Editing Tirana (section)

=== Museums ===
{{Further|Category:Museums in Tirana|l1=Museums in Tirana}}
[[File:Tirana, Albania – National Museum of History 2019 15.jpg|thumb|left|The [[National Museum of History (Albania)|National Museum of History]] at the [[Skanderbeg Square]]]]

Tirana is the home to a number of museums dedicated to a wide array of arts. The [[National Museum of History (Albania)|National Museum of History]] is located at the Skanderbeg Square and the most representative museum of Tirana.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Bashkia Tiranë |title=National Historical Museum |url=https://www.tirana.al/en/points-of-interest/museums/national-historical-museum |access-date=18 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718143127/https://www.tirana.al/en/points-of-interest/museums/national-historical-museum |archive-date=18 July 2020}}</ref> The mosaic above the entrance is the most dominant feature of the museum displaying the story of how the [[Albanian people]] have fought against invasion and occupation throughout history.

Founded in 1948, the [[National Museum of Archaeology, Albania|National Museum of Archaeology]] at the Mother Teresa Square displays a wide collection of research and discoveries belonging to the archaeological locations around Albania.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Bashkia Tiranë |title=National Archaeological Museum |url=https://www.tirana.al/en/points-of-interest/museums/national-archaeological-museum-8052 |access-date=18 July 2020 |archive-date=18 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718143128/https://www.tirana.al/en/points-of-interest/museums/national-archaeological-museum-8052 |url-status=live }}</ref> It exhibits span from prehistory through antiquity and the Middle Ages to the twentieth century, offering an overview of the country's historical diversity.

[[File:Reja,_Tirane_Albania.jpg|thumb|right|The ''Cloud Pavilion'' outside the [[National Art Gallery of Albania|National Art Gallery]] installed by Japanese artist [[Sou Fujimoto]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tiranasmart.city/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/L19-%E2%80%9CThe-Cloud%E2%80%9D-Art-Pavilion-at-National-Gallery-Gardens-.pdf |title="The Cloud" - Art Pavilion at National Gallery Gardens |access-date=18 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817225455/http://tiranasmart.city/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/L19-%E2%80%9CThe-Cloud%E2%80%9D-Art-Pavilion-at-National-Gallery-Gardens-.pdf |archive-date=17 August 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>]]

The [[National Art Gallery of Albania|National Art Gallery]] is considered the most important gallery in Albania housing one of the greatest collections of paintings in the region.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Bashkia Tiranë |title=National Gallery of Arts |url=https://www.tirana.al/en/points-of-interest/galleries/national-gallery-of-arts-8056 |access-date=18 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718161502/https://www.tirana.al/en/points-of-interest/galleries/national-gallery-of-arts-8056 |archive-date=18 July 2020}}</ref> Located at the Dëshmorët e Kombit Boulevard, it holds approximately 4.500 works of art including the most important collection of [[Albanian art]] of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

The [[Bunkers in Albania|Bunk'art Museum]] consists of two underground bunkers built under the orders and direction of Hoxha during the communist era. Located at the Fadil Deliu Street and Abdi Toptani Street respectively, the bunkers have been transformed into a history museum and contemporary art gallery with exhibits from the Second World War and [[Cold War]].<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Bashkia Tiranë |title=Bunk'Art 1 |url=https://www.tirana.al/en/points-of-interest/museums/bunk-art-1 |access-date=18 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718155355/https://www.tirana.al/en/points-of-interest/museums/bunk-art-1 |archive-date=18 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |publisher=Bashkia Tiranë |title=Bunk'Art 2 |url=https://www.tirana.al/en/points-of-interest/museums/bunk-art-2 |access-date=18 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718155614/https://www.tirana.al/en/points-of-interest/museums/bunk-art-2 |archive-date=18 July 2020}}</ref>

The [[Museum of Secret Surveillance]] was founded in 2017 and is housed within a twentieth century mansion, the building known as the ''House of Leaves'', near the Dëshmorët e Kombit Boulevard.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Bashkia Tiranë |title=The Museum of Secret Surveillance |url=https://www.tirana.al/en/points-of-interest/museums/the-museum-of-secret-surveillance:--house-of-leaves |access-date=18 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718145226/https://www.tirana.al/en/points-of-interest/museums/the-museum-of-secret-surveillance:--house-of-leaves |archive-date=18 July 2020}}</ref> It commemorates and honours the victims who fell to the communist terrorism and violence during the communist period in Albania. Other museums include the [[Natural Sciences Museum of Albania|Natural Sciences Museum]], which has branches in zoology, botany and geology, the former Enver Hoxha Museum and the Bunk'art Museum.

The [[Bektashi Museum]] was opened at the [[World Headquarters of the Bektashi]] on 7 September 2015. The museum contains exhibits relating to Bektashi history and leadership.<ref>[https://kryegjyshataboterorebektashiane.org/en/the-bektashi-library/ The Bektashi Library] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920213116/https://kryegjyshataboterorebektashiane.org/en/the-bektashi-library/ |date=20 September 2021 }}. Kryegjyshata Botërore Bektashiane. Accessed 19 September 2021.</ref>