Commemoration of the victims of the Pontic Greek Genocide at the AGMI
21.05.2022
The Parliament of the Hellenic Republic of Greece declared, on February 24, 1994, that May 19 is a day of remembrance for the victims of the Greek Genocide, associated with the arrival of Mustafa Kemal in Samsun. The Greek Genocide is also commemorated on September 14 in connection with the premeditated extermination of the Smyrna Christians, followed by the burning of that city, in 1922.
A discourse, dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Pontic Greek Genocide, was held in the "Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute" Foundation’s conference hall on May 21 in the presence of Harutyun Marutyan, AGMI Director, Edita Gzoyan, AGMI Deputy Scientific Director, Maria Lazareva, President of the Union of Greek Communities of Armenia, Garnik Harutyunyan, President of TheoLab Scientific-Analytical Centre and it’s co-founder Hayk Hakobyan, as well as representatives of the Greek community.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial
20.05.2022
The President of the Republic of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda, who arrived in Armenia on an official visit, visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial with his wife Diana Nausediene, and accompanied by Yerevan Mayor Hrachya Sargsyan and RA Minister of Health Anahit Avanesyan on May 20.
AGMI Director Harutyun Marutyan welcomed the guests and told them the history of the creation of the Memorial. He also related the story of the 3 khachkars placed in Tsitsernakaberd Park and dedicated to the memory of the Armenians who perished during the ethnic cleansing of the Armenian population within Azerbaijan at the end of the last century.
The First Vice President of the Czech Senate Jiri Ruzicka visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial
18.05.2022
The delegation led by the First Deputy Speaker of the Czech Senate Jiri Ruzicka, who arrived in Armenia on a working visit, visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial on May 18 accompanied by RA NA Deputy Speaker Hakob Arshakyan and Head of the Armenia-Czech Republic Friendship Group Arthur Hovhannisyan.
The guests were greeted by Lusine Abrahamyan, the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute’s Deputy Director for Museum Works, who presented the history of the memorial.
The Italian parliamentarians visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial
18.05.2022
On May 18, the delegation of the Italian Parliament visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial accompanied by a group of RA NA deputies and Alfonso Di Rizzo, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Italy to the RA.
The guests were welcomed by Lusine Abrahamyan, Deputy Director for Museum Affairs of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, who presented the history of the memorial.
The President of the Audit Chamber of the Russian Federation Alexei Kudrin visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial
14.05.2022
The delegation led by the Chairman of the Audit Chamber of the Russian Federation Alexei Kudrin, who arrived in Armenia on a working visit, visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial on May 14 accompanied by the Chairman of the Audit Chamber of the Republic of Armenia Atom Janjughazyan.
AGMI Director Harutyun Marutyan welcomed the guests and told them the history of the creation of the Memorial. He also related the story of the 3 khachkars placed in Tsitsernakaberd Park and dedicated to the memory of the Armenians who perished during the ethnic cleansing of the Armenian population within Azerbaijan at the end of the last century.
Uruguayan Armenian community to the Armenian Genocide Museum
13.05.2022
A number of important materials - brochures, leaflets and books on the history of Armenia, the Armenian Cause and the Armenian Genocide – were presented to the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute by the Armenian community of Uruguay. This took place in the Armenian Genocide Museum’s conference hall on May 12 this year. It was attended by Eduardo Rosenbrock, Ambassador of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay to the Republic of Armenia and his wife.
The donors of the materials handed over to the AGMI Foundation by our compatriots living in Uruguay were Mrs. Nairi Aharonian, the Aharonian-Paraskevaides’ archive director, Professor Eduardo Alvarez Petrosian and Dr. Carlos Getsoian.
In his opening speech, AGMI Director Harutyun Marutyan highlighted Uruguay’s role on behalf of the Armenian people, being the first government to recognize the Armenian Genocide. He added: “After the recognition of the Armenian Genocide by Uruguay, a number of major countries of the world followed the big step taken by this small state by also recognising it. All these materials passed to us today by Uruguay’s Armenian community of are of great significance for our museum.”
