Ara Khzmalyan, the Director of Mashtots Matenadaran, along with Deputy Director Vahe Torosyan, hosted Petr Pirunchik, Bolat Imanbaev, Paweł Cieplak, the Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Republic of Poland to the Republic of Armenia. The diplomatic mission leaders and the Matenadaran administration visited the Matenadaran Museum, exploring
Visit of the former Prime Minister of the Republic of Italy Romano Prodi and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Italy to the Republic of Armenia Alfonso Di Rizzo to the “Matenadaran” Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts. Director of Matenadaran Ara Khzmalyan hosted the former Prime Minister of Italy, President of the
Mr. Ara Khzmalyan, Director of the Matenadaran, hosted Nora Arissian, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Syrian Arab Republic to the Republic of Armenia. During the meeting, Mrs. Arissian congratulated Mr. Khzmalyan on his election as the director of the Matenadaran and discussed potential cooperation between the Matenadaran and cultural and academic institutions in Syria.
Irving Finkel toured the Matenadaran Museum, got acquainted with the permanent and temporary exhibitions. He was greatly impressed by the rich manuscript heritage of the Matenadaran, especially the variety of foreign language collections, as well as the thorough presentation of the museum exhibit. Professor Finkel is in Armenia at the invitation of “Erebuni” Historical and
On August 29, Mr. Ara Khzmalyan, Director of the Matenadaran, hosted Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the Republic of Armenia, H. E. Mr. Masanori Fukushima. The Ambassador visited the newly opened exhibition, titled Europe-Armenia. the Meeting Point is Art, and got acquainted with the works of the Digitization and Restoration departments. A special
On May 23, a delegation headed by the UK Minister of State for European Affairs Leo Docherty and accompanied by the Ambassador of the UK to Armenia John Gallagher visited Mashtots Matenadaran. Karen Matevosyan, the Acting Director of Matenadaran, welcomed the guests. At the beginning of the visit, the guests got acquainted with the exhibition
On February 28, a delegation headed by Djuna Bernard, the Deputy Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg, arrived in the Republic of Armenia on an official visit and visited Mashtots Matenadaran. Accompanied by Nazenie Garibian, the Head of the Museum Department, the guests toured the museum building and got acquainted with the Study
On February 8, a delegation headed by Gordan Grlich Radman, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Croatia, who arrived on an official visit in the Republic of Armenia, visited Mashtots Matenadaran. Accompanied by Vahan Ter-Ghevondian, the director of Matenadaran, the guests toured the museum building and got acquainted with the study of
On January 18, the delegation headed by Berenice Juarez Navarrete, the Chair of the Mexico-Armenia Friendship Group of the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico, visited Mashtots Matenadaran. Accompanied by Vahan Ter-Ghevondian, the director of Matenadaran, the guests toured the museum building and got acquainted with the study of Medieval Armenian literature, the manuscript heritage of
On October 29, a delegation headed by Samuel Mollalign, the mayor of Dessie city of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, accompanied by Satenik Zirekyants, the head of the Department of Africa and Middle East of the RA MFA, visited Mashtots Matenadaran. Accompanied by Vahan Ter-Ghevondian, the director of Matenadaran, the guests toured the museum
