get a insight into the communist past of Albania. See how the government systematically was spying on the people.

We highly suggest seeing this as well as Bunk'Art1, and possibly Bunk'Art2 (though we were not able to visit #2). House of Leaves and Bunk'Art1 cover the dark aspects of the Communist era from different perspectives: military, and in this case spying on ordinary citizens....More

Albania is consiously busy with keeping their tragic communism past alive and telling it to the younger generations and visitors from other countries. House of Leaves is a must to visit. It is the Museum of Secret Surveillance. It is located in the center of...More

The experience walks one through the transition of a Maternity Hospital to essentially Albania Spy Central. Great exhibition of spy materials; moving exhibition of the number of people murdered as a result of the activities; this is an important place to visit in Tirana and...More

Quite interesting and for sure worth a visit. I wish it had a little more context (and an explanation for why it's called the house of leaves!), but in combination with the free walking tour it's pretty good.

I went here before BunkerArt and much preferred the House of Leaves (it doesn't confuse art and information). I was happy to have done this at the beginning of my visit to Albania to understand the recent history. There's a spooky bunker in the front...More

This together with BunkArt 1 are absolutes musts to get some idea of how the communist regime controlled the population though fear and suspicion.