Tirana Museums
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The Historical Museum was inaugurated on October 28, 1981 and is the largest museum institution in Albania. It occupies a total area of 27,000 m2 and has an exhibition area of 18,000 m2. The museum building is distinguished for a compact volume on a centrally composed square plan symmetrically opposite an atrium courtyard.
The National Historical Museum conveys a taste of hermeticism and tendentious monumentality, which was in harmony with the aesthetic taste and the general climate of the Hoxha regime.
The mosaic of the facade of the National Historical Museum is a giant mosaic with dimensions of 10 x 40 m, which owns the "Skanderbeg" square. The surface is 400 m2. It was completed in 1981. In it are 13 figures presented in several groupings. The left is the group of Illyrian warriors, warlords and archers and Albanians of the anti-Ottoman war. Then, the National Renaissance is represented with two figures and the victorious partisan. The two symbolic figures, the worker and the peasant, are in the center of the surface, while on the right 5 figures symbolize the National Liberation War.
In its premises are exhibited 6200 museum objects, which belong to a relatively long period of time, starting from the IV millennium BC and up to the second half of the XX century.
Here you can visit: Ancient Pavilion, Medieval Pavilion, Albanian National Renaissance Pavilion, Independence Pavilion, Icon Pavilion, LANÇ Pavilion, Communist Persecution Pavilion and Mother Teresa Pavilion.
The working group that worked on the project of the National Historical Museum consisted of architects: Sokrat Mosko, Enver Faja, Nina Shehu and Petraq Kolevica. Each showroom has its own unique architecture thus avoiding the monotony of repetition.
In addition to the pavilion halls, the museum also has archive and laboratory facilities, temporary exhibition halls and conference rooms.
Hours: Monday Break
Tuesday - Saturday 10:00 - 17:00
Sunday 09:00 - 14:00
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National History Museum
7 Sheshi SkënderbejThe Historical Museum was inaugurated on October 28, 1981 and is the largest museum institution in Albania. It occupies a total area of 27,000 m2 and has an exhibition area of 18,000 m2. The museum building is distinguished for a compact volume on a centrally composed square plan symmetrically opposite an atrium courtyard.
The National Historical Museum conveys a taste of hermeticism and tendentious monumentality, which was in harmony with the aesthetic taste and the general climate of the Hoxha regime.
The mosaic of the facade of the National Historical Museum is a giant mosaic with dimensions of 10 x 40 m, which owns the "Skanderbeg" square. The surface is 400 m2. It was completed in 1981. In it are 13 figures presented in several groupings. The left is the group of Illyrian warriors, warlords and archers and Albanians of the anti-Ottoman war. Then, the National Renaissance is represented with two figures and the victorious partisan. The two symbolic figures, the worker and the peasant, are in the center of the surface, while on the right 5 figures symbolize the National Liberation War.
In its premises are exhibited 6200 museum objects, which belong to a relatively long period of time, starting from the IV millennium BC and up to the second half of the XX century.
Here you can visit: Ancient Pavilion, Medieval Pavilion, Albanian National Renaissance Pavilion, Independence Pavilion, Icon Pavilion, LANÇ Pavilion, Communist Persecution Pavilion and Mother Teresa Pavilion.
The working group that worked on the project of the National Historical Museum consisted of architects: Sokrat Mosko, Enver Faja, Nina Shehu and Petraq Kolevica. Each showroom has its own unique architecture thus avoiding the monotony of repetition.
In addition to the pavilion halls, the museum also has archive and laboratory facilities, temporary exhibition halls and conference rooms.
Hours: Monday Break
Tuesday - Saturday 10:00 - 17:00
Sunday 09:00 - 14:00
Built in 1931, this house, initially had the function of an obstetric clinic with the initiative of the prominent Albanian doctor Dr. Jani Basho (1892-1957) and directed by him. During World War II, under German occupation, it belonged to the Gestapo.
In the first years after the war, this house was used as a center of investigation, ie as a place where torture took place, and it remained as such until 1948, when relations with the former Yugoslavia broke down.
Beginning in the 1950s, the functions of the building changed. Here was located the headquarters of the technical-scientific branch of the State Security, which dealt mainly with electronic interception, telephone control and postal control, as well as a branch which dealt with the pursuit of foreigners until the merger of the State Security in 1991. State Security (Secret Police) was used to oppress the population, to eliminate various factions and groups within the Communist Party as well as the opposition outside it. It was used to keep the totalitarian regime afloat.
For decades, legends have circulated about the "House of Leaves", the fruit of the secret and mystery with which this house was wrapped.
Today, with a project of the Ministry of Culture, it has been turned into a museum which will simultaneously reveal images of the Albanian society in the conditions of a regime that aimed at total control over the bodies and souls of the people.
Schedules: Monday Break
Tuesday - Saturday 10:00 - 17:00
Sunday 09:00 - 14:00
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House of Leaves
Built in 1931, this house, initially had the function of an obstetric clinic with the initiative of the prominent Albanian doctor Dr. Jani Basho (1892-1957) and directed by him. During World War II, under German occupation, it belonged to the Gestapo.
In the first years after the war, this house was used as a center of investigation, ie as a place where torture took place, and it remained as such until 1948, when relations with the former Yugoslavia broke down.
Beginning in the 1950s, the functions of the building changed. Here was located the headquarters of the technical-scientific branch of the State Security, which dealt mainly with electronic interception, telephone control and postal control, as well as a branch which dealt with the pursuit of foreigners until the merger of the State Security in 1991. State Security (Secret Police) was used to oppress the population, to eliminate various factions and groups within the Communist Party as well as the opposition outside it. It was used to keep the totalitarian regime afloat.
