TIRANA, June 21/ATA/ After the announcement of the international competition and the selection of the finalists, the Ministry of Culture is ready for the public presentation of the five projects from which the winner will emerge, which will transform the house-monument of the Libohovas into a museum and which will bear the meaningful name “Besa” (word of honor).
Minister of Culture Elva Margariti made a public invitation through social networks to participate in this presentation for the establishment of the newest museum in Tirana.
The public presentation of the 5 projects will take place on June 26, 2023, at the hall of the National Theater of Opera and Ballet.
The five finalist teams are: EAA (Emre Arolat Architecture), Oppenheim Architecture, Schneider & Schumacher, Cook Haffner Architecture Platform AS & Archispace as well as MVRDV & IRi & OVE Arup&Partners Ireland Ltd & Martha Schwartz Partners.
The museum will be built at the Libohovas’ House, Cultural Monument, located next to the Castle of Tirana and Toptani Palace.
The museum will be a new destination in the city for all those who want to get to know that glorious page of the history of the Albanians, such as the protection they gave to the Jews during the WWTwo.
This becomes the second museum after the one in Vlora dedicated to the role of Albanians in protection Jews during the Holocaust./p.s./
