National Historical Museum, Tirana

In the heart of Tirana, Albania's capital, is where you'll find the National History Museum. The museum wants to facilitate discussion between people about their past, present, and future while also fostering awareness and appreciation of Albania's history among the local, national, and worldwide public.

For this reason, it collects, protects, and researches tangible and intangible proof of Albania's historical and cultural heritage, which it then shares and exhibits in a manner that promotes learning and amusement. For this reason, it collects, protects, and researches tangible and intangible proof of Albania's historical and cultural heritage, which it then shares and exhibits in a manner that promotes learning and amusement.

The "National History Museum" structure covers a total of 27,000 m2, includes 18,000 m2 of exhibition hall, and has an overall capacity of 81,000 m3. There are around 6200 artefacts on the grounds of the museum, dating from as far back as the fourth millennium BC and continuing until the second half of the 20th century.

About 3,100 objects are on exhibit. The National Historical Museum currently contains objects in seven pavilions: antiquity, which has 585 objects, the Middle Ages, which has 217 objects, iconography, which has 90 objects, 70 of which are icons and 20 of which are liturgical church objects, the National Renaissance, which has 230 objects, Independence, which has 142 objects, and so on. In addition to the pavilions, the museum also has archival and laboratory facilities, temporary exhibition halls and conference rooms.