ACCESS FOR VISITORS TO INSTITUTIONS OF CULTURAL HERITAGE Tourist season 1 May – 15 October 2018
MUSEUMS ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARKS CULTURAL MONUMENTS
MUSEUMS
MUSEUMS NATIONAL MUSEUM “HOUSE OF LEAVES” The building known as the “House of Leaves” (so called because of the clambering plant covering its facade) has
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now returned to the Museum of Secret Surveillance. Opened on 23rd of May, it is the newest museum in Albania
700 ALL for "adult" and certainly the most intriguing one that tries to narrate to 350 ALL for "pensioners / disabled" 300 ALL for "family" young people and to foreigners, one of the darkest periods 210 ALL, for "student" of the country’s history. Free < 8 years old
NATIONAL MUSEUM “HOUSE OF LEAVES” Conceived in 9 sections, the “House of Leaves” consists of 31 rooms which are connected in coherence with each other and each of them have a special function.
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Virtual tour
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NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MEDIEVAL ART KORÇË Its fund includes over 7 thousand art and cult items, mainly icons an less stone, wooden, metal
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and textile works created since the early Middle Ages until the beginning of XX. century from anonymous and well known artists from different areas of the country.
700 ALL for "adult" 500 ALL for "group" 350 ALL for "pensioners / invalid" 300 ALL for "family" 210 ALL for "student"
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MEDIEVAL ART KORÇË
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Works of anonymous artists of the XII – XIV centuries and other well known ones like: Onufri, Onufër Qiprioti, Teacher Kostandin, Jeromak, Shparatak,
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Selenicas, the Zografi brothers etc, are displayed in this Museum.
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NATIONAL MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY “MARUBI” The National Museum of Photography “Marubi” is the first photography museum in Albania opened
Monday– Sunday 9:00 - 19:00 +355 22 400500 www.marubi.gov.al info@marubi.gov.al
in May 2016 on the former National Photo Collection “Marubi”.
700 ALL for "adult" 500 ALLfor "group" 350 ALL for "pensioners / disabled" 300 ALL for "family" 200 ALL for "student"
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY “MARUBI” The National Museum of Photography “Marubi” preserves and promotes values of a photo collection dating back from XIX – XX centuries, part of which are
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the Marubi and their descendants. This museum documents the most important moments of the social, cultural, sports life up to the political life fixing the time that doesn’t comes back. You can realize a virtual tour over 60.000 digitize negatives of “Marubi” fund.
Virtual Museum
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM DURRËS The Hellenistic period and ancient Greece in its three phases appears powerful in this museum.
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Combined with the Roman period, in this museum you can touch the antiquity with its details
Ticket 300 ALL
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NATIONAL HISTORICAL MUSEUM OBJECTS THAT REPRESENT 60.000 YEARS OF HISTORY
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National Museum of History is one of the largest museums of Albania and one of the most important museums.
Ticket 200 ALL
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ARTS The National Gallery of Arts is a national, central, museum, research and scientific institution where
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are presented and preserved the values of the national heritage of the Albanian country in the field of visual arts.
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THE NATIONAL MUSEUM “GEORGE KASTRIOTI SKANDERBEG ” KRUJË
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The National Museum “George Kastrioti Skanderbeg” is bult in the famous castle of Kruja, the capital of the Principality of Arbër. In different pavilions are exposed ceramic, bronze, iron, copper, various facsimiles, original icons, inscriptions, bell of 1462, original swords of the XV century etc.
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THE NATIONAL ETNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM OF KRUJA
It is places in a characteristic urban building of 1764 and
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is a first class culture monument. Its rooms and objects exhibited outside give a complete view of the crafts applied in Kruja and all over Albania, as well as lifestyle, starting 300 years ago. Almost 90 percent of the objects are original and 100% functional.
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NATIONAL ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM BERAT The museum is established in a two-floor-building, built three centuries ago, typical of Beat region. In it is represented the ethnographic culture from the territory
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of Berat as well as that of Southern Albania. Furthermore, there is a hall which imitates a medieval alley with traditional shops on both sides.
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NATIONAL ICONOGRAPHIC MUSEUM “ONUFRI” The National Iconographic Museum “Onufri” is located inside the church “Dormition of St Mary”,
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in castle of Berat. This museum contains a rich iconographic fund and some religious service items. Also the icons placed in the golden curch iconostasis are made by the painter Joan Çetri. Some textile and metal objects are displayed in glass cases, which give evidence of a very high level handicraft tradition of Berat region.
