Phase two of Armenian Genocide Museum of America construction underway

PanARMENIAN.Net - At the Armenian Assembly of America's 35th Anniversary Banquet in Beverly Hills, California, on November 3, a video and a brochure issued simultaneously unveiled the architecture and exhibit designs for the renamed Armenian Genocide Museum of America. The current plans for the facility call for a 50,000 square foot complex with room to expand in the future.



With renderings prepared by the museum planning firm of Gallagher & Associates and the architectural firm of Martinez & Johnson, the public had an opportunity to see the future museum. A community that had anxiously waited for years to hear about progress on the project welcomed the announcement and applauded the headway made in planning the museum.



The plans were issued with an appeal by the grandson of Ambassador Morgenthau, Henry Morgenthau III, who writes: "Ambassador Henry Morgenthau would have welcomed this new and daring project to raise a museum in the heart of our nation's capital dedicated to the purpose of informing about the Armenian Genocide and educating the public about the need to prevent such crimes against humanity."



"As he sought ways to save the Armenians, Ambassador Morgenthau envisioned a home for them in America. I am certain he would have felt his mission fulfilled to see the Armenian people celebrate their resilience in their adopted country.



"Among its many exhibits, the Armenian Genocide Museum of America will feature a Human Rights and Genocide Exhibit, a Multi-Media Armenian Identity Experience, a Survivors Theater, and a Taking Action Center. The Museum is envisioned as a center of learning accessible to all ages, with interactive media and an immersive experience to encourage visitors to engage the problems facing humanity and to defeat the scourge of genocide.



"As the announcements were issued, contracts were finalized for Phase Two with Martinez and Johnson embarking upon the preparation of schematic design, design development and construction documents. Gallagher & Associates has also begun the preparation of the schematic design package based on the interpretive plans established during the conceptual design phase. The Armenian Genocide Museum project is now completely on track."