ON MAY 14, EXHIBITIONS AND GALLERIES OF ARMENIA TO BE OPEN
TILL MIDNIGHT
05-05-2005 20:50:00 | Armenia | Culture
YEREVAN, MAY 5, NOYAN TAPAN. On May 14, on the initiative
of the European Cultural Heritage Commission of Paris, the
program "Night of Museums" will be held in the member-countries
of the Council of Europe. As Gagik Gyurjian, the RA Deputy
Minister of Culture and Youth Issues informed the Noyan Tapan
correspondent, within the framework of the program, all the
museums and galleries of Armenia will be open for art lovers
free of charge till the midnight. Exhibitions on different
themes will open in museums.
G.Gyurjian also informed that the annual celebration "Days
of European Heritage" will be held in September, which will be
dedicated to the 1600th anniversary of the invention of the
Armenian alphabet.
The program "Days of European Heritage," officially adopted
by the Council of Europe in 1991, has been held under the slogan
"Europe: United Heritage" since 1999. The main goal of the
program is to draw citizens of Europe closer to thier cultural
values and save the endangered cultural heritage.