For decades, legends have circulated about the "House of Leaves", the fruit of the secret and mystery with which this house was wrapped.
Today, with a project of the Ministry of Culture, it has been turned into a museum which will simultaneously reveal images of the Albanian society in the conditions of a regime that aimed at total control over the bodies and souls of the people.
Schedules: Monday Break
Tuesday - Saturday 10:00 - 17:00
Sunday 09:00 - 14:00
Bunk’Art 1, updated with a new design, was transformed into a permanent historical-cultural exhibition and will be constantly updated and will bring various innovations related to Albanian life during the communist era. It opened to the public in April 2016 on a permanent basis.
In June 1978, the anti-nuclear bunker built by the then communist government was inaugurated by dictator Enver Hoxha. It is a 5-storey underground building with 106 rooms and an assembly hall, now transformed into a historical-artistic center called "Bunk'Art".
"Bunk'Art" 1 contains: Historical exhibition, museum exhibition and artistic installations. The historical exhibition reflects: 1) The period of Italy's landing in Albania, the resistance of the Albanian people and the capitulation of Italy. (February 1939- September 1943), 2) Diplomacy during the War (1941-1945), 3) German occupation and Albanian resistance, the struggle for power and the liberation of Albania (September 1943 - November 1944), 4) Post-war: Hopes and Disappointments ( 1945 - 1947), 5) Red Albania 1945-1990.
The museum exhibition includes: 1) Enver Hoxha's Room, 2) Mehmet Shehu's Room, 3) Military Liaison Museum, 4) Support Battalion Museum, 5) Officer Room, 6) Chief of Staff Room, 7) Museum of Telecommunications.
Already "Bunk'Art" 1 has become a unique tourist spot in the region that shows the life of Albanians during the 45 years of communist dictatorship.
Bunk'Art 1 is open from Wednesday to Sunday, 09:00 - 16:00.
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Bunk'Art 1
Rruga Fadil DeliuBunk’Art 1, updated with a new design, was transformed into a permanent historical-cultural exhibition and will be constantly updated and will bring various innovations related to Albanian life during the communist era. It opened to the public in April 2016 on a permanent basis.
In June 1978, the anti-nuclear bunker built by the then communist government was inaugurated by dictator Enver Hoxha. It is a 5-storey underground building with 106 rooms and an assembly hall, now transformed into a historical-artistic center called "Bunk'Art".
"Bunk'Art" 1 contains: Historical exhibition, museum exhibition and artistic installations. The historical exhibition reflects: 1) The period of Italy's landing in Albania, the resistance of the Albanian people and the capitulation of Italy. (February 1939- September 1943), 2) Diplomacy during the War (1941-1945), 3) German occupation and Albanian resistance, the struggle for power and the liberation of Albania (September 1943 - November 1944), 4) Post-war: Hopes and Disappointments ( 1945 - 1947), 5) Red Albania 1945-1990.
The museum exhibition includes: 1) Enver Hoxha's Room, 2) Mehmet Shehu's Room, 3) Military Liaison Museum, 4) Support Battalion Museum, 5) Officer Room, 6) Chief of Staff Room, 7) Museum of Telecommunications.
Already "Bunk'Art" 1 has become a unique tourist spot in the region that shows the life of Albanians during the 45 years of communist dictatorship.
Bunk'Art 1 is open from Wednesday to Sunday, 09:00 - 16:00.
This museum has been set up on the premises of the former anti-atomic housing of the Ministry of Interior. The Interior Ministry tunnel was built between 1981 and 1986 and can be considered one of the last "great deeds" committed by the communist regime. In the early 1970s, construction began on 175,000 bunkers of various sizes across the country. The bunkers were of three types of construction: mountain sites, buildings and pits. The bunker of the Ministry of Interior is of the "pit" type.
This bunker in the then code called "Pillar Building" consists of 24 rooms, an apartment reserved for the Minister of Interior and a large hall dedicated to the liaison. Like many other bunkers of this size, this one was built to withstand a possible chemical and nuclear attack.
In fact the bunker was not even used for training. Both former Prime Minister Mehmet Shehu and former dictator Enver Hoxha, who ordered its construction, have never seen it completed because both died before the works were closed.
The entrance and exit of the bunker have been created only recently, as in the initial project the tunnel could be entered only from within the Ministry.
Bunk'Art 2 is open daily, 09:00 - 18:00.
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Bunk'Art 1
Rruga Fadil DeliuThis museum has been set up on the premises of the former anti-atomic housing of the Ministry of Interior. The Interior Ministry tunnel was built between 1981 and 1986 and can be considered one of the last "great deeds" committed by the communist regime. In the early 1970s, construction began on 175,000 bunkers of various sizes across the country. The bunkers were of three types of construction: mountain sites, buildings and pits. The bunker of the Ministry of Interior is of the "pit" type.
This bunker in the then code called "Pillar Building" consists of 24 rooms, an apartment reserved for the Minister of Interior and a large hall dedicated to the liaison. Like many other bunkers of this size, this one was built to withstand a possible chemical and nuclear attack.
In fact the bunker was not even used for training. Both former Prime Minister Mehmet Shehu and former dictator Enver Hoxha, who ordered its construction, have never seen it completed because both died before the works were closed.
The entrance and exit of the bunker have been created only recently, as in the initial project the tunnel could be entered only from within the Ministry.
Bunk'Art 2 is open daily, 09:00 - 18:00.