Museums Unite Us is the slogan of the European Night of Museums 2014 event which this year attracts around 100 museums in Armenia and the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.

At a news conference on Friday, Director of the Alexander Spendiaryan House-Museum Marine Otaryan said the event has established its unuique place in the museums’ life, helping them build stronger bridges with the society.

“People often come to the museum on that day not in order to get familiarized with the exhibits but to take part in interesting events. If you ask the visitors, ‘do you remember anything?’, they will find it difficult to answer. We will start the events at 19:00 in the yard, and the museum will be open from 22:00,” she said.

Hasmik Melkonyan, the Avetik Isahakyan House-Museum’s director also attending the news conference, said they were among the first to join the initiative, adding that she feels very happy to see the people’s flow on that day.

“We just want to be remembered not just on that single day, because one day is not enough for getting familiarized with the museum materials. I call upon parents to bring up their children with museums from an early age. Our museums are really interesting, and there is definitely a lot to learn,” she added.

Melkonyan said the museum will start the events at 6:00 pm local time with the readings of the great writer’s poem Abu La La Mahari. Isahakyan’s literary pieces in the poet’s voice and the songs composed based on his writings will be played during the event.

“The museum will also feature expositions kept in the stocks. And after 23:00, documentaries dedicated to Isahakyan will be presented,” Melkonyan added.