TIRANA, Aug 13 /ATA/ – Minister of Economy, Culture and Innovation Blendi Gonxhja on Wednesday took to the social media to share images of the Ethnographic Museum in Kruja inviting everyone to visit one of Albania’s most important cultural heritage sites.
Gonxhja highlighted the Ethnographic Museum in the historic town as a place “where tradition meets innovation,” saying the site offers visitors a unique learning experience focused on Albania’s rich history and culture using storytelling and multimedia displays, including interactive walls, virtual and augmented reality experiences.
The museum showcases traditional Albanian domestic life and crafts over the past three centuries. Converted into a museum in 1989, the three-storey residence displays how wealthy families lived under Ottoman rule, with rooms organized by social status and gender.
The structure, built in the “çardak” style and combining Albanian and Ottoman architectural elements, is unique in the Balkans and is listed as a first-category cultural monument. Exhibits inside and outside the museum illustrate the crafts practiced in Kruja and across Albania, as well as efficient self-sustaining household systems.
Housed in an original XVIII century Ottoman residence and adorned with original frescoes from 1764, the National Ethnographic Museum in Kruja it was once owned by the affluent Toptani family.
The European Union funded the museum’s restoration through its EU4Culture programme, making it a significant attraction on a cultural route that begins at Kruja’s bazaar and continues through the castle, the Skanderbeg Museum and traditional inns.
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