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Museum Of Mher Mkrtchyan Opens In Gyumri

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

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS
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