"Onufri" Museum in Berat, 10,081 visitors in May

The museum of iconography "Onufri" has been organized in the premises of the church "Fjetja e Saint Mary", in the fortress of Berat, since February 27, 1986. The museum "Onufri" last month had 10,081 visitors. The Berat National Center of Museums has published the data on the number of visitors, where it seems that there is a higher number than the same period of 2022. In 2022, in the month of May, there were 4,628 visitors and revenue from tickets was 935,150 ALL, while in the year 2023, there were 10,081 visitors per month and the income from tickets 2,026,470 ALL. Berat National Center of Museums from time to time publishes photos of visitors visiting the museums, among them there are also foreigners. The collection of the "Onufri" museum consists of 200 objects selected from the funds of churches and monasteries in the district of Berat. It consists mainly of icons and a group of liturgical objects. The works of this museum date from the oldest of the 14th century to the beginning of the 20th century. The icons were made by iconographic painters such as: Onufri, Nikola i biri i Onufri, Onufër Cyprioti, David Selenica, Kostandin Shpataraku, Adam Kristo as well as painters with the surname ?etiri (Gjergji, Joani, Nikolla, Naumi, Gjergji i riu and Ndini), as and by many other anonymous painters. And the liturgical objects, mainly, bear the signature of Albanian goldsmiths over the centuries. The wood carvings of the cathedral were made by masters Stefan Barka from Misrasi in Opar and master Naum Ngjela from Lavdari in Opar at the beginning of the 19th century. The iconostasis of the Dormition of Saint Mary cathedral dates back to 1807.