Founded in: 1995
Specialization: The Armenian Genocide
Director: Dr. Lavrenti Barseghyan
Address: Tsitsernakaberd, 375028, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia
Phone: (374 1) 390-981; (374 1) 391-041; (374 1) 391-412
URL: http://www.sci.am/about/39-genocid.html

Scholarly exposition of historical-documentary materials, archival documents, photos on the Armenian Genocide in 1915-1923; guided tours of the Museum in English, French, German, Russian and Armenian; accumulation of new data.

The Museum and Institute obtains historical and documentary materials from State Archives of different countries of the world. Eye-witness accounts of massacres have been and are being collected for eventual publication. Many archival documents have been translated.

The Genocide Museum and Institute cooperates with various scholarly institutions in Germany, France, the USA, Austria, Italy, Russia and other countries. In 1996 the Museum organized an international conference in collaboration with Italian and German scholars devoted to the memory of Armin Wegner, the noted German writer and journalist, a witness of the Genocide. In 1998, the Museum sponsored an international conference dedicated to the 140^th anniversary of the birth of Johannes Lepsius, a great friend of the Armenian people. The Museum also conducted international conferences in 1999 devoted respectively to Henry Morgenthau, United States Ambassador to Turkey during the Genocide, and Anatole France, famous French author and supporter of the Armenian cause. On April 23, 2001 it convened an international conference on the occasion of the 86^th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide attended by scholars from all over the world.
This website was prepared with the assistance and support of the Armenian Library and Museum of America, Inc. of Watertown, Massachusetts, USA and under the direction of Dr. Lavrenti Barseghian.

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