RARE VISITS TO ARMENIAN MUSEUMS DUE TO LACK OF EXHIBITION HALLS: MINISTER

ARKA
Feb 4, 2009

YEREVAN, February 4. /ARKA/. The reason for rare visits to museums
is lack of exhibition space in Armenia, with the country’s museums
being replenished with 7,543 exhibits last year, said RA Minister of
Culture Hasmik Poghosyan.

The average annual rise in museum visits is 3% – a low rate, the
minister added.

In 2008, visits to Armenia’s museums rose 7.3% year-on-year to 312,500,
due to opening of six new museums.

"The Ministry of Culture aims at opening new museums and exhibition
halls, as well as building mobile stands," Poghosyan added.

Armenian museums are no more able to store new exhibits, gifts and
archeological finds in the overfilled archives, the minister said,
stressing the importance of digitalization of museum archives.

The security and safety issue of all museums will be settled this year,
Poghosyan concluded.