The interest of tourists in visiting the “Marubi” National Museum of Photography in Shkodër is exceedingly high. According to Director Luçjan Bedeni, in the first half of this year, the museum was visited by 9,000 tourists, around 3,000 more than the same period last year.

“This year, the statistics are continually increasing, with around 9,000 visitors,” said Luçjan Bedeni, Director of the “Marubi” National Museum of Photography.

For years, tourists from Central Europe have predominated among visitors to the “Marubi” National Museum of Photography. “Over the years, the Marubi Museum has been most visited by foreigners from Central Europe, but there is a noticeable increase in Spanish visitors,” Bedeni stated.

The Marubi Phototheque was established in 1970, and in May 2016, the “Marubi” National Museum of Photography was inaugurated with the collections of the phototheque. Today, it is considered one of the most unique museums in Europe.

The museum houses a rare collection of approximately 500,000 negatives in various techniques and formats, as well as photographic equipment, diverse documents, and portraits of Albanian photographers.

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