Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute to become scientific research center of international significance
A new permanent exposition will open in the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute (AGMI) in a year, AGMI Director Hayk Demoyan told a press conference in Yerevan. It will be unique in terms of quality and scientific content, he added.
The reconstruction work of the Museum-Institute, according to him, will be completed in October and the preparation of the new exposition will begin then. The new exposition will be unveiled on April 24, 2015.
Demoyan noted that the Museum-Institute, with an expanded area and larger number of materials, will become a scientific research center of international significance.
He also said that in connection with the centenary of the Armenian Genocide, there will be temporary exhibitions in dozens of countries, presenting new information and materials about the Armenian Genocide.
The Armenian Genocide was recognized by Uruguay, Russia, France, Lithuania, the Italian Chamber of Deputies, majority of U.S. states, parliaments of Greece, Cyprus, Argentina, Belgium and Wales, National Council of Switzerland, Chamber of Commons of Canada, Polish Sejm, Vatican, European Parliament and the World Council of Churches.