri t prmasave t
ndryshme, m t mdhat e t cilave peshojn mbi 400 kg. q u prdorn n
dy rrethimet osmane pr pushtimin e kshtjells n fund t shek XV.
Gjithashtu, n kt sall jan paraqitur bustet e tre mbretrve ilir: Bardhylit,
Teuts, e Gentit, punime gjithashtu t nj skulptori shkodran. Prball tyre
jan ekspozuar anijetmaket t tipit lembos t njhura n botn romake, si
dhe prej atyre tregtare t shek. XVIII.
N salln e katit t par jan sistemuar materiale historike mesjetare e m
tej, famuj t vjetr kombtar, objekte t prdorimit t prditshm, arm
prerse e arm zjarri, t zbukuruara me shije nga argjendart shkodran, por
edhe arm t huaja , deri tek armt e vjetra t artilieris-trofe lufte.
Gjithashtu, vizitori mund t njihet me historin e qytetit, ngjarje t ndry-
shme e personalitete t rndsishme, prmes gravurave, riprodhimeve t
dokumentave arkivore e t veprave t artit t kohve t ndyshme.
N qendr t salls sht vendosur nj maket i madh i kshtjells dhe rrethi-
nat e saj me pazarin e famshm t qytetit.
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THE MUSEUM OF THE FORTRESS
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Visiting Hours: 9.
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Holiday: Sunday
Address: Kalaja Shkodr
The museum is situated in the third courtyard of the Rozafa fortress and
placed in the Venetian captains building. The building itself, being con-
structed carefully in its interiors and exteriors, with big spaces inside, con-
stitutes an attraction for all visitors. The internal stone staircase, the high
vaulted roof, the separation of foors by wooden elements and the hand iron
rail, are evidence of the best construction techniques of that time. Numer-
ous objects which prove the ancient and glorious history of the fortress are
placed in the two big halls of respectively frst and second foor.
A big bass-relief placed in the front in the ground foor displays
the famous legend of foundation of the city, according to which, a young
mother from Shkodra is self- sacrifced by being immured alive in the walls
of the city, so as they could survive eternally.
Archaeological objects such as ceramic vessels of diferent periods, from
prehistory, early bronze ages to medieval ages, are displayed in the show-
cases of the same foor, as evidence of the early settlements of frst inhabit-
ants of the hill.
Some metallic objects such as utensils, weapons, trimmings, and coins dis-
covered in diferent periods on the top of the hill and in the hillside where
the antic and medieval city was initially settled.
Two canon balls of diferent dimensions weighting 400 kg each, used by the
Turkish invaders to conquer the fortress and the city by the end of the 15th
century, are particularly interesting objects to the visitor.
The statues of the three Illyrian kings: Bardhyli, Teuta, and Genti, masterpiec-
es of a painter from Shkodra, are placed in the same hall. Some decoys of
well known romanlembos ships are placed in front of the statues
Some historical evidences such as old national fags, utensils, fre weapons,
weapons from abroad, old artillery weapons, ornamented with silver by
Shkodras craftsman.
The visitor can also be introduced to the history of the city by exploring the
documents, gravure, art works of diferent periods.
A decoy of the fortress and its surroundings together with the old bazaar is
placed in the centre of the hall.
SHKoDER
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Kor
MUZEU VANGJUSH MIO
27
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Pushim: E Diel
Adresa: L. 3, Rr Spiro ballkameri, Nr 3
Piktori i popullit, Vangjush Mio, lindi n Kor m 5 Mars 1891. Vizatimet e
para i bri n vitin 1906. Pr arsye shndetsore, ai nuk e vazhdoi gjimnazin.
Shkoi n Bukuresht pran t vllait ku punoi dhe, n vitin 1915, u regjistrua
n degn e pikturs t shkolls s Arteve t Bukura t Bukureshtit, t ciln e
mbaroi n vitin 1919.
Po at vit Vangjush Mio hapi t parn ekspozit vetjake, ku spikati prirja e
tij pr peizazhin. N vitin 1920, kur u kthye n atdhe, ai hapi n Kor nj
ekspozit vetjake, e para e ktij lloji n kt qytet.
M von, ai, u regjistrua n Institutin e Arteve t Bukura t Roms, ku u njoh
edhe me kryeveprat e arkitekturs dhe artit klasik. N vitin 1924, ai dha
provimet e fundit n Rom, ku ftoi licencn e piktorit dhe t restauratorit.
Pasi u kthye prfundimisht n Shqipri m 1924, ai hapi nj studio n shtpi-
n e tij dhe njkohsisht punonte si msues i vizatimit. Vangjushi, thuajse iu
kushtua trsisht peisazhit.
Fondi i krijimtaris s tij erdhi gjithmon duke u pasuruar. Ai hapi ekspozita
vetjake n Tiran dhe n Korc dhe tregoi se kishte formuar individualitetin
e tij krijues. Subjektet e tablove t tij ishin mjediset karakteristike nga Kora
dhe fusha e saj, nga Pogradeci dhe liqeni i ohrit, si dhe nga Elbasani e Dur-
rsi.
Piktura e tij sht e qart dhe dekorative. N vitet 30, tematika e peizazheve
t tij u zgjerua me motive nga vende historike, duke u prirur drejt modelimit
plastik t formave.
Pas lirimit, ai punoi si msues vizatimi n gjimnazin e Korcs, por udhtonte
shum npr atdhe dhe pikturat e tij trajtonin motive nga krahina e qytete
t tjera si Berati, Vlora. Gjithashtu ai lvroi edhe gjinin e peisazhit tematik.
Pr t fundit her, ai mori pjes n ekspozitn kombtare t hapur n Tiran
n nntor 1957, thuajse nj muaj para se t vdiste, m 30 dhjetor t po atij
viti.
Nga krijimtaria e Vangjush Mios njihen m shum se 400 piktura, n ngjyr
vaji, peisazhe, natyra t qeta, portrete, si dhe shum vizatime, t cilat
shquhen pr vlern artistike dhe stilin origjinal.
Shtpia dhe studio ku ai punoi n Kor, sot jan kthyer n muze t Vangjush
Mios, piktor i popullit.
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VANGJUSH MIO MUSEUM
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Visiting Hours: 9.
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-19.
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Holiday: Sunday
Address: L. 3, Rr Spiro ballkameri, Nr 3
The peoples Painter Vangjush Miho was born in 1891 in Korca. His drawings
of 1906 are evidence of his passion for painting when he was in the second-
ary school, which he could not fnish because of ill health. In 1908 his brother
took him in Bucharest where he had emigrated earlier. He entered in the
School of Fine Arts of Bucharest in painting branch in 1915 and he gradu-
ated from his school in 1919.
In that same year Vangjush Miho put on his frst personal, exhibition which
made his talent for landscape painting known to general public. Upon his re-
turn to Albania in 1920 he put on Korca another personal exhibition, which
was the frst of this kind in the country.
later he entered in the Institute of Fine Arts in Rome an institute in the
academic tradition. In 1924 he got a scholarship from the state and he went
to Rome again, where he sat his last exams for the diploma of painter and
restorer of paintings.
Upon his fnal return o the homeland in 1924, Vangjush Miho put up a studio
in his house where he continued to draw and paint without interrupting his
work as a teacher of drawing. Vangush Miho was engaged almost totally in
landscapes.
In the meantime the number of his paintings constantly grew. He had al-
ready formed his personality as an artist. The subjects of his paintings were
mainly the characteristic surroundings of Korca and its plain, of Pogradec
and the ohri lake, of Elbasan and Durres. His painting became clearer and
more decorative in style.
Vangjush Miho greeted with joy the liberation he continued his work as a
teacher of drawing for a few more years in the secondary school in Korca.,
and he traveled around the country and did many painting with motifs from
various regions and cities such as Berat, Vlora, ecc.
The last time he took part in a national exhibition in Tirana was November
1957, only one month before he died on December 30 of the same year.
His works includes more than 400 oil paintings, landscapes, still-lifes, por-
traits, as well as many drawings which are outstanding for their artistic val-
ues and original style.
His house and his studio in Korca have been turned into a museum and he
has the title Peoples Painter
KoRCE
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Lushnj
SHTEPIA MUZE KONGRESI I LUSHNJES
28
00
-16.
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Pushim: E Diel
Adresa: Rr. Kongresi i Lushnjes, Lushnje
Kongresi Kombtar, i lushnjes u mbajt m 27 janar t vitit 1920-t, n shtpin
e patriotit lushnjar Kaso Fuga. N komgres morn pjes delegat t zgjedhur
nga e gjith Shqipria. Qllimi i mbajtjes s ktij kongresi, ishte studimi i situ-
ats s brendshme e t jashtme t vendit dhe masat q duhet t merreshin.
Kongresin e hapi Ferit Vokopola, prfaqsues i Prefekturs s Beratit, lushnjes
dhe Skraparit, i cili i uroi delegatt pr ardhjen. . Mbas ceremonis s hapjes, u
b ndarja e deputetve n komisione , t cilat flluan menjher punn.
N mbledhjen e dyt t kongresit, m datn 28 janar, u zgjodh Kryetar i Kon-
gresit Aqif Pash Elbasani.
Mbledhja e tret, m 30 Janar, vendosi mbas shum diskutimesh q t bheshin
protesta t ashpra, kundr vendimit t Fuqive t mdha, pr zbatimin e Paktit
t fsheht t londrs, i cili ishte mbajtur m 26 prill t vitit 1915-t, pakt i cili
sanksiononte coptimin e Shqipris.