French delegation visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial complex
03.05.2022
Arriving in Armenia, the delegation led by the head of the France-Armenia Friendship Group of the French Senate, Gilbert-Luc Devinaz, visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial complex, accompanied by the head of the Armenia-France Friendship Group of the RA NA Vladimir Vardanyan, on May 3, 2022.
The guests were greeted by Lusine Abrahamyan, the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute’s Deputy Director for Museum Works, who presented the history of the memorial.
Ilia Darchiashvili, Georgian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial complex
30.04.2022
The delegation, headed by Georgian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili, who arrived in Armenia on an official visit, visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial complex, accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan, on April 30, 2022.
The guests were welcomed by the director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Harutyun Marutyan.
“The horrors suffered by the Armenians as seen through Dutch eyes”
The opening of a new temporary exhibition in the AGMI
29.04.2022
A temporary exhibition titled "The horrors suffered by the Armenians as seen through Dutch eyes" was opened in the AGMI’s small exhibition hall today, April 29, 2022. This unique exhibition addresses the Dutch response to the Armenian massacres and Genocide for the first time.
The exhibition was opened with a welcoming speech made by the director of the “Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute” Foundation Harutyun Marutyan, after which Dr. Dirk Roodzant, the exhibition’s creator, greeted those present.
The opening ceremony was also attended by the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Republic of Armenia Mr. Nicholas Jacob Schermers, the US Deputy Ambassador to the Republic of Armenia Mr. Chip Leitinen and the Director of the Archives and Museums of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Father Asoghik Karapetyan.
The bilingual (Armenian and English) temporary exhibition, consisting of four titled sections, features original documents, illustrations and unique examples of items concerning the Armenian Genocide, published in the Dutch press, which are being exhibited for the first time. Most of the materials presented are from the Dutch researcher and creator of the exhibition Dr. Dirk Rhoodzant’s personal collection.
Members of legislative and executive bodies of several countries visited the Armenian Genocide Museum
24.04.2022
Members of the legislative and executive bodies of a number of countries also paid tribute to the memory of the Armenian Genocide victims at Tsitsernakaberd this morning.
The parliamentarians of the Syrian Arab Republic, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the mayor of the Norwegian city of Kragerø, the Norwegian ambassador to Armenia, the members of the Israeli Knesset and members of the Dutch governmental delegation also visited the Armenian Genocide Museum.
The Catholicos of All Armenians visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial
24.04.2022
On April 24, His Holiness Garegin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, accompanied by members of the order of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, visited the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial to commemorate the holy martyrs of the Armenian Genocide.
After laying of his wreath at the memorial, the holy martyrs intercession ceremony of the Armenian Genocide was held under the presidency of His Holiness before the Eternal Flame.
High-ranking statesmen of the Republic of Armenia paid tribute to the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide
24.04.2022
Republic of Armenia President Vahagn Khachaturyan, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan, National Assembly deputies, members of the government, the heads of diplomatic missions accredited to Armenia and others paid tribute to the memory of the Armenian Genocide victims at Tsitsernakaberd Memorial.
High-ranking officials put flowers at the Eternal Flame and honoured the memory of the innocent martyrs with a minute’s silence.
After the visit to the memorial, the statesmen, led by the RA Prime Minister visited the Armenian Genocide Museum.
THE CONCEPT OF “RETURN” IN JEAN-PIERRE SEFERIAN’S ENGRAVED WORKS WITH THE THEME OF “DEATH MARCH”
23.04.2022
The French-Armenian artist and engraver Jean-Pierre Seferian’s exhibition titled “DESERT: THE DEATH MARCH” was opened in the AGMI Gallery on April 23.
AGMI Deputy Director for Scientific Works, Edita Gzoyan gave the opening speech. In his speech, Jean-Pierre Seferian thanked AGMI Director Harutyun Marutyan, as well as the entire AGMI staff. Tehmine Martoyan, senior researcher in the Armenian Genocide Victims’ Documentation and Data Collection Department, greeted those present.
