Museum-Institute of Armenian Genocide organizes exhibitions around world

YEREVAN, APRIL 22, ARMENPRESS. The Director of the Museum-Institute of the Armenian Genocide presented the Museum’s activity and achievements during the year stating the works are still underway.

The Director of the Museum Hayk Demoyan firstly stressed the importance of the new exhibition in the Museum which has received positive feedback. However, the Museum Administration is ready to hear new suggestions.

He stated that the permanent exhibition was opened on April 21, 2015 and had near 180.000 visitors from which 1500 were citizens of Turkey. Besides, the temporary exhibitions of the Museum were presented in nearly 50 museums of the world, including in Novosibirsk and Valence, and exhibitions will be held in Marseille and the famous “Mazarine” library of Paris”, Demoyan added.

Hayk Demoyan also noted that there are suggestions to open museum exhibitions in various countries, and several agreements were signed in this context. “We managed to draw the attention of international institutions, in this case the museums and reach cooperation with them as a result of hard work during these years. We plan to make scientific personnel, exhibition and information exchange”, said Hayk Demoyan.

Another achievement of the museum is the publications in English language, as well as the third Armenian publication. This year the works on the publication of trilingual Armenian encyclopedia about the Armenian Genocide will be finished.

The Director of the Museum added that the activities of lobbyist groups, academic developments and foreign language publications contribute to the international recognition of the Armenian Genocide.