Exposition dedicated to 90th anniversary of Smyrna Disaster at AGMI
A temporary exhibition dedicated to the 90th anniversary of Smyrna Disaster will open at the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute (AGMI) today, museum’s press service told Panorama.am.
The exhibition features documents, photos, postcards concerning the life of the Armenians of Smyrna as well as original photos, papers from AGMI collection, which present the fire of Smyrna, one of the major sea ports of Asia Minor, and Kemalist massacres of tens of thousands of Armenians and Greeks in September 1922.
After the opening of the exhibition, an academic session dedicated to Smyrna Disaster will take place in the museum’s Komitas hall. AGMI director, Hayk Demoyan, Verzhine Svazlyan as well as AGMI researchers Tehmine Martoyan and Gevorg Vardanyan will deliver reports.