Education/News/November 2022/An event at the National History Museum in Tirana

For the November National Celebrations, WoALUG organized an event with the National History Museum in Albania. Since we wanted to celebrate two important historical dates, 28-29 of November, which are Independence Day and National Liberation Day in Albania, WoALUG arranged a day in the National History Museum to raise awareness about the history and why it is important to write and expand articles on Wikipedia for these historical dates.

For this event, we collaborated with the GLAM and Educational programs partners, the National History Museum in Tirana, and 2 high schools in Elbasan. Students had the opportunity to visit pavilions of the Independence and National Liberation Day, talk about the history, and be informed by a well-known history researcher, Jaho Brahaj. At the end of this event, we discussed the importance of the historical facts, content, and information on Sq Wikipedia, and asked and answered questions about their struggles when writing history articles.

Being the month of major historical celebrations, our school partners and teachers are organizing activities during this month regarding article writings about the Independence and National Liberation Days in Albania and the museum.

Below are some pictures from the event.