May 25, 2013 - 19:56 AMT
Armenia to host exhibit of Rockefeller Archive Center’s photos

An exhibition titled “Along the Trails of the Armenian Orphans” opened in Yerevan. The event to feature unique photos from the archives of American Committee for Relief in The Near East will run until June 8, Narekatsi Art Center’s press service reported.

About 200 archival photos depicting the lives of Armenian orphans in the U.S. orphanages in 1915-29 will be showcased at the exhibit. The photos are brought from Rockefeller Archive Center in New York.

The event will also feature a screening of video documentaries titles “Armeniernot unt Christenhilfe” and lectures by Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Hayk Demoyan and historian Raffi Papoyan.