Jean-Pierre (Haroutioun-Bedros) Seferian was born in Marseilles on January 10, 1954. His father was originally from Sebastia (Sivas) and his mother from Ankara. They emigrated to France in 1925. Settling in the suburb of Issy-les-Moulineaux near Paris, Jean-Pierre Seferian decided, at the age of 18, to specialise in graphic art and advertising. He started working in studios and advertising agencies and, at the same time graduated from the School of Applied Arts in Paris (by evening classes, in 1975) and studied painting techniques at the School of Fine Arts (1976).
Members of the Republic of Armenia National Assembly and Russian Federation Interparliamentary Cooperation Committee visit the Armenian Genocide Memorial
23.04.2022
Members of the RA NA and RF Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation Committee visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial accompanied by the RA NA Deputy Speaker Hakob Arshakyan, the Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergei Kopyrkin, the RA Ambassador to Russia Vagharshak Harutyunyan on April 23.
AGMI Director Harutyun Marutyan welcomed the guests and told them the history of the creation of the Memorial. He also related the story of the 3 khachkars placed in Tsitsernakaberd Park and dedicated to the memory of the Armenians who perished during the ethnic cleansing of the Armenian population within Azerbaijan at the end of the last century.
THE THREE-DAY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE TITLED "ARMENIAN GENOCIDE TEACHING CHALLENGES IN THE 21ST CENTURY" HAS TAKEN PLACE
23.04.2022
A three-day conference titled “Challenges of Teaching the Armenian Genocide in the 21st Century” organised by the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Foundation took place from April 20 to 22, 2010.
AGMI Director Harutyun Marutyan made an opening speech at the conference. A welcoming speech was also delivered by Republic of Armenia Deputy Minister of Education and Science Janna Andreasyan.
A temporary exhibition titled “Tracing the Armenian Schools in the Ottoman Empire: An Enlighted Nation’s Certificates” organised by the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Foundation was opened on the first day of the conference.
OPENING OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND TEMPORARY EXHIBITION AT THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MUSEUM-INSTITUTE
20.04.2022
A three-day conference organized by the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Foundation and titled “Challenges of Teaching the Armenian Genocide in the 21st Century” was launched today in its conference hall.
AGMI Director Harutyun Marutyan made the opening speech, saying, among other things: “We have realised that there is a problem, in terms of methodology, for teachers and ourselves and this conference is called upon to address it. This is probably the first such conference in the Armenian reality. Through discussions with authoritative scholars from abroad, we want to get an idea of how the subject of genocide is taught in foreign countries in both Armenian and non-Armenian environments, given the fact that the foreign experts here represent mainly nations that have been subject to genocide at different times.”
PRESS RELEASE
16.04.2022
The opening ceremony of the three-day conference entitled “Challenges of Teaching the Armenian Genocide in the 21st Century” organized by the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Foundation will take place on April 20, at 09:30, in the conference hall of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute. About thirty specialists in the field of genocide studies and related fields from Armenia, the United States, the Russian Federation, Lebanon, Israel, Rwanda, Spain, the Republic of South Africa and Cambodia will take part in the conference.
The opening ceremony will be followed by the opening of a temporary exhibition entitled “Tracing the Armenian Schools in the Ottoman Empire: An Enlighted Nation’s Certificates”, organized by the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Foundation (at 10:15), which is the first thematically and has a purpose, that is, to raise and present from a distance of more than a century the once fruitful activities of about 2000 Armenian schools in Western Armenia, Cilicia, in the Armenian-populated areas of the Ottoman Empire, which was interrupted by the Armenian Genocide. These institutions, despite the persecution and violence perpetrated by the Ottoman government, not only did not cease to exist, but also had great success for decades, making significant contributions to the empire's education, science, and cultural development.
PRESS RELEASE
13.04.2022
The presentation of a new book, “Forced Conversions in Ottoman Turkey: Reports from The U.S. Press (1895-1920)”, by Ara Ketibian, the Australian-Armenian literary critic and co-author of the multi-volume book “The Armenian Genocide: Prelude and Aftermath. As reported in the U.S. Press” will take place on April 15 at 2:30 pm in the conference hall of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute.
The author of the book Ara Ketibian will be present at the presentation.
