Culture Minister Mirela Kumbaro who headed an international jury to select the winning project described the Marubi collection as a national treasure which the ministry targeted to place under UNESCO protection after the completion of the new museum.
TIRANA, April 1 – Netherlands-based Casanova-Hernandez has been selected as the winning design studio in an international competition to restore the national Marubi photo collection and turn it into a museum. The Dutch studio was selected among five shortlisted studios from Germany, Italy and Albania.
Culture Minister Mirela Kumbaro who headed an international jury to select the winning project described the Marubi collection as a national treasure which the ministry targeted to place under UNESCO protection after the completion of the new museum.
In a previous visit earlier this year, Prime Minister Edi Rama described the storage conditions of the Marubi photo collection as criminal.
“This treasure of our nation can no longer remain in this cell as a political prisoner who should die, with no light, food, air and communication with the public. This is criminal,” said Rama, promising to turn Marubi into a reference point for Albanian culture.
The Marubi collection of more than 100,000 negatives hosts pictures by Pietro Marubit, Kel Marubi, Geg롍arubi, Mati Kodheli Marubi, Kel Kodheli Marubi, Kol Idromeno, Shan Pici, Ded롊akova, Pjet철Raboshta, Angjelin N쯳hati.
The virtual museum project is being implemented under a joint project by the UNDP Art Gold 2 Albania programme, the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia and the National Fototeka Marubi. The project consists in the digitalization, cataloging, enhancement of Marubi Archives as well as the creation of a virtual museum promoting and presenting the Marubi photo archives to visitors interested in Albania’s identity and cultural heritage, as well as indicating tourist itineraries based on Marubi images.
