Museum of Armenian History, Louvre sign memorandum of cooperation 

ArmInfo. The History Museum of  Armenia signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Louvre, within the framework of which joint exhibitions are planned for next year.

As reported by the press service of the Ministry of Education,  Science, Culture and Sports (MECS) of the Republic of Armenia, the  expansion of cooperation with the French side took place in the  context of the opening of the Armenian-French international  exhibition "Yesterday and Today. In the Footsteps of Jacques de  Morgan" at the History Museum of Armenia.

The exhibition presents for the first time outstanding examples of  archaeological heritage discovered in the 80s of the 19th century by  the famous archaeologist Jacques de Morgan in the northern regions of  Armenia, in Akhtala, which are stored in the National Archaeological  Museum of France.

"Five exhibits brought from France were compared with more than six  dozen artifacts found during the Armenian-French archaeological  expeditions in the footsteps of Jacques de Morgan in the 90s. Some of  them are being demonstrated for the first time," the MESKS noted.

As Deputy Minister Alfred Kocharyan noted, the agenda of cooperation,  especially with France, is very extensive and new interesting  initiatives are expected in the near future.

"The History Museum of Armenia has a good tradition of organizing  international exhibitions. In recent years, the museum has  significantly intensified cooperation with international partners,  which is an important direction of state policy in the museum  sphere," the Deputy Minister emphasized.

According to the source, the opening of the exhibition was also  attended by French Ambassador to Armenia Olivier Decotigny and  Director of the National Museum of Archeology of France Rose-Marie  Mousseau. The exhibition is organized with the support of the RA  Ministry of Education, Science and Culture and the Ministry of  Culture of France in cooperation with the History Museum of Armenia  and the National Archaeological Museum of France  Saint-Germain-en-Laye, on the initiative of the French Embassy in  Armenia.