Things to do in Shkoder, Shkoder County: The Best Museums

September 1, 2021 Alice Mieles

Discover the best top things to do in Shkoder, Albania including Venice Art Mask Factory, Site of Witness and Memory, Marubi National Museum of Photography, Shkoder Historical Museum, Souvenir Komi, Muzeu Historik Shkoder.
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1. Venice Art Mask Factory

Rruga Inxh Gjovalin Gjadri Shkodër, Albania, Shkoder 4002 Albania +355 68 204 7291 [email protected] http://www.veniceartworld.com
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5.0 based on 124 reviews

Venice Art Mask Factory

Venice Art Showroom Exclusive production of baroque hand crafted luxury Venetian masks in paper mache and ceramic. Decorated with first choice materials like authentic plume feathers, gold and silver leaf, Swarovski crystals and pearls for Carnival, masquerade balls, masked events, theatre, weddings and home decoration.

Reviewed By elliwebb - Port Arthur, United States

Amazing masks there. I love the one I bought there when I went on holidays to Albania. Great selection of lovely hand-made Venetian masks. And they care so much about the quality of their work that if the mask has a bit of damage from being on display, they won’t sell it to you. They will only sell it if it’s in perfect conditions. That’s how much they care.

2. Site of Witness and Memory

Bulevardi Skenderbeu, 26, Shkoder 4001 Albania http://www.vdkshkoder.com
Excellent
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4.5 based on 60 reviews

Site of Witness and Memory

Short historical background The “Site of Witness and Memory” is the first site of remembrance in Albania, which commemorates the victims of the communist regime in Shkodër. The building was first erected in the XIX century as a private property, then the Franciscan Fathers, in 1930, bought the property and opened here a College for training parish priests. In 1946 the building was confiscated by communists and transformed into Dega e Brendshme (Local branches of Ministry of Interior) and preserved this role till the 90’s. It was an institution where suspected were interrogated during pre-trial detention under severe torture and abuse.Starting from September 2014, the “prohibited” area has been opened to the public. The parcours, which starts with some general information about communism persecution in Shkodër, permanent exhibition of objects and documents of the time, ends in the original pre-trial holdings cells where prisoners were kept and tortured until their initial trial appearance. Our mission is to create a collective memory of recent past, to educate the new generation who should become aware of the past mistakes and never repeat them again. Shkodër “the prison city” The entrance hall is dedicated to facts about communism in Shkodër, staggering numbers about the city persecution and a general map of all prisons in the city. There we count 23 of them, mostly family houses and religious institutions converted into places for terror and tortures.An important sector is the audio-visual room where you can watch some video materials of the time and a small library with prison literature, provided by the Institute of Communism Crimes and Consequences in Albania.The passage to the cells area runs through a newly-built gallery conceived as the prisoners walk to suffering and pain with elements symbolizing tortures. To the cells of terror The exhibition room offers a collection of objects used and manufactured in prison, manuscripts, letter-writing between prisoners and their families. This small collection has been donated by former political prisoners and their families. Of great interest is the glass panel which shows some documents of the time stating the force and brutality of the regime towards Shkodra people.This leads to the pre-trial holding cells, with a small opening for natural light, commonly called holes/biruca (because of their small dimension and few light).Space is divided into two floors, but political prisoners were kept on the ground floor, where we can count 23 of them. This instrument of repression and denial culminates in the tortures room where both physical and moral tortures were inflicted. This area has been kept original from 1946 and remains the most striking evidence of communism terror.

3. Marubi National Museum of Photography

Rruga "Kole Idromeno" Nr. 32, Shkoder 4001 Albania +355 22 400 500 [email protected] http://www.marubi.gov.al
Excellent
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4.5 based on 133 reviews

Marubi National Museum of Photography

Reviewed By albi0na0

Beautiful museum and smart staff. Every photography is curated and is part of albanian history. Must visit

4. Shkoder Historical Museum

Shkoder Albania
Excellent
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4.0 based on 54 reviews

Shkoder Historical Museum

5. Souvenir Komi

Sheshi Dugajet E Reja, Shkoder 4001 Albania +355 69 204 6599 http://www.souvenirkomi.com
Excellent
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3.0 based on 4 reviews

6. Muzeu Historik Shkoder

Rruga Oso Kuka 32, Shkoder Albania +355 22 243 213 https://www.facebook.com/Muzeu-Historik-Shkoder-718750628195454/

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