Kosovo Museum — Attraction in Pristina

Creepy and I learned little. I’d have skipped it.

I’m not sure what they’re going for here, but for me this was not only a waste of time but also an uncomfortable museum experience. I was eager to leave this building.

Got near main entrance. Tried door on what appeared to be ticket office but didn’t see any English signs. Door locked. Guy comes out from somewhere, no telltales of officialdom, no badge, no uniform. “Are you here for museum?” Yes. He leads me into the empty building. This feels weird. He then asks for a donation. There is no donation box and, as mentioned, the ticket office was closed. I ask if I might donate after as is customary anywhere else. He says it’s more convenient now. I assumed this guy was an opportunistic scammer but I wasn’t certain so here's three euros. When I left 30 minutes later I was surprised to see the guy still there, so perhaps it was legit. Dunno.

Get a donation box if you want to play it that way and don’t have visitors handing cash to some random guy as they enter your museum.

Museum feels half-baked, an incomplete thought. First floor is archeology finds, and only 1/3 are labeled. Items on this floor with labels do have English. The other 2/3 of objects were unlabeled. I had no clue what I was looking at aside from it’s a pot, it’s an axe. Often because lights were out entirely or flickering, I could not read labels that were there.

There is zero narrative to guide one through the museum. It’s currently just a bunch of stuff.

Second floor covers recent military events. More random stuff, no narrative, and items that are labeled have no English. They have some interesting artifacts; I wish I knew their significance.

What’s creepy is that I saw no one else in the building. No staff anywhere, and I wasn’t even sure if the guy I’d met was staff. There appeared to be no security. Yes, cameras, though I’d be surprised if they were functional. I could’ve gotten mugged and no one would know. Could’ve walked out with a small mortar and no one...

Visitors to the Museum of Kosovo in Pristina, I recommend this place, where you can discover the history of Kosovo through weapons of various types used by Albanian warriors warriors during the First World War the Second World War and war of independence . and archeological finds from the Roman and Byzantine eras, such as what I saw a three glass oil lamps 2nd-4th A.D find it in site of (Vendenis ) was an ancient town in Dardania during the Roman period, and the Statio Vindenis is one of the stations identified. This archaeological site is located in the area of the village of Gllamnik, municipality of Podujeva. The site is located about 5 km south-east of Podujeva .the source taken following my visit to the museum with a native friend of the region whom I thank infinitely for the valuable information , a advice that make the visit with connoisseurs of history it will help you greatly .

The museum is located near of the Sultan 1. Murat Mosque....

This pretty ochre-painted villa housing the Kosovo Museum was built by Austrians for the Turkish army in 1898, and was used by the Yugoslav national army until 1975. The museum used to have a rich collection of prehistoric objects uncovered in Kosovo - these were all spirited off to Belgrade just before the troubles started in 1998, and hundreds of archeological finds and ethnographic items yet have to be returned.

The extensive permanent archaeology exhibition details life in the region in the Illyrian, Dardanian and Roman periods with excellent English-language texts, all accompanied by Philip Glass minimal music. Centre stage is the 6000 year old statue, found at Tjerrtorja in 1956 and returned to Pristina in 2002.

In front of the building recent history is represented by some artillery hardware, while two large Jewish gravestones remind of another recent...