Established 1948 Phone +355 4 222 6541 | Location Tirana, Albania | |
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Address Sheshi Nënë Tereza, Tiranë, Albania Similar Sacred Heart Church, Natural Sciences Museum, King Zog, Bride's Tomb, Tirana Mosaic | ||
The National Archaeological Museum is a national archaeological museum in Tirana, Albania and is also the first museum created after World War II in the country. It was opened in 1948 as Ethnographic-Archeological Museum.
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History
This museum was opened in 1948 and today presents the research of archaeological discoveries in the territory of Albania
It is affiliated to the Institute of Archaeology of the Academy of Sciences of Albania. The museum houses exhibits from prehistoric and historic times up to Middle Ages. More than 2000 items are displayed and these items range from ancient jewellery, to Roman statues, to vast clay pots covered in shellfish that have been found during the many archaeological field trips the museum is involved in. It is also responsible for conducting many archaeological expeditions in the country and is the parent institution of several other museums in the country including the Durrës Archaeological Museum.
It has a library of some 7200 volumes.
The collection
The 2000 objects exhibited by the museum belong to the following ages: