ORBELI BROTHERS’ HOUSE-MUSEUM REOPENED
Tert.am
23.04.10
A house-museum after Levon and Joseph Orbeli brothers was reopened
two days ago after undergoing a reconstruction in Tsaxkhadzor –
one of Armenia’s fascinating resort towns.
Press Officer of Armenia’s Ministry of Culture, Gayane Durgaryan,
told Tert.am that the museum was reopened with a new, replenished
exposition.
Joseph Orbeli was specialized in medieval history of Southern Caucasus
and administered the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg from
1934 to 1951. Levon Orbeli was famous Armenian physiologist active
in the Russian SFSR. He was a member of the Academies of Science
of USSR and Armenian SSR.The elder brother,Ruben, was the father of
underwater archaeology in the USSR.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
