Jerusalem museum showcases Armenian culture and 1915 Genocide
Jerusalem is home to a community of around 6,000 Armenians, many of whom are descendants of people who fled the genocide
A hundred years after hosting dozens of children whose parents were killed in the Armenian Genocide, a 19th-century orphanage in Jerusalem's Armenian Quarter has reopened as a museum chronicling the community's fascinating history.
The Mardigian Museum exhibits Armenian culture as well as the community's centuries-old connection to the Holy City. It also serves as a memorial to the approximately 1.5 million Armenians killed by the Ottoman Turks during World War I, in what…
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