International Museum Day

International Museum Day

With the aim of keeping youth connected to traditions and cultural heritage in Berat, May 18th, or the International Museum Day, is dedicated to the Arts and crafts and youth.

The two days of activities in this city have solicited high school students, which are familiar with the traditions and values of the area.

In the first day of the activities, the high school students, alongside the museum specialists, organized a visit to the village of Roshnik in the district of Berat where they were introduced with agrotourism in the area.

Meanwhile, on the second day, activities were held at the Ethnographic Museum.

“With the material provided a day earlier in the village of Roshnik, students under the leadership of craftsmen showed visitors and other participants the "woolen technique."

“Starting from the dyeing of wool all the way up to the final process of working in the loom,” said cultural heritage specialist, Elena Uznova.

The activities were held under the slogan "Museums as a cultural center and the future of tradition", aiming to attract young people towards these institutions and to familiarize them with these unique traditions.

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