I did my best to sneak photos under the watchful eye of the lady who was actually somewhat nice. At 200 lek entry, this museum is the one to see in my opinion. Vlore can boast being a Roman city, and so there are Roman artefacts here. I also saw items here from the Bronze Age, the medieval period, the Byzantine period, and then some early mosque stuff. There’s even Hebrew engraved in stone, but I couldn’t take a snap. And medieval chainmail! It’s not kept clean and doesn’t give a usual museum atmosphere, but I ignored that and cast my mind back through the centuries. There are even parts of Roman tiles here. It is worth a quick stop-in. I spent only about 15 minutes because yes, the lady will follow you. Opening hours are 9am-4pm Tues to Fri, and 9am-2pm weekends. Google has the...
Read moreThe price ticket is 200 lek (I find in expensive for it's size, specially if it's compared with other museums, the National one in Tirana was 500 lek and the ethnographic museum of Elbasan 100 lek). I went at 10 hours on a Sunday morning. There wasn't a lot of people. It was quite a small museum. I spent 45 minutes there and I think it was above the average time. Thee are two rooms, the one on the left witt pieces from the prehistory and greek period. The right one is more modern. However it isn't very organised. You can find pieces of the Medieval agen next to Ancient Greek. The are inscriptions in Hebrew, Latin, Greek or Arabic. However there are no translation of those. Also the information on the pieces is scarce. It is not allowed to take...
Read moreThe receptionist was absent from her desk and we had to walk in to find a representative to purchase tickets. The receptionist was not friendly. When we spoke to the supposed secretary (no id badge), he did not permit us to take photos, even though its allowed to take photos without a flash in every museum in Albania. He was not very accommodating and slightly rude. As a result this place has not any people, but there are stunning items on display. Not Air-conditioned...
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