ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MUSEUM TO BE BUILT IN WASHINGTON
ARMENPRESS
April 4, 2008
YEREVAN, APRIL 4, ARMENPRESS: Arpi Vardanian, the Armenian Assembly of
America (AAA) Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh Country Director, said at
a news conference today in Yerevan that construction of the Armenian
Genocide Museum in Washington will start soon.
She said the construction is expected to be over in 2010. The museum
will be in the National Bank building that was built in 1925. The
building is close to the White House.
"It will be not only Armenian Genocide Museum, but also a museum of
Armenian culture and history for foreigners to have better knowledge
of our nation," she said.
She said, " We had a protracted battle for having this museum in the
USA. It was opposed vehemently by the Turkish community."
She said the idea was welcomed also by Armenians of Washington during
public debates on March 27.
She said the museum will have on display documents, photographs,
other material evidence proving the fact of the Armenian genocide. It
will be closely cooperating with Genocide Museum in Yerevan.
She said the construction is funded by different organizations and
individuals.