Name: Shkoder Historical Museum
Address: Albania
Rating: 4.0

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“Bizarre Little Museum”

Aug 2019

The old house is small, but charming. There is a collection of artifacts on the first floor, but minimal signage. Supposedly there is an audio tour, but we couldn't figure it out. A weird side room contains communist-era portraits of important Albanians non-Albanians have probably never heard of. 150 Leks.

“Good and interesting tour”

Oct 2018

We got a really nice tour with a lot of background information from a guide at the museum, who was a painter himself. The guide really knew what he was talking about and we had some nice talks about the objects in the museum as well as some other topics regarding Albania's history and present. Would recommend to take the guided tour, which is a real bargain at 150 lek.

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plymouth

Plymouth, Devon 1,390 contributions

Excellent small museum with Illyrian treasures

This small museum is housed in a former Ottoman residence; in fact, the Illyrian 'treasures' occupy the ground floor and appear to be well-curated whereas the first floor provides an ethnographic glimpse of life in such a property a hundred plus years ago. My wife and I were lucky enough to be in a small group and the interpretation was provided by an Albanian tour guide who had lived in Toronto for several years. Whether the curator, or any other staff, have linguistic abilities, I don't know.

Reflecting on the visit makes me think that the inhabitants of Shkodra (Skadar) have a little jewel in this museum, real 'cultural capital' and as visitor numbers to the city grow, it will develop, I am sure.

Written July 22, 2010

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BrikSh

Barcelona, Spain311 contributions

Very interesting museum

Mar 2017 • Couples

Very interesting museum located in a small traditional Ottomane house in Shkoder. Strongly recommend it at the moment you will be in Shkoder.

Written January 9, 2018

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Beth206

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK21 contributions

Excellent museum for understanding regional history

Oct 2017 • Solo

The museum is located in a traditional house which stands apart from the street. On the ground floor, there is a broad range of archaeological findings - mostly recovered in the immediate area – items from Neolithic times through the Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman Empires. In this exhibit there are good explanations of everything in English. Upstairs, a room is decorated in the traditional way and displays provide detailed explanations of traditional men’s and women’s clothing from the last century, which reflect various lifestyle and ethno-religious factors. In this exhibit there are hilarious explanations of everything in English. Both levels are really interesting, and it seemed like there were a few guys working on newly found items on-site, which was cool.

Written October 31, 2017

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matterGray

New York City, NY12 contributions

Got scammed

Sep 2018 • Solo

Got scammed.
If you show up after 3pm the gate will be open but the museum is actually closed. A man pretending to work there will say it is still open and show you around. Only at the end will he ask for a fee. It was clear what he was doing but we decided to give him a few euros to be good sports anyway. We gave him a bill and asked for change and he gave us a trivial amount of lek back - and we couldn’t get our original bill back.
Pretty clear scam, and not the museums fault necessarily, but the guy is pretty practiced at his bit and the museum hasn’t done anything to prevent it - like simply closing the gate.

Written September 8, 2018

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Peter

Antwerp, Belgium8,164 contributions

Not very exiting

Jul 2017 • Solo

Old style exhibition in a so and so renovated house. To be honest, Shkoder is a fantastic city to stay and to visit, but I could have done without this museum.

Written July 6, 2017

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LB227

Blackrod, UK39 contributions

An interesting small museum.

Sep 2016 • Friends

A lovely old Ottoman house. The museum is on two floors, it houses a lovely display of local costumes, art and artefacts.

Written September 23, 2016

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Faith D

Nice, France477 contributions

Nice historical museum

May 2016 • Solo

This is a small museum with 200 lek fee however it has a nice archeology exhibit with an exhibit of traditional dress and musical instruments from Albania. The audio tape is very good. Takes about 45 minutes to see. Location is downtown Shkoder.

Written June 1, 2016

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Zaaaac

207 contributions

Not giod english

Sep 2015 • Friends

The guide is quite good the written one. But the person who works there does not know a good English for that position.

Written September 19, 2015

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Chrisphelps7

Milwaukee, WI10 contributions

Excellent insight

May 2015 • Couples

This place is a must if you are coming to town and care to learn about the history of Enver Hoxha and the dictatorship. Having just travelled to Poland last year and Auschwitz the location was similar yet unique and equally powerful in its own way. The museum is actually based around the location of the prison intake center for detaining, torturing and murdering enemies of the dictatorship. That alone along with some of the documents in the building are reason enough to go and learn. The guides there are great and will walk you through the museum telling personal and historic stories of the dictatorship. Truly a moving reminder of the terror that lasted for 50 years.

Written May 23, 2015

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krys_k

London, UK668 contributions

Small museum, although plus that we had a guide

Jul 2012 • Couples

Not so many exhibits, but because we had a museum guide talk us through them, it was interesting. There are probably not many more things to see in Shoder, so worth visiting for quick look.

Written July 27, 2012

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