MUSEUM OF MHER MKRTCHYAN OPENS IN GYUMRI
The official opening ceremony of Mher Mkrtchyan’s museum took place at the crossroad of Varpetats and Roustaveli Streets in Gymri. The newly opened museum is located near the museums of Avetiq Isahakian and Hovhannes Sgiraz. About 160 samples of the museum are exhibitted in the upper floor of the museum, while the first floor is envisaged for film sessions, discussions, meeting and other culture events. The museum samples are the personal belongings of the artists, his theatre costumes, photos of the roles he played in the theatre and cinema. Here, one can find the bed of Mkrtchyan, the costumes of Syrano and other characters he played, the old pipe from The Orchestra Boys film, the bottom bass from 01-99 film, the old dresser from The Tango of Our Childhood film.
The museum was built at the initiative of the Gyumri Mayor’s Office. Rudik Hayrapetian, director fo the museum, informed that the samples of the museum are accumulated from HayFilm Studio with the active assitsnace of Mher Mkrtchyan’s brother film director Albert Mkrtchyan. Even before opening many turists from Egypt, Syria and France have visited the museum.
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- 1931 Creation of the Radio Broadcasting Committee in Armenia.
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- 1993 The Azerbaijani army launches attacks along the length of its whole border with Artsakh. All attacks are repulsed with devastating losses for the aggressors. The aggression is abandoned in May 1994.
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