Description

The Historical Museum of Shkodra began to be built in 1947 (under the name "People's Museum"), but took full shape in 1949. It was placed in the center of the city, in a monumental building of the 19th century, the values of which added "Clock Tower" attached to it. In 1953, with its further enrichment, it was reorganized and divided into several sectors. During the following years, other museums and house-museums were built, forming a museum network of 7 museum centers.
After the change of the system, with the deep reforms that were undertaken in the early 90s and as a result the houses where the museums were built were returned to their former owners, this museum network was disbanded, leaving only the Central Museum where all the objects were collected. museums of previous museum centers. The Historical Museum was transferred to the newly restored monumental residence (a typical Shkodra house named "Oso Kuka"), where it is still located today. The "Rozafa" Castle Museum also continued to function.
Historical Museum: Contains the sector of Archaeology, History and Ethnography.
Archeology sector
The archeology sector is located on the ground floor of the building, with the exhibition and fund halls. The archaeological fund contains about 500 objects, of which about 200, among the most selected, are exposed; the rest is kept in the fund. The archaeological - museum objects of this sector represent all historical periods, from the Neolithic (6000 years BC) to the late Middle Ages (XVI century AD). They have a geographical extent that includes the entire area of Shkodra. A good part of them comes from random finds, but there are also objects that come from the archaeological excavations of the expeditions carried out in this territory.
The museum provides visitors with qualified explanations and sufficient guide and promotional materials.
History Sector
The History Sector contains the documentary archive and historical relics. It is among the richest in the museum network of Albania. It is divided into 55 funds. The documentation has data for the entire Prefecture of Shkodra and wider. The main part is in the original and written in Albanian, Italian, French, German and Serbian.
The subject it contains is of a historical, economic, cultural, artistic, linguistic, educational, administrative, museum, social, memorial character. Albanian translations and publications made by the Museum after 1949 are also stored there.
Part of the Archive is also the film library with historical materials filmed in the Central State Archive and other images (over 3000 in total). Also, the Fonoteka with the collection of the first gramophone records, recorded in Shkodër after 1953 and oral recordings of historical memory. A separate collection consists of photographs, where events, individual or group characters, various monuments, historical personalities, etc. are recorded.
The oldest document is considered a four-page parchment still undeciphered, which is thought to date from the XII - XIV century.
The fund of historical objects of the Museum consists of 4 main collections documenting the period from the 15th century to the present day:
1. Weapons collection: Contains weapons of all types, domestic or imported.
Light artillery (small balls), XIV - XV century.
Firearm, arm or belt from the 17th century onwards.
Different types of cold weapons, XVIII - XX centuries.
Furious metal projectiles of various sizes (stone projectiles of the 15th century stand out, the most massive - up to 600 kg.)
2. The collection of relics: It is related to historical events and prominent personalities of the city of Shkodra province (among them: L. Gurakuq, P. Vasa, Sh. Gjeçov, B. Curri, D. Boriç, Migjeni)
3. Collection of Seals: They relate to the activity of state institutions, religious institutions and various individuals of the city and province of Shkodra, but also of foreign countries.
4. Numismatic collection (Coins and Banknotes of the modern period): Contains coins or securities of Albania and some countries that had political or commercial relations with Shkodra or Albania. (XIX - XX centuries). minted and circulated in Shkodër in 1920, when the city finally joined the Albanian state.
Ethnography Sector:
This section has a fund of about 1500 objects belonging to the XVIII - XX century. They are handicraft products of the city of Shkodra and the geo-ethnographic areas of its basin: Dukagjin, M. Madhe, Shllak, Postrriba, Zadrima, Anamal, Kraja as well as the provinces of Puka and Mirdita.
Some of them are produced by individuals from citizen or peasant families, while the rest are products of the artisans of the city of Shkodra, following the centuries-old local tradition, but also with new elements, influenced by contacts with foreign cultures, in different times.
The materials used for their work are mainly of local origin, but materials are also used

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