National Archaeological Museum (Tirana)
The National Archaeological Museum ( Albanian Muzeu Arkeologjik Kombëtar ) in the Albanian capital Tirana is the oldest archaeological museum in Albania and the first museum ever to be opened after the Second World War . The museum is located on the east side of Mother Teresa Square near the University of Tirana , integrated in a building complex from the Italian era with a large portico next to today's university .
The museum management is incumbent on the Albanian Academy of Sciences .
history
On November 1, 1948, the Archaeological-Ethnographic Museum was opened in Tirana . In 1976, the ethnographic part was moved to an independent museum. The archaeological part has had its current name since then.
The museum had to be expanded several times over the years due to a lack of space (1957, 1976, 1982, 1985 and 1998).
collection
The museum has the largest archaeological collection in all of Albania with over 2000 items on display. The specimens come from the following six epochs:
- Stone Age : 100,000 to 2000 BC Chr
- Bronze and Iron Ages : 2000 to 800 BC Chr.
- Illyrian settlement and urbanization : around 1000 BC Chr.
- Period of Illyrian antiquity: between 1000 BC And 100 AD
- Late Antiquity: A.D. 100 to 600
- Middle Ages and Ottoman Conquest : between 600 and 1500
Departments
The museum is divided into five sections, which house the various exhibits from all over Albania from the respective epochs. Objects from prehistory (Stone Age to Iron Age) are exhibited in the first and second rooms. The third room presents various objects from the 4th century BC. And the 6th century AD, which mainly show the everyday life of the Illyrians and their trade with the Greek colonies. In the fourth room, statues and sculptures from early antiquity as well as objects from the Greek colonies Dyrrachium , Apollonia and Oricum can be seen. In the fifth and last room there are numerous objects from fortresses and graves that date from the early and late Middle Ages. Objects from late antique graves from Koman are particularly numerous .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Historiku. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 27, 2012 ; Retrieved January 27, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Seksionet. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 13, 2009 ; Retrieved January 27, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 41 ° 19 ′ 5.8 ″ N , 19 ° 49 ′ 18.8 ″ E