MUSEUM OF MHER MKRTCHYAN OPENS IN GYUMRI
By Gegham Lazarian

AZG Armenian Daily
22/12/2006

The official opening ceremony of Mher Lazarian’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 Lazarian, 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 Lazarian’s brother film director Albert
Lazarian. Even before opening many turists from Egypt, Syria and
France have visited the museum.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress