President Serzh Sargsyan attended the opening of the When the Book finds the Artist exhibition

Today, at the Hovahannes Toumanian Museum, President Serzh Sargsyan attended the opening of the Exhibition entitled When the Book Finds the Artist, which is concluding a series of events launched in the end of the last year and dedicated to the 500th anniversary of the Armenian book printing.

The exhibition is dedicated to the history of the Armenian book reading and different stages of the artistic decoration of books, starting from the end of the 19th till the 1970-s of the 20th century.

The President of Armenia toured the exhibition, familiarized with the exhibits presented in the framework of a joint project by five cultural establishments – H. Toumanian Museum, National Gallery of Armenia, Charents House-Museum, National Library of Armenia, and Charents Museum of Literature and Arts.

At the Museum of the great writer, Serzh Sargsyan observed also historical objects related to the life and works of H. Toumanian and familiarized with the recent activities aimed at their proper preservation and display.