Pas ktij vendimi, mbledhja analizoi qndrimin e qeveris s Durrsit . Nga kjo
analiz u nxuarr si konkluzion se kjo qeveri , e kishte futur vendin n nj anarki
t madhe duke uar n krijimin e nj situate t acaruar politike. Nisur nga kto,
ajo qeveri ishte prpjekur me do kusht pr ta penguar mbajtjen e Kongresit t
lushnjes.
Pr kt arsye, kongresi vendosi unanimisht rrzimin e qeveris s Durrsit, e
njkohsisht zgjodhi imzot luigj Bumin, Mehmet Konicn dhe Dr. Turtullin,
si prfaqsues legjitim t popullit shqiptar, n delegacionin e Konferencs s
Paqes n Paris.
N mbledhjen e katrt q u mbajt m pom 30 Janar, kongresi zgjodhi si antar
t Kshillit t lart, imzot luigji Bumin, Aqif Pash Elbasanin, Abdi Toptanin
dhe Dr. Turtullin. Pas ksaj u zgjodh dhe prbrja e qeveris s re, e cila kryeso-
hej nga kryeministri Sulejman Delvina. N at qevri u zgjodhn Ahmet Zogu,
Ministr i Brendshm, Mehmet Konica, Ministr i Punve t Jashtme, Hoxh
Kadria, Ministr i Drejtsis, Ndoc oba, Ministr i Financave, Sotir Peci, Ministr
i Arsimit, Ali Riza Kolonja, Ministr i lufts, Eshref Frashri, Drejtor i Prgjith-
shm i Punve Botore dhe Idhomene Kosturi, Drejtori Prgjithshm i Post-tele-
grafave.
N mbledhjen e pest q u mbajt m 31 Janar pasdite, kongresi zgjodhi antart
e Senatit dhe u vendos q delegatt t mos shprndaheshin derisa qeveria t
merrte n dor frenat e shtetit. Pas ksaj mbledhje, at pasdreke t 31 janarit
t vitit 1920-t, kongresi u dha fund punimeve t tija, duke shpallur Tirann,
kryeqytet t Shqipris.
Gjat kohs q mbahej Kongresi i lushnjes, qeveria e Durrsit u prpoq me t
gjitha mnyrat dhe mjetet pr t ndaluar zbatimin e vendimeve t kongresit,
duke u mbshtetur dhe n forcn e ushtrise italiane q ishin akoma n Shq-
ipri.
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MUSEUM-HOUSE THE CONGRESS OF LUSHNJA
28
Visiting Hours: 8.
00
-16.
00

Holiday: Sunday
Address: Rr. Kongresi i lushnjes, lushnje
lUSHNJE
The National Congress of lushnja was held on 27th January of 1920, in the
house of a distinguished patriot of lushnja, Kaso Fuga. Delegates from all
Albania attended the Congress. The Congress was opened up by Ferit Vo-
kopola, who welcomed the participants. The purpose of convening the Con-
gress was the evaluation of the internal and external situation of the country
and the measures to be taken.
In the second meeting of the Congress, on 28 January, Aqif Pashw Elbasani
was elected Chairmain of the Congress.
The decision for organizing strong protests against the decision of the Great
Powers on the implementation of the Secret Pact of london, held on 26
April 1915, which approved the territorial cutting into pieces piecing of Al-
bania, was taken on the third meeting on 30 January.
The meeting evaluated the attitude of the Government of Durres and con-
cluded that the Government had provoked an anarchy and tried to prevent
the convention of the Congress itself, creating thus very a aggravated situ-
ation.
For this reason the Congress decided unanimously the falling down of the
Government and elected luigj Bumci, Mehmet Konica and Dr. Turtulli as le-
gitimate representatives of the Albanian people in the Conference of Paris.
The fourth meeting, held on 30th of January, congress elected the High
Council luigji Bumci, Aqif Pashe Elbasanin, and Dr. Turtulli followed by the
proclamation of the new Government headed by Sulejman Delvina. Ahmet
Zogu was elected as Minister of Internal Afairs, Mehmet Konica as Minister
of Foreign Afairs, Hoxhe Kadria as Minister of Justise, Ndoc Coba as Minister
of Finance, Sotir Peci as Minister of Education, Ali Riza Kolonja as Minister
of War, Eshref Frasheri as General Director of Public Works and Idhomene
Kosturi as General Director of Posts and Telegraphs.
The ffth meeting held on 31st January afternoon, the Congress elected the
members of Senate and decided the non dispersion of the Congress until
the new Government had fully begun to exercise its powers. That same af-
ternoon, the Congress proclaimed Tirana as capital city of Albania.
During the time the Congress was held, the former Government of Durres
tried with all means to prevent the implementation of the decisions of the
Congress, supporting even the Italian army forces which were still in Alba-
nia.
The convention of the Congress was considered by them a movement of ad-
venturers prepared to attack the current government forces and delegates
to be established in Tirana, proclaimed as capital of Albania.
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