Clock of Old Yerevan, market’s balance scale to be exhibited for first time
May 18 marks the International Museum Day, within the frames of which Museums at Night is traditionally organized. Armenia has joined the program for already several years. This year on May 21 museums of Armenia and Artsakh will be open until late at night. Armine Sargsyan, Director of Yerevan History Museum, today told the journalists that the number of regional museums joining the program is growing year by year. “Museums at Night event promotes the growth in number of visitors. As a result of such an attention, the museums themselves develop such programs, which will interest the visitors. We can say that the museums, in a positive sense, compete with each other with their programs,” she noted, adding that for the first time the museums subjected to Yerevan Municipality will present a joint program besides their individual programs. Mrs Sargsyan added that on May 21 exceptional exhibits will be displayed at Yerevan History Museum, “Photos of Yerevan residents of the 19-20th centuries, vitrages typical of old Yerevan flats will be exhibited. For the first time after the long break the marble fountain of Sardar castle of Yerevan fortress, balance scale of Yerevan’s old market, as well as the clock of Old Yerevan, which dates back to the 19th century, will be exhibited.”
