Hayk Demoyan: an exhibition will be opened on April 24 at Armenian  Genocide Institute dedicated to 50th anniversary  of Tsitsernakaberd  Memorial

ArmInfo.An exhibition will be opened on April 24 at Armenian Genocide Institute dedicated to 50th anniversary  of Tsitsernakaberd Memorial, Hayk Demoyan, the Director of Armenian Genocide Institute Museum stated during the press 

conference held in Yerevan on April 21.

"This is an interesting year, this year we commemorate 50th 

anniversary of Tsitsernakaberd foundation".  The decision was taken 

to open an exposition on April 24 dedicated to the history of 

Memorial raising-from design arrangements, ground works and up to its 

opening in 1967", Demoyan said. And in this context he added that 

it's a good opportunity to summarize 50-year path.

Following his words, the exposition entitled as From Genocide to 

Independence Recovery, opened in September last year and dedicated to 

25th anniversary of Armenian Independence, will be opened for 

visitors on April 24 as well. "We decided to present this temporary 

exposition on April 24, because many of those who wanted to view it 

in September last year could not do that due to various reasons. And 

in May this year many items of exhibition are to be returned to their 

owners. It will be another opportunity to view this pretty 

interesting exposition", Demoyan said. 

At the same time he stressed it's already two years that the Armenian 

Genocide Museum is open for visitors after rehabilitation, and one 

could confidently state that almost every day it is visited by 

Turkish tourists.

Talking about the performance of the Museum in general, Demoyan noted 

that this year was a pretty successful one. "In June 2016 Germany not 

only adjudicated Armenian Genocide, but also accepted its' deal of 

fail in respect to this tragedy. Another significant event is the 

opening of second permanent exhibition in Riga, dedicated to Armenian 

Genocide in Ottoman Empire. During May-Dec 2016 the exhibition has 

been visited by 15 thousand people. I think this figure is 

significant enough", Demoyan said.