Oriental Museum Bratko, Korça

The Bratko Oriental Museum is located in the center of the southeastern city of Korça. The Oriental Museum contains a collection of mainly Asian art. Objects and photographs of this culture, dating back to 1800, are presented there.

Dhimitër Borja was born in Korça in 1903. He traveled a lot around the world, but he spent most of his life in America with a long career in Hollywood. This museum was an artist's, photographer's, Asian art collector's and antiquarian's dream. Its opening became possible in June 2003.

In this museum, 432 objects are exhibited such as: piano, Chinese altar, Japanese women's clothing, Chinese skirts and belts, Indonesian sword, European medals, Japanese paintings, various photographs, which Borja took while serving in the Balkans with the mission of the UN.

The photographs are quite special. They show the social and cultural history immediately after the war as well as the important role that General Macarthur played in the economic and institutional reconstruction of Japan. This museum is the only one of its kind in the Balkans and remains to be visited by all art lovers, both local and foreign.