The entrance is free.
We look forward to see you.
Member of the House of Lords and Adviser to UK Government on Antisemitism John Mann Visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial
08.04.2022
Member of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom and adviser to UK Government on Antisemitism John Mann, who was in Armenia on a working visit, visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial on April 8.
The delegation was welcomed by the Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Mr. Harutyun Marutyan, who recounted the history of the memorial complex to the guests. Mr. Marutyan also told them the history of the 3 khachkars placed in the grounds of Tsitsernakaberd, dedicated to the memory of the Armenians who died during the ethnic cleansing of the Armenian population in Azerbaijan at the end of the last century.
During the 49th session of the UN Human Rights Council the resolution on "Prevention of Genocide" initiated by Armenia was adopted by consensus
01.04.2022
On March 31, during the 49th session of the UN Human Rights Council (28 February – 1 April 2022), the resolution on "Prevention of Genocide" initiated by Armenia was adopted by consensus.
The resolution assessing current threats and challenges, outlines the steps to be taken jointly by the UN member states towards prevention of the calamity of genocide, its recognition, restoration of justice, compensation, punishment and ensuring the accountability of the genocide perpetrators.
The Bangladesh Genocide-1971
25.03.2022
March 25 is the Bengali Genocide Remembrance Day, which commemorates the victims of the 1971 genocide in Bangladesh. And in this regard, we talked to a bengali genocide scholar Mofidul Hoque․
With the launch of a military "Operation Searchlight" in Eastern Pakistan (Bangladesh) on March 25, Pakistan aimed to suppress Bangladesh's right to self-determination. Pakistan's actions lead to genocide, causing many deaths. March 25 is the Day of Commemoration of the Bangladesh genocide when Bengali people commemorate the victims of the 1971 massacres. What kind of official commemoration ceremonies are held in Bangladesh on March 25.
- Pakistan, since its inception in 1947, has established a domination of Western part over the Eastern wing, that started with the denial of language right and took the form of cultural, economic, administrative and political domination.
SOGHOMON TEHLIRIAN: THE ASSASSINATION OF TALAT
15.03.2022
After the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I, its new government decided, under pressure from the Allies, to prosecute members of the Young Turk government and the central committee of the Union և Progress Party for dragging the Ottoman Empire into the war and organising the deportation and massacre of the Armenians. The main group of culpable Young Turks (Mehmet Talat, Ismail Enver, Ahmed Cemal, Behaeddin Shakir, Mehmet Nazim, Osman Bedri and Hussein Azmi) had, however, already escaped responsibility and criminal arrest by leaving on a German warship on November 1, 1918.
In autumn 1919, the 9th general assembly of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) in Yerevan, set up, in conditions of the strictest secrecy, a special mission (Hatuk Gortz) under the leadership of Armen Garo, (RA Ambassador to the United States), tasked with finding and suitably punishing the Young Turk organisers and perpetrators of the Armenian Genocide.
Soghomon Tehlirian (1896-1960) is rightly considered to be the most famous figure in the special operational group (operation “Nemesis”) and may be considered as a symbol of Armenian revenge. This is due not only to the fact that his target was that most famous criminal, Talat, but also because his trial was widely publicised.
CONFERENCE INVITATION
02.03.2022
Title: Smyrna in the Context of the Armenian and Greek Genocides: Annihilation, Arson and Deportation (September 1922)
Date: September 14-15, 2022
Location: Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia
Organised by: Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Foundation
Co-organisers: YSU Institute of Armenian Studies, Khachatur Abovyan Armenian State Pedagogical University, Haigazian University of Beirut (Lebanon), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece)
September 2022 marks the 100th anniversary of the last stage of the Armenian and Greek genocides with the massacre of the Greek and Armenian populations of Smyrna and the premeditated arson of the Armenian and Greek quarters of the city.
Smyrna, with its multinational and multicultural existence, greatly contributed to the development of the Armenians, Greeks and foreigners living in Smyrna. The city’s Greek community developed thanks to the initiatives of hundreds of local Greeks and others from Greece, focusing on cultural development, education, the role of the church.
