The National Museum of Medieval Art has seen a 60% increase in visitors compared to April of last year.

Fjoralba Prifti, the museum director, told ATSH that 2,544 people visited the museum in April. Of these, 839 were foreign visitors, mainly from Germany and Spain.

“From January to April, the National Museum of Medieval Art and the National Museum of Education were visited by 7,733 people, both locals and foreigners,” said Prifti.

The National Museum of Medieval Art is located in the city of Korça. It opened on April 24, 1980. Last month, the museum celebrated its 45th anniversary. The museum preserves the most valuable heritage created by Albanian painters over the centuries.

Post-Byzantine paintings are displayed in the iconographic art pavilion. These paintings date from the 12th to the 14th centuries. The museum holds around 7,500 artistic objects made of stone, wood, wool, silver, and other metals. Among them are 1,200 objects and about 6,000 icons. Most of these icons date back to the Bronze and Iron Ages. The museum also showcases traditional costumes and objects that reflect the ancient, traditional, and original aspects of urban culture.

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