A cooperation memorandum was signed between the History Museum of Armenia and Greece’s Acropolis Museum during the Armenian President’s state visit to Greece, formalizing a new phase of partnership that will include a fall exhibition at the Acropolis Museum featuring more than 100 pre-Christian Armenian artifacts, as well as an exchange of professional experience between the two institutions.
The ceremony was held at the Acropolis Museum in Athens, where the document was formalized by David Poghosyan, Director of the History Museum of Armenia, and Nikolaos Stampolidis, Director General of the Acropolis Museum, reports Armenpress.
Poghosyan described the memorandum as an important achievement, noting that it marks the beginning of a new phase of cooperation between the two institutions. He recalled that the Director General of the Acropolis Museum visited Yerevan last year, when prospects for future cooperation were outlined.
Poghosyan said the first major joint initiative will be an exhibition focused on Armenia’s pre-Christian period, with more than 100 exhibits from the History Museum of Armenia set to be displayed. He noted that the platform, which welcomes more than one million visitors annually from Greece and around the world, provides an opportunity to present Armenia’s rich historical and cultural heritage to a broad international audience.
Stampolidis also described the memorandum as an important step, emphasizing that the cooperation will create opportunities to present Armenia on the museum’s platform. He noted that Armenian civilization is often associated with the period following the adoption of Christianity, and said the upcoming exhibition aims to highlight Armenia’s pre-Christian heritage for the museum’s millions of visitors.
