On May 21, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Senegal to Armenia N.G. Mr. Abdou Salam Diallo and the Honorary Consul of Senegal in Yerevan Artashes Avoyan visited Mashtots Matenadaran. Accompanied by Vahan Ter-Ghevondian, the Director of Matenadaran, the guests toured the museum building and got acquainted with Medieval Armenian Literature, including
On January 9, 2020, the 75th anniversary of the first President of the Republic of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrossian, PhD and DSc in Philology, was marked. On this occasion, Matenadaran initiated the publication of a Festschrift, to which a number of leading experts in Armenian and Near Eastern studies responded with love and warmth. Due to
On May 18, a delegation headed by Abdulaziz al-Musallam, the Director of the Sharjah Institute for Heritage, visited Mashtots Matenadaran. Accompanied by Vahan Ter-Ghevondian, the Director of Matenadaran, the guests toured the museum building, got acquainted with the Armenian manuscript heritage, as well as with the best samples of Arabic manuscripts. Within the framework of
Today Edil Hovnanian, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Hirair and Anna Hovnanian Foundation, and Naira Melikyan, the Director of the Armenian Office of the Foundation, visited Matenadaran. During the visit, they met the students of The Art of Illuminating of Matenadaran’s miniature studio and got acquainted with their work. It is noticeable that
On April 24, a delegation headed by Carolina Fernandez, the President of the Central American Parliament, arrived in Armenia to participate in the events dedicated to the 106th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. The guests visited Mashtots Matenadaran, accompanied by Vahan Ter-Ghevondian, the director of Matenadaran, toured the museum building and got acquainted with the
A delegation headed by Gerard Larcher, the President of the French Senate, arrived in Armenia to take part in the events dedicated to the 106th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. On April 25, they visited Mashtots Matenadaran with Jonathan Lacotte, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to the Republic of Armenia. The guests, accompanied
On April 20, H.E. Mr Bolat Imanbayev, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kazakhstan, accompanied by Honorary Consul Aram Abrahamyan, the Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Armenia, visited Mashtots Matenadaran. They had a meeting with Vahan Ter-Ghevondian, the Director of Matenadaran, Gayane Eliazyan, the head of the Department of Manuscript Restoration, and with the staff of the same department.
From April 5 to 9, 2021, the Russian State Library hosted the 5th International Research-Practical Seminar of Restorers entitled “Document Restoration: Conservatism and Innovation”, which is the largest and most authoritative platform for the exchange of experience of specialists in this field. The seminar aimed to train restorers, curators of library and museum collections, to
Mashtots Matenadaran and the Renshin Investment Company signed a memorandum of cooperation in April of this year aiming to support the research, research-technical works and publications of Matenadaran.The management of Matenadaran is pleased to announce that within the framework of the cooperation between our institutions, which is very important for the preservation of national values,
Caucasus and Middle East in the Middle Ages: History, Philology, Source studies, Culture, Political and Economic Relations The “Matenadaran” Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts organizes an International online Conference on Armenological and Oriental Studies dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the prominent Armenologist and Orientalist Prof. Hakob Papazian (1919-2019), which will take place on July
