Armenian and Russian Peoples Friendship Museum to merge with National  Gallery of Armenia

ArmInfo. The Armenian government approved the reorganization of the Museum of Friendship between the Armenian and Russian Peoples by merging it with the  National Gallery of Armenia, creating a branch called the Museum of  Socialist Cultures, during its regular meeting On October 2.

As stated in the explanatory note to the document, the Museum, being  a branch of the National Gallery of Armenia, is to be transformed  into the Museum of Socialist Cultures. The museum's main goal will be  to explore the formation and development of socialist culture through  visual arts, design, film, and architecture, as well as a  thematically rotating permanent exhibition.

Specifically, the museum will present pivotal moments in the  development of Soviet culture through innovative and analytical  combinations of works of art, household objects, audiovisual  materials, fashion, and architecture.  .  The reorganization will   only involve changes in management and name, with the museum   continuing to operate in its current location as a branch of the  National Gallery of Armenia.