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Archive of the ”Marubi” museum towards full digitization

The archive of the Museum of Photography “Marubi” is in the process of digitalization. The Minister of Culture, Elva Margariti announced that so far 23 registers with 15,260 pages have been digitized, thanks to the work of the specialists of “Marubi”,  and the students of the Austrian school “Peter Mahringer”. The archive of the Museum of Photography “Marubi” is a national pride, so its preservation is a priority.

With its digitization we extend the life of the original collections and make them more accessible to the public and in particular to photography scholars. So far, 23 registers with 15,260 pages have been digitized thanks to the work of the specialists of “Marubi”,  and the students of the Austrian school “Peter Mahringer”, Margariti announced. In 1970 the Photo Library “Marubi” was founded and in May 2016, with the collections of the photo library was inaugurated the National Museum of Photography “Marubi” in Shkodra, which today is considered one of the unique museums in Europe. The museum today contains a rare collection of photographs with about 500 thousand negatives in different techniques and formats, as well as cameras, various documents and portraits of Albanian photographers.

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