Canada’s Special Envoy to the European Union and Europe, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Federal Republic of Germany Stéphane Dion visits the Armenian Genocide Memorial
01.03.2022
The delegation led by Canada’s Special Envoy to the European Union and Europe, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Federal Republic of Germany Stéphane Dion, who arrived in Armenia on a working visit, visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial on February 26.
The guests were welcomed by the Deputy Director for the museum affairs Lusine Abrahamyan, who presented the history of the creation of the Memorial.
THE SUMGAIT MASSACRES: FEBRUARY 1988
28.02.2022
The reopening of the Artsakh issue became one of the manifestations of Gorbachev’s policy of restructuring (перестройка) and publicity (гласность). A special session of the Nagorno-Karabakh Regional Council decided, on February 20, 1988, to request the withdrawal of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic from the Azerbaijan SSR, and for its unification with Soviet Armenia. It also requested that the Supreme Soviets of Azerbaijani SSR and the Armenian SSR mediate before the Supreme Soviet of the USSR for a positive solution of the issue.
In response to the just legal decision of the Armenians of Artsakh to exercise their right to self-determination, massacres and mass deportations of the Armenian population began in the Armenian-populated regions of Azerbaijan in February 1988. The first victim of Azerbaijan's policy of forcibly suppressing the free will of the people of Artsakh became the city of Sumgait’s Armenian population. It was there that, on February 27-29, the Armenian population of the city was annihilated exclusively for being Armenian. This was despite the city being considered a symbol of internationalism.
Country Manager of the World Bank for Armenia Carolin Geginat visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial
26.02.2022
Country Manager of the World Bank for Armenia Carolin Geginat visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial, on February 26.
AGMI Director Harutyun Marutyan welcomed the guests and told the history of the creation of the Memorial.
Ms. Geginat and the guests put flowers at the Eternal Flame and honored the memory of the innocent martyrs with a minute’s silence.
Chief Commissioner of the Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania Renatas Požėla visits the Armenian Genocide Memorial
23.02.2022
The delegation led by the Chief Commissioner of the Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania Renatas Požėla, who arrived in Armenia on a working visit, visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial on February 23 accompanied by the RA Police Chief Vahe Ghazaryan and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania to Armenia Inga Stanite-Tolochkiene.
AGMI Director Harutyun Marutyan welcomed the guests and told them the history of the creation of the Memorial. He also related the story of the 3 khachkars placed in Tsitsernakaberd Park dedicated to the memory of the Armenians who perished during the ethnic cleansing of the Armenian population within Azerbaijan at the end of the last century.
Georgian Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial
03.02.2022
The delegation led by the Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia Vakhtang Gomelauri, who arrived in Armenia on a working visit, visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial on February 3, accompanied by the Head of Police of the Republic of Armenia Vahe Ghazaryan.
The guests were welcomed by the director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Dr. Harutyun Marutyan who presented to the guests the history of the memorial.
Austrian Federal Minister for European and Foreign Affairs Alexander Schalenberg visits Armenian Genocide Memorial
02.02.2022
The delegation led by the Minister of European and Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Austria Alexander Schalenberg, who arrived in Armenia on a working visit, visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial on February 2 accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan.
The guests were welcomed by the director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Harutyun Marutyan who presented the history of the memorial.
Righteous Armenians of the Holocaust
01.02.2022
The stories of the genocides are full of tragedies and atrocities. Hundreds of thousands of people were involved in the murder process, becoming mass murderers.
However, at the same time, unparalleled examples of compassion and heroism are encountered, when certain individuals, risking their lives, saved their comrades, friends and even strangers who were targeted by the genocide.
Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Centre in Jerusalem commemorates the names of about 20,000 people who saved others. This is not a large number, considering that the number of people in the regions subject to the Holocaust reached several hundred million.
A SERIES OF LECTURES ON ORAL HISTORY
29.01.2022
Dr. Gayane Shagoyan, a leading researcher of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, gave three thematic lectures at the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute’s conference hall on the 18th, 19th and 22nd of January.
