This gallery traces Albanian painting’s relatively brief history from the early 19th century to the present day. There are also temporary exhibits displayed in the building – see the museum website for more details.

Upstairs the art show a more a political dimension with some truly fabulous examples of Albanian socialist realism while downstairs there’s a small but interesting collection of 19th-century paintings depicting scenes from daily Albanian life.

Don’t miss the small collection behind the building of communist statues in storage, including Lenin and Joseph Stalin. There is a huge spider-web-like sculpture right in front of the gallery that local kids have commanded as a climbing frame.

Don’t miss the art installation in front of the Art Gallery, Reja, The Cloud.

The Albanian National Art Gallery appears in our Complete Guide to Visiting Tirana!

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