Marubi National Museum of Photography is located in Shkoder Albania. It engages in accordance with the main objectives and policies of the Ministry of Culture, to design, schedule and develop national policies for the protection, conservation, restoration, exhibition, research and promotion of cultural heritage photography. Marubi’s Museum Mission is to alter into something open to all strata of the society, in order to improve the life of the city, thus becoming a reference point of the Albanian culture.
Profile of the collection :
The profile of the collection consists on Marubi archive dynasty and other Albanian photographers. The first photos of this collection correspond to the first pictures taken in the studio founded by Pietro Marubbi. The photographic collections extends from 1856 until 1989.
The collection consists of: glass negatives formats 6x9cm, 10x15cm, 12X16cm, 13X18cm, 16X24cm, 30x40cm, roller films 24x36mm, plan films 4X6cm, 6x9cm. Besides the various media negatives, part of the archive is also printed pictures, diaries of the photographers, correspondence, records and notebooks for registering photographs and photographic and studio objects as cameras of the period, stamps and prints of other studios. These collections belong to the authors: Pietro Marubbi, Mati Kodheli, Kol Idromeno, Kel Marubi Gege Marubi, Shan Pici, Dede Jakova, Peter Rraboshte, Angelin Nënshati, Lazer Kodheli, Lek Voci, Hilmi Mustafa, Mehmet Kallfa and Pirro Mosi.