Ethnographic Museum of Berat
Muzeu Kombëtar Etnografik Berat
A folk museum in an 18th-century Ottoman mansion at the foot of the castle hill, with traditional living rooms, wooden galleries, textiles and crafts.
The Ethnographic Museum sits beside the road up to the castle, in a two-storey Ottoman-era merchant's house with wooden galleries and a courtyard well. Its galleries recreate a traditional living room, kitchen, bridal chamber and women's quarters, and display carpets, costumes, copperware, silverware and weaving tools. It offers a direct look at life inside Berat's 'thousand-window' houses. A visit takes about 40 minutes, admission is low, and it is convenient to stop by on the way up to the castle.
Opening hours
Approx. 09:00–18:00; often closed Mondays
Nearby sights
- Mangalem Quarter
- King Mosque & Halveti Tekke
- Bachelors' Mosque
- Republic Boulevard & Evening Xhiro
- St. Michael's Church, Berat
- Berat Castle
- Onufri Iconographic Museum
- Holy Trinity Church, Berat