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House-Museum of Johannes Lepsius opens in Potsdam
18:35, 3 May, 2011
YEREVAN, MAY 3, ARMENPRESS:
House-Museum of Johannes Lepsius, big friend of Armenia, opened May 2
in the German city of Potsdam. Foreign Ministry press office reported
that the historic establishment as house-museum of Johannes Lepsius
was provided by the German government still in 1998. The restoration
of the building with pauses lasted for about 11 years. In the past
year the house museum is the second scientific historic center opened
in Germany which can promote the studies of Armenology, Armenian
genocide.
State secretary of the German Chancellor's office, representative on
culture and information affairs Bernd Neumann, Berlin-Brandenburg
minister of research and culture, professor Sabine Kunst, mayor of
Potsdam Jann Jakobs participated in the event. Armenian ambassador to
Germany Armen Martirosyan delivered speech at the event. On the
occasion of the event addresses of the Diaspora Minister Hranush
Hakobyan and director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Hayk
Demoyan were read out.
From: A. Papazian
18:35, 3 May, 2011
YEREVAN, MAY 3, ARMENPRESS:
House-Museum of Johannes Lepsius, big friend of Armenia, opened May 2
in the German city of Potsdam. Foreign Ministry press office reported
that the historic establishment as house-museum of Johannes Lepsius
was provided by the German government still in 1998. The restoration
of the building with pauses lasted for about 11 years. In the past
year the house museum is the second scientific historic center opened
in Germany which can promote the studies of Armenology, Armenian
genocide.
State secretary of the German Chancellor's office, representative on
culture and information affairs Bernd Neumann, Berlin-Brandenburg
minister of research and culture, professor Sabine Kunst, mayor of
Potsdam Jann Jakobs participated in the event. Armenian ambassador to
Germany Armen Martirosyan delivered speech at the event. On the
occasion of the event addresses of the Diaspora Minister Hranush
Hakobyan and director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Hayk
Demoyan were read out.
From: A. Papazian