YEREVAN. – President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan on Friday visited the Museum of Literature and Art after Yeghishe Charents, and the National Gallery of Armenia.

At the Museum, the President toured the exhibition named the Middle East Art: Markos and Sabrina Grigorian Collection.

For exhibiting this rich collection, which comprises 2,500 original pieces, the area provided by the Museum of Literature and Art was renovated and a new permanent exhibition was presented, and this became possible through state budget funding. The President also observed the exhibited works and the conditions created for their proper demonstration.

At the National Gallery, Sargsyan visited the Yeghishe Tadevosyan: Retrospective: Collections of Armenia’s National Gallery and Vahagn Grigoryan exhibition dedicated to the 145th birth anniversary of the great artist.

In addition, Serzh Sargsyan toured the exhibition dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the world-renowned Armenian artists Panos Terlemezian and Sedrak Arakelian, and entitled Lyrics of the Native Land and Rural Life.