ENTRANCE TO ALL ARMENIAN MUSEUMS TO BE FREE ON MAY 18

Noyan Tapan

Ma y 16, 2008

YEREVAN, MAY 16, NOYAN TAPAN. The International Day of Museums will
be marked on May 18 in Armenia. Entrance to all museums of Yerevan
and regions will be free for visitors on that day.

As Anahit Galstian, the head of the Museums and Libraries Department
of the RA Ministry of Culture, said in her interview to Noyan
Tapan correspondent, at present 110 state and non-state museums,
house-museums, and reserve-museums function in Armenia, 60 out of
which are under state care and 30 under care of communities. The
rest museums work under the patronage of individual citizens or
organizations. Though museums have had many obstacles in the recent
years, they continued working. Some museums have been closed, but
new ones have been opened instead.

According to A. Galstian, Armenia has joined three actions on the
occasion of the International Day of Museums, the most interesting
of which is the Museum Night action announced on May 17.

The International Day of Museums has been marked in Armenia since 1978.