Today the Armenian Genocide Museum opened a temporary exhibition “Armenian genocide: frontpage coverage in the foreign media”. The exhibition comprises over 70 Russian, Italian, French, American and British original newspapers and magazines dating to 19th-21th centuries, which covered the issues related to the Armenian massacres and Armenian question on their frontpages.

The exhibition was organized by the generous support of Tigran Kalaydjian from Cyprus who supported the collection named after Petros and Aram Kalaydjians. The materials of the Armenian Library and Museum of America also were included in the exhibition.

Armenian genocide has always been in the spotlight of Armenian as well as foreign media. The role of global media coverage is vital in the sense that it touches upon numerous issues concerning Armenian genocide. Especially notable are English, Russian, French and American coverage and publications on issues pertaining Hamidian massacres, Adana atrocities and of course, the Genocide of 1915-1922.

Publications with particular photos are predominantly remarkable for they convey valuable information about genocide as a phenomenon, its process and consequences. Foreign media publications condemning the violence of Ottoman power against Armenians serve as an indirect evidence of the fact that the Turkish atrocities were indeed genocide committed against Armenians.

The online exhibition on front-page coverage of the Armenian genocide by the foreign media is presented first