PHASE TWO OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MUSEUM OF AMERICA CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY

PanARMENIAN.Net
27.11.2007 15:33 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ At the Armenian Assembly of America’s 35th
Anniversary Banquet in Beverly Hills, California, on November 3, a
video and a brochure issued simultaneously unveiled the architecture
and exhibit designs for the renamed Armenian Genocide Museum of
America. The current plans for the facility call for a 50,000 square
foot complex with room to expand in the future.

With renderings prepared by the museum planning firm of Gallagher &
Associates and the architectural firm of Martinez & Johnson, the
public had an opportunity to see the future museum. A community that
had anxiously waited for years to hear about progress on the project
welcomed the announcement and applauded the headway made in planning
the museum.

The plans were issued with an appeal by the grandson of Ambassador
Morgenthau, Henry Morgenthau III, who writes: "Ambassador Henry
Morgenthau would have welcomed this new and daring project to raise a
museum in the heart of our nation’s capital dedicated to the purpose
of informing about the Armenian Genocide and educating the public
about the need to prevent such crimes against humanity."

"As he sought ways to save the Armenians, Ambassador Morgenthau
envisioned a home for them in America. I am certain he would have
felt his mission fulfilled to see the Armenian people celebrate their
resilience in their adopted country.

"Among its many exhibits, the Armenian Genocide Museum of America
will feature a Human Rights and Genocide Exhibit, a Multi-Media
Armenian Identity Experience, a Survivors Theater, and a Taking Action
Center. The Museum is envisioned as a center of learning accessible
to all ages, with interactive media and an immersive experience to
encourage visitors to engage the problems facing humanity and to
defeat the scourge of genocide.

"As the announcements were issued, contracts were finalized for
Phase Two with Martinez and Johnson embarking upon the preparation
of schematic design, design development and construction documents.

Gallagher & Associates has also begun the preparation of the schematic
design package based on the interpretive plans established during the
conceptual design phase. The Armenian Genocide Museum project is now
completely on track."