A monumental mosaic gives Albania\u2019s National History Museum a presence beyond its exhibition halls. Overlooking Skanderbeg Square in central Tirana, the facade depicts figures from Albanian history, bringing the building\u2019s historical narrative into a public space. A Cultural Heritage Online profile, which includes a virtual tour, describes the museum\u2019s collections as spanning Palaeolithic prehistory to the twentieth century. Archaeology, medieval history, ethnography and more recent material culture form part of that broad account. According to the profile, archaeological displays include Illyrian gold jewellery, pottery from Apollonia and Butrint, and Roman-period inscriptions and mosaics. These objects represent different periods and places within the historical territory explored by the museum. Other sections turn to medieval principalities and Skanderbeg\u2019s resistance to Ottoman expansion. The ethnographic material includes regional costumes, household utensils and folk art, extending the account beyond political events to the objects of everyday and cultural life. The building itself belongs to the history it presents. Opened in 1981, it carries a socialist-realist mosaic created collectively by Albanian artists under a state commission, according to Cultural Heritage Online. The profile also describes subsequent reinterpretation of the museum\u2019s collections and narratives following the fall of communism. The facade and the collections consequently offer two connected subjects for exploration: Albania\u2019s past and the ways that past has been publicly represented. The online tour provides a way to examine the museum remotely; the profile\u2019s visitor information should not be treated as confirmation of current opening arrangements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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