Accompanied by Ara Khzmalyan, director of Matenadaran, the guests toured the halls of the Matenadaran museum and got acquainted with a range of Armenian and foreign language manuscripts. The Departments of archive, digitization and restoration also presented their work to the guests. At the end of the visit, a private conversation was held where the
THE PRESIDENT OF THE ORGANIZATION OF CULTURE AND ISLAMIC RELATIONS OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN, MOHAMMAD MEHDI IMANIPOUR, AND THE AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN TO THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA, MEHDI SOBHANI, ALONG WITH ALFRED KOCHARIAN, DEPUTY MINISTER OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE, CULTURE AND SPORTS OF RA, RECENTLY VISITED MATENADARAN
During their visit, the high-ranking guests were given a tour of the Matenadaran Museum and the Department of Restoration by the director, Ara Khzmalyan. The guests could view the newly opened exhibition dedicated to the Iranian-Armenian painter Andre Sevrugian, as well as Armenian and foreign language manuscript exhibits and restoration works of manuscripts. Towards the
AN EXHIBITION TITLED “POETRY OF IMAGE” WAS RECENTLY HELD AT MASHTOTS MATENADARAN TO COMMEMORATE THE 130TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE IRANIAN-ARMENIAN PAINTER, ANDRE SEVRUGIAN
Ara Khzmalyan, the director of Matenadaran, highlighted that this exhibition symbolizes the solidarity between two civilizations and cultural belonging. It also reflects the policy of Matenadaran to diversify exhibitions. The “Poetry of Image” exhibition showcased exclusive manuscript exhibits along with machine paintings that were taken from storage and displayed publicly for the first time, belonging
TODAY, THE DIRECTOR OF MATENADARAN, ARA KHZMALYAN, RECEIVED THE DELEGATION HEADED BY CARDINAL JEAN-MARC AVELINE, ARCHBISHOP OF MARSEILLE
The high-ranking cleric of the French Catholic Church, accompanied by Father Alexander Rahinia, temporary trustee of the affairs of the Holy See in Armenia, and the Very Rev. Father Zakaria Baghumyan, parishioner of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, toured the exhibition halls of Matenadaran and got acquainted with Armenian and other language manuscripts. At
HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF RESTORATIONMATENADARAN IS ACTIVELY SUPPORTING THE RESTORATION OF MANUSCRIPTS FROM PARTNER INSTITUTIONS ABROAD
Currently, the Head of the Department of Restoration, Gayane Eliazyan and senior restorer Taguhi Chenterechyan are working on securing and restoring valuable manuscripts and amulets at the Armenian Museum of America. During their visit, they focused on restoring the 1207 parchment Gospel of the famous Chirag Desert, written by scribe Karapet, as well as restoring
NEW COOPERATION WITH THE LAUNCH OF A PROSPECTIVE PROGRAM OF TECHNICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL RE-EQUIPMENT
Matenadaran and Ararat Bank have confirmed their recent agreement (established almost a month ago) with the signing of a memorandum and donation agreement. The agreement aims to establish more comprehensive cooperation between the two organizations. As part of this partnership, the biological research laboratory of manuscripts will be modernized and re-equipped by Ararat Bank. Additionally,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN, KASSYM-JOMART TOKAYEV, WHO ARRIVED IN THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA ON AN OFFICIAL VISIT, VISITED MASHTOTS MATENADARAN
Accompanied by the President of the National Assembly of Armenia, the Minister of the MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE, CULTURE AND SPORTS, and the director of Matenadaran, the President of Kazakhstan toured the exhibition halls of the museum and got acquainted with the Armenian manuscript heritage and the exhibition of newly opened foreign language manuscripts. Kassym-Jomart
FORMER MINISTER OF TOURISM AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT, KHALED AL-ANANI, AND AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY, H.E. MRS SERENADE MOHAMED SOLIMAN GAMIL OF THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT TO THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA, RECENTLY VISITED MATENADARAN
During their visit, the director Ara Khzmalyan accompanied them, and they toured the exhibition halls of Matenadaran. They also visited the archives and the Department of Restoration. The director mentioned the upcoming elections for the Director General of UNESCO, to which Khaled Al-Anani was nominated. On behalf of Matenadaran, he wished him successful results. Additionally,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA, VAHAGN KHACHATURYAN, RECENTLY VISITED MASHTOTS MATENADARAN
During his visit, the President toured the exhibition halls of the Matenadaran Museum, where he got acquainted with the work of the digitization and restoration departments and even visited the manuscript depository. The RA President was presented with the program of diversification of exhibitions, with the research works carried out with international partners in digitization
HEADS AND SPECIALISTS FROM SIGNIFICANT REHABILITATION CENTRES IN ITALY WILL VISIT MATENADARAN
During their visit to Italy, the Matenadaran delegation visited the Opificio delle Pietre Dure Center in Florence and the Central Institute for the Pathology of Archives and Books in Rome. Lusine Margaryan, a member of the newly created Biochemical Research Group of Manuscripts of Matenadaran, also attended the visits. A tour was organized for the