25.12.09

Every year the collection of the Armenian Genocide Museum is enriched with new and unique materials that greatly promote the research on Armenian Genocide and organization of museum exhibition. Those materials are mostly obtained with the support and donations of friends of the AGMI.

Donation made by “AGBU Young Professionals of Los Angeles” to the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute in 2009 enriched the museum collection with unique materials.

With the financial support of the organization the museum obtained about 150 valuable museum items, including 75 volumes of rare books, which are primary sources for study Armenian genocide, of which 30 of unique importance. Hundreds of rare magazines and newspapers, original photos, postcards, medals, stamps, as well as a unique collection of original photos (38 items) taken by Russian photographer D. I. Yermakov at the end of the 19th century, depicting Armenian cultural monuments.

The Armenian Genocide Museum expresses its deepest gratitude to the AGBU Young Professionals of Los Angeles for their honest and patriotic step, hoping that henceforward the collaboration for preservation of our common memory will be continued.

In April, 2010, AGMI organizes an international conference dedicated to the 95th anniversary of the Armenian genocide. The special focus of the conference will be on the cultural genocide of the Armenian heritage in Turkey.

In April 23, 2010, The Armenian genocide museum opens a temporary exhibition titled “Armenian genocide: frontpage coverage”. The exhibition includes rare century old newspapers and magazines covering Armenian genocide on their frontpages.

Ghazarosyan Hakob was born in Kharberd (Province of Kharberd of Western Armenia), merchant. He was killed by turks in 1915.

December 19, 2009 A group of Turkish journalists, who are in Armenia ...

November 21, 2009 The Chairman of the European Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions ...

October 30, 2009 Today the Foreign Minister of Belarus Sergey Martinov, visited to the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex ...

October 17, 2009 On October 16, the Association of the spouses of the foreign diplomats accredited in Armenia headed by Natalia Nalbandyan visited Tsitsernakaberd memorial of the ...

October 13, 2009 On October 13th of 2009, at 14:00, in the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute the presentation of the illustrated book of the AGMI director Mr. HAYK DEMOYAN, entitled “Armenian Sport and Gymnastics in the Ottoman Empire” ...

August 21, 2009 On August 17-21, 2009; the researcher of the AGMI Mr. Suren Manukyan took part in a conference in Cultural Studies; titled “The Cultural Life of Catastrophes and Crises”...

July 29, 2009 The representatives of Armenian and Turkish youth, “Tolerance through cultural and educational dialogues” program participants visited Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex ...