National Gallery of Art

Great? No. Intriguing? Yes.

There are no masterpieces here, but lots of better-then-OK local pieces and socialist realist items. There are no descriptors of the pieces on display (OK, a few, in Albanian) and you will see entire ...

Exactly what you expect from a national museum

Exactly what you would expect from a national museum. Very nice building. Low cost to enter. Interesting exhibits that let you dive deep into the history, or just casually browse. Most info translate...

Paintings Posing as Bedsheets

"The Tirana Initiative " ruined my visit. You pay your admission, and walk-out after 10-minutes, having seen NOTHING meaningful. What the TI is, all the superior art from the Communist-era is covered ...

Nice historical museum

Some very nice works on display, it gives a good sense and depiction of the socialist era. Shame that there are no contemporary pieces on show, at least when I visited. It sure is worth the visit!

only 60% is visible

interesting paintings but 40% of propaganda art is hidden i suspect it is the way to force people to visit again to see other paintings from the second floor, look at the back yard from the window, ...