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NATIONAL MUSEUM OF INDIPENDENCE VLORË The National Museum of Independence founded in 1936 is the first museum of Albania. It is placed in a
Monday – Sunday 9:00 - 17:00 1 July – 10 September 8:00 – 11.00 /17.00 – 22.00
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building where the first Albanian Government was settled. The museum showcases original objects of that time, important documents from the Renaissance and various artworks reflecting the period, the value of which passes the local limits.
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM KORÇË
It is located in two traditional buildings of Korca of the beginning of XIX century. The museum has nearly 1200 objects, mainly from the Prehistoric, Bronze age and
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Iron Age.
NATIONAL EDUCATION MUSEUM KORÇË Local visitors as well as the foreign ones can get known in the Education Museum with the history of the first school of Albania, commitment and the sacrifices of our renaissance to open the Albanian school.
Tickets Archaeological Museum 200 ALL Education Museum 100 ALL
NATIONAL PARKS
BUTRINT NATIONAL PARK It is ranked as one the most beautiful parks in the Europe by “The Guardian”. “…stunning greek, roman, ottoman remains. In the south-
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west of the country it is a must-see for fans of ancient history; it boasts a number of significant archaeological sites and is considered a “microcosm of Albanian history…”
400 ALL Ticket 500 ALL Group over 12 persons 150 ALL Family Ticket
APOLLONIA ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARK
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Apollonia as a city was founded in the beginning of the seventh century B.C by the Greek settlers from Korinti. The first documentation of the they presence dates back to 588 B.C. The city got its name in honor of God Apollo.
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BYLIS ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARK
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Bylis, as one of the Illyrian settlements, is one of the most important archaeological centers in Albania. Bylis is a popular tourist destination. The visitors get impressed not only for the view, displayed panorama but also for the monuments and the way of they are restored.
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARK SHKODËR
“Rozafa” Fortress is the most important object of Shkoder Archaeological Park. It rises imposingly on a rocky hill surrounded by the Buna and Drin rivers, in the southeastern
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entrance to the city of Shkodra. As some of the prominent monumental and historic objects of the castle we can highlight: the Barbican Gate of the XV century in the entrance of the Castle, the Church of St Stephan built in XII as well as the Capitanery of Venetian period which nowadays serves as the Museum of the Castle.
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARK LEZHË The Fortress of Lezha is proclaimed a cultural monument for the first time in 1948. With the proposal of Ministry of
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Culture in 2015 the castle and its area become an archaeological park.
Ticket 100 ALL
AMANTIA ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARK FINIQ ORIKUM
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARK ANTIGONE Antigonea was a city established from king Phyrrhus in
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honor of his wife Antigone. As the Greek historian Plutarch said, this city was born from love and
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destroyed by hate. The Archaeological Park of Antigone is a national archaeological and historical heritage. A Palaeo- Christian Basilica and a mosaic of St Christofer are some of the curious objects of this park
Ticket 200 ALL
FREE ENTRANCE FOR ALL VISITORS ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL HOLIDAYS AND DAYS RELATED TO CULTURAL HERITAGE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY • March 14 - Summer Day • March 22- Nevruz Day • Catholic Easter Day (changes every year) • Orthodox Easter Day (changes every year) • April 18 - International Day of Monuments and of Cultural Heritage • May 1 - Labour Day • May 18 - International day of Museums • May 21 - World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development • June 5 - World Environment Day • Eid al fitr Day (changes every year) • Eid al adha Day (changes every year) • September 4 – Mother Teresa Day • September 27 – World Tourism Day • September 29 - National Day of Cultural Heritage • November 28 – Independence day • December 8 – National Youth Day • December 25 – Christmas Day
CULTURAL MONUMENTS
THE AMPHITHEATRE OF DURRËS Ticket 200 ALL
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BERAT FORTRESS Ticket 100 ALL
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GJIROKASTËR CASTLE Ticket 200 ALL
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PORTO PALERMO CASTLE Ticket 100 ALL
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KANINA CASTLE Ticket 100 ALL
HIMARA CASTLE Ticket 100 ALL
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ST. NICHOLAS MONASTERY CHURCH MONASTERY OF 40 SAINTS
Ticket 100 ALL
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MINISTRY OF CULTURE Address : Rruga Aleksandër Moisiu, nr 76, ish Kinostudio “Shqipëria e Re” Tiranë Email: info@kultura.gov.al