Timeline

The Konak Institute affirms that the museum’s animating idea is not confined to a single location. While Saraje Building becomes its anchor, the Institute will continue to curate exhibitions, cultural events, and platforms for artists, writers, theologians, and thinkers from Albania and beyond.

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A Museum Beyond Walls

Living room with 1970s style maroon patterned sectional sofa, wooden coffee tables with brass trays, wooden paneled walls decorated with framed Islamic calligraphy and artwork, gold vases, a tall wooden clock, and a window with lace curtains.

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The Institute is committed to expanding the national collection and preventing significant artifacts from leaving the country through private sales—fostering ethical acquisitions, donations, and loans.

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Building & Protecting the Collection

A cozy vintage-style living room with wooden paneling, red patterned carpet, and maroon upholstered furniture. There are small round tables, a grand clock, curtains covering the windows, and various decorative items on the shelves.

The Institute is preparing to move to its new office space, which will serve additionally as a space for archiving the collection, and as a community space for the Institute’s events. 

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Acquiring new community & office space. 

The Institute is committed to expanding the national collection and preventing significant artifacts from leaving the country through private sales—fostering ethical acquisitions, donations, and loans.

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Conservation & Training

The Museum will champion public literacy in art and heritage—offering programs that cultivate understanding of sacred aesthetics, craftsmanship, and cultural memory, and their relevance for contemporary civic life.

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Public Education & Sacred Pedagogy

An ambitious publishing program and a cycle of lectures, fellowships, and seminars will invite scholars across fields—art history, theology, anthropology, conservation science—to work in service of the community and the public.

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Scholarship, Publications & Intellectual Life

 

Together, we can ensure that the Islamic Art Museum in Tirana becomes a generous home for memory and imagination—a place where Albanian heritage converses with the Mediterranean world and inspires future generations. 

Contribute

Contribute artifacts, archives, or expertise to enrich the collection.

Engage

Engage with our talks, workshops, and open studios.

Support

Support conservation, research, and education through donations.

Volunteer

Volunteer as docents, translators, and community liaisons. 

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