Executive Director Jason Sohigian, President Michele Kolligian, artist Ara Oshagan, Trustee Carolyn Mugar and Vice President Bob Khederian
WATERTOWN, Mass.—The Armenian Museum of America’s second annual Members Reception and Christmas Gallery Stroll on Dec. 7 was a huge success, with more than 125 members in attendance. It was a lively evening of networking, enjoying art and supporting our compatriots in Armenia who were displaced from Artsakh.
Executive Director Jason Sohigian, President Michele Kolligian, artist Ara Oshagan, Trustee Carolyn Mugar and Vice President Bob Khederian (Photo: Daniel Ayriyan)
The Armenian Museum of America is the largest Armenian museum in the Diaspora. It has grown into a major repository for all forms of Armenian material culture that illustrate the creative endeavors of the Armenian people over the centuries. Today, the Museum’s collections hold more than 25,000 artifacts including 5,000 ancient and medieval Armenian coins, 1,000 stamps and maps, 30,000 books, 3,000 textiles and 180 Armenian inscribed rugs, and an extensive collection of Urartian and religious artifacts, ceramics, medieval illuminations and various other objects. The collection includes historically significant objects, including five of the Armenian Bibles printed in Amsterdam in 1666.