The topic of the lectures was oral history and its methodology. Their titles were:
. Theory and practice of oral history,
. Oral history in the museum,
. Questions and answers: ethnic and legal aspects.
Holocaust Remembrance Week at the Armenian Genocide Museum Institute
26.01.2022
Holocaust Remembrance Week to be marked at the Armenian Genocide Museum Institute on January 27 - February 2, 2022:
27.01, 14:00 - Visit to the Holocaust Memorial.
29.01- 29.01 – Public lecture of Tali Nates, Director of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Center: "A Second-Generation Journey: From Schindler’s List to the Creation of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre" at AGMI Conference Hall, at 11:00.
20.01.2022
Dear visitor,
According to the decree No. 02-N, dated January 7 by the Ministry of Health of RA, from January 22, upon entering the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute you will be asked to provide
- a PCR test certificate with a negative result which was obtained not more than 72 hours before; or
- a reference from ARMED system, confirming the negative result of rapid antigen detection test for COVID-19 pre-qualified by the World Health Organization, not older than 24 hours; or
- a vaccination certificate via mobile application or present the printed version of the certificate exported from the application with a QR code.
Teaching the history of the Armenian Genocide has become mandatory in another US state
14.01.2022
Teaching about genocide will be mandatory in middle and high schools in the state of Massachusetts in the United States of America. On February 2, 2021 a group of lawmakers submitted bill No. 692 to the Massachusetts Senate and the House of Representatives for approval on teaching about genocide which was signed by the governor on December 2, 2021, thus gaining legal force. It will be implemented in the new academic year, from July 1, 2022.
The bill is the result of 12 years of consistent work. It was drawn up by Senator Michael Rodrigues, who initially included only the history of the Jewish genocide in the draft. However, seeing the American public ignorance of the crimes committed against humanity during World War I and II, the bill was expanded to include other genocides of the 20th century. The law intends (a) To achieve and promote the teaching of human rights issues in all districts, with particular attention to the study of the inhumanity of genocide, including but not limited to the Holocaust, the Armenian Genocide, the Famine-Genocide in Ukraine known as Holodomor, the Pontian Greek Genocide, the forcible transport of Africans to the Americas in the slave trade in the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries, the violence committed against indigenous people in the Americas, and more recent atrocities in Bosnia, Cambodia, Rwanda, and Sudan.
Another temporary exhibition on a virtual platform
A virtual tour of one of the exhibitions in the Armenian Genocide Museum
13.01.2022
The Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Foundation, continuing to cooperate with the “On Point” organization, presents another temporary exhibition on its online platform, titled Tracing Armenian Claims: Ownership Certificates Relating to Individual and Community-Owned Armenian Assets. By visiting the AGMI website, it is possible to make a virtual tour of one of the exhibition halls in the Armenian Genocide Museum and thus see exclusive exhibits online, comprising about two dozen original Ottoman manuscripts and ownership documents, which are being displayed for the first time. Moreover, it is possible not just to see, but also to enlarge each image, read their main texts and explanations and to examine the exhibits themselves.
The above-mentioned exhibition will be open in the museum until April 23, 2022 and will be permanently available in the virtual version.
The khachkar on Tsitsernakaberd height dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Sumgait crime has been repaired
11.01.2022
The khachkar in the Tsitsernakaberd memorial garden dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Sumgait crime was restored in October last year. It had been erected there on April 24, 1988, watched by large numbers of people and emphasizing that the Sumgait tragedy is the continuation of the Armenian Genocide.
The ethnic cleansing and mass deportation of the Armenian population of Sumgait in Soviet Azerbaijan by the Azerbaijani authorities, from February 27 to 29, 1988, was aimed at preventing the further spread of the Artsakh movement and to threaten the Armenians with future bloody actions. The number of victims of the Sumgait massacre is still unknown. According to the official data from the USSR Prosecutor's Office, the number of people killed is 26 but, according to unofficial data, is several hundred.
The massacres organised at the highest state level in Sumgait on February 27-29 have not yet received an adequate political and legal assessment.
Dear visitor,
The Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute will be closed from December 31 till January 3, 2022.
Sincerely,
The Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Foundation
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