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ARMENIAN LIBRARY AND MUSEUM OF AMERICA ENTERS 'MAJOR LEAGUE' WITH NEW NAME
GateHouse Media New England
Posted Dec 18, 2013 @ 03:51 PM
WATERTOWN -
As of Christmas Eve, Santa Claus bestowed upon the Armenian Library
and Museum of America its new name, "Armenian Museum of America Inc.,"
in recognition of its rise as a major museum.
The words, "Armenian" and "America," remain in the title because the
museum is for all and belongs to all. By this change, this institution
will be known for its role as the largest Armenian museum outside
of Armenia.
In 1996, Dr James Russell, the Mashdots professor of Armenian studies
at Harvard University, wrote, in part, describing ALMA's collections,
"Over all, it is perhaps the most important Armenian museum collection
after the Armenian State Historical Museum in Yerevan and the
collections of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem in Israel."
By then, the museum was a shining beacon and its holdings had
multiplied, including major collections from the Bedoukian families,
numerous inscribed Armenian rugs from the late Arthur T. Gregorian,
Kutahya tiles from the Karabians, among many other gifts donated to
build the collections.
Since 1996, its holdings have multiplied. In the past four years, it
has acquired the Yousuf Karsh collection of photographic portraiture,
post-Soviet Armenian paintings from the Norton Dodge collection,
the Berj Garabedian Metal Arts collection, the Almasian Family Map
collection, and numerous other accessions. Its holdings exceed 20,000
objects and is buttressed and enhanced by its ever-growing Mesrop
Boyajian Research Library, now with more than 27,000 titles.
In addition, the museum has created travel exhibits for display
anywhere from coast to coast. Its three major travel exhibits are,
respectively, "Who Are the Armenians," the "Gamavor Exhibit" and the
"The Ongoing Armenian Genocide: Death, Denial and Desecration." The
Gamavor Exhibit is being translated so as to be able to be shown in
France. The travel Genocide Exhibit was shown primarily in various
non-Armenian sites including an eight-month showing at the Virginia
Holocaust Museum, the third largest such museum in the United States.
That Holocaust Museum was impressed sufficiently as to seek to develop
its own permanent Armenian Genocide Exhibit.
Read more: Armenian Library and Museum of America enters
'major league' with new name - Watertown, MA - Watertown TAB
http://www.wickedlocal.com/watertown/news/x825439187/Armenian-Library-and-Museum-of-America-enters-major-league-with-new-name#ixzz2nrqClWxZ
From: Baghdasarian
GateHouse Media New England
Posted Dec 18, 2013 @ 03:51 PM
WATERTOWN -
As of Christmas Eve, Santa Claus bestowed upon the Armenian Library
and Museum of America its new name, "Armenian Museum of America Inc.,"
in recognition of its rise as a major museum.
The words, "Armenian" and "America," remain in the title because the
museum is for all and belongs to all. By this change, this institution
will be known for its role as the largest Armenian museum outside
of Armenia.
In 1996, Dr James Russell, the Mashdots professor of Armenian studies
at Harvard University, wrote, in part, describing ALMA's collections,
"Over all, it is perhaps the most important Armenian museum collection
after the Armenian State Historical Museum in Yerevan and the
collections of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem in Israel."
By then, the museum was a shining beacon and its holdings had
multiplied, including major collections from the Bedoukian families,
numerous inscribed Armenian rugs from the late Arthur T. Gregorian,
Kutahya tiles from the Karabians, among many other gifts donated to
build the collections.
Since 1996, its holdings have multiplied. In the past four years, it
has acquired the Yousuf Karsh collection of photographic portraiture,
post-Soviet Armenian paintings from the Norton Dodge collection,
the Berj Garabedian Metal Arts collection, the Almasian Family Map
collection, and numerous other accessions. Its holdings exceed 20,000
objects and is buttressed and enhanced by its ever-growing Mesrop
Boyajian Research Library, now with more than 27,000 titles.
In addition, the museum has created travel exhibits for display
anywhere from coast to coast. Its three major travel exhibits are,
respectively, "Who Are the Armenians," the "Gamavor Exhibit" and the
"The Ongoing Armenian Genocide: Death, Denial and Desecration." The
Gamavor Exhibit is being translated so as to be able to be shown in
France. The travel Genocide Exhibit was shown primarily in various
non-Armenian sites including an eight-month showing at the Virginia
Holocaust Museum, the third largest such museum in the United States.
That Holocaust Museum was impressed sufficiently as to seek to develop
its own permanent Armenian Genocide Exhibit.
Read more: Armenian Library and Museum of America enters
'major league' with new name - Watertown, MA - Watertown TAB
http://www.wickedlocal.com/watertown/news/x825439187/Armenian-Library-and-Museum-of-America-enters-major-league-with-new-name#ixzz2nrqClWxZ
From: Baghdasarian