ASUE COLLABORATOR PARTICIPATED IN A THREE-DAY-WORKSHOP ON UNIVERSITY MUSEUMS

October 28-30,  ICOM  (International Council of Museums)  National  Committee  of Armenia   initiated a  workshop on  Public  Relations in University and Academic  Museums,  which  was  held in Yerevan Brusov   State  University  of  Languages  and  Social  Sciences,  which  was  attended  by 12  representatives  of  University  and  Academic   Museums  of  Armenia.

The  collaborator  of  ASUE  Media and  Public  Relations  Division Nane  Avanesyan  presented  our  University  in  this  workshop. 

The  three-day-workshop  was  conducted  by  specially invited experts: Hugues  Dreysse, Vice-President  of  the  University  of  Strasbourg, and Saloniemi  Marjo-Riitta,  Director  of  Tampere  Museums.

During the  workshop the  concept  of  University  museum, its activities,  events, development programs,  marketing  tools,  branding,  target  groups  were  spoken  about. Through  practical  work each  participant  introduced its  museum,  undertaken steps  towards  development.  They  visited  YSLU museum of   Valeri  Brusov,  Geological Museum of Institute  of   Geological  Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, the participants got  acquainted  with  the  formation  history  of  them.

The representatives of  University  and  Academic  Museums  got  participation  certificates.

“This workshop  aims  to  present the  international experience  to  collaborators  of  our  University  and  Academic Museums,  it  is initiated by Marine  Mkrtchyan, Vice-President  of  ICOM. Considering that  the World  rapid  changes  and progress   throw  new  challenges  and  we   can  not stand apart from it,  we  need to  get  acquainted  with the  international  experience,  and  to make use  of  them”;  highlighted Marine Haroyan and  added  that it’s  planned  to  open a Center for Museum Education   in Armenia in December,  which  aimed  to  involve all  local  museums,  and  carry  out  academic  programs.

Nane  Avanesyan  has  returned  from the  workshop  impressed  and  she  mentions  that it’s  both useful  and  pleasant.  

“It is  important  to  gain  not  only  theoretical  and practical knowledge, but  also  to  form  an interuniversity  relationship,  to exchange  experience,  to  discuss and  to raise  problems and  to  find  out  solutions  to them.   We  have  managed  to  acquire  new  partners  for  future  cooperation  during  these  three-day-workshop”;  said  Nane, expressing  willingness  to  contribute  to  development  of  ASUE  Museum.  

Note, that  the  museum,  situated  in the foyer of  central  building of  Armenian State  University  of  Economics, validates  the  University history, which has been   opened  in 2004  and  is  newly  presented in September, 2014. Four windows  are named “We  are  Changing”, “New  Way  for Development”, “Our  Rectors”, “Student  Council”  and  involves  photos,  documents,  souvenirs and  cups / http://www.asue.am/en/life-in-asue/museum-281/.  

ASUE  Media and Public  Relations  Division 

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