The World’s 10 Most Important Memorial Museums: Armenian Genocide Museum is included

The World’s 10 Most Important Memorial Museums: Armenian Genocide Museum is included

“While tragedy can strike unexpectedly and senselessly, commemoration is an essential part of dealing with its consequences. As these ten memorial museums and remembrance halls demonstrate, cultural awareness, public education and memory can, at least in part, aid the recovery process. From the infamous Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland to the House of Slaves in Senegal, here are ten of the most important memorial museums in the world”, according to The culture trip.

Armenia: The Armenian Genocide Museum

Referred to as The Great Crime (Medz Yeghern) in Armenia, the Armenian Genocide was arguably the greatest tragedy ever to strike the Armenian nation. The Ottoman government’s symbolic execution of 250 high-ranking Armenian leaders and intellectuals in 1915 was only the beginning of a massacre that would consume one million lives, and see women and children driven out to the Eastern deserts on death marches, while most able-bodied men were put to forced labour.

The Armenian Genocide Museum in Yerevan is a gripping walk through history, from the pre-genocide era to heart-wrenching interviews, eyewitness reports and films that speak of the intense anguish of the genocide survivors. The museum is currently undergoing renovation, but will reopen in spring 2015.

The Armenian Genocide Museum, Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex, Yerevan, Armenia, +374 10 390981

The other nine memorial museums can be found here.

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