U.S. GOVERNMENT COMPLETES RENOVATIONS TO ARMENIAN NATIONAL CINEMATHEQUE

Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Sept 05 2006

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 5 NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The U.S. Embassy
is pleased to announce the completion of ,000 worth of renovations
to the National Cinematheque of Armenia. This project, as NT was
informed from the Public Relations Department of the U.S. Embassy in
Armenia, has allowed the Cinematheque to create a climate-controlled
space to preserve its collection of over 270,000 Armenian films,
audio recordings, and photos. The Cinematheque is the only existing
collection of Armenia’s film heritage, and houses the first Armenian
silent film, rare musical recordings, and historically significant
Armenian photos.

The U.S. Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation, through which
the U.S. Government provided the funding, works worldwide to assist
countries in preserving museum collections, ancient and historic
sites and traditional forms of expression. This program strives to
help preserve the cultural heritage of countries throughout the world
by providing small grants to support heritage preservation. Since
its creation in 2001, this program has supported almost 300 projects
worldwide, totaling .7 million.