TIRANA, May 18/ATA/- Albania’s Ministry of Culture announced that entry to all the country’s museums will be free on May 18, the International Museum Day.
This current year, Albania also presents a new approach to Museum Communication.
Likewise, the museums, the archaeological parks and the regional departments offer several events to the public, the school pupils and art-lovers.
Thus, 25 pictures showing collection of “Onufri” Museum in Berat are put on display; there is opened an exhibition of the old Albanian press presenting tens of original newspapers and magazines found in Korça Museum while the school pupils will get acquainted with archaeological values and the role of the museums for their promotion.
The museum staff has the opportunity to make the public aware of the challenges the museum face so that to stand in service of the society and its development.
Albania’s museums and archaeological parks have recorded an impressive figure of visitors during the first quarter of 2018 as compared with the same period last year.
According to the Institute of Statistics, during the first quarter of the current year 24.477 people visited the museums, an 83.7 % increase as compared with the same period last year./k.s/ /a.g/p.s./
