Since the 1920s April 24th is the day Armenians commemorate the victims of Armenian Genocide, the most tragic element of Armenian history.

On April 24, 1915 hundreds Armenian Intellectuals: poets, musicians, publicists, editors, lawyers, doctors, deputies, were arrested in Constantinople under warrants issued by the Turkish authorities. They were all sent into exile and were horrifically slaughtered. The annihilation of the Armenian Intellectuals was the part of a systematic, fiendish plan to exterminate the Armenian people in their homeland. It was the first state-planned Genocide of the 20th century.

On April 24, 1965 Soviet Armenians organized rallied to demand the recognition of the Armenian Genocide, thus, breaking an era of silence that was created during the Soviet rule regarding this issue.

A mourning procession of hundred thousands Armenians, which includes local Armenians as well as Diasporans, begins in a silent march that moves to the Armenian Genocide Memorial every year on April 24. As each mourner brings flowers to place around the eternal fire, a sea of flowers can be seen encircling the area creating a solemn visual impact.

Photos of April 24, 2009

Photos of April 24, 2008

Photos of April 24, 2007

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.

Ghevondyan Melkon was born in Huseyniq (Province of Kharberd of Western Armenia), teacher of French collage of Kharberd. He was killed in 1915.

March 11, 2010 Today the delegation headed by President of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Joao Soares visited Tsitsernakaberd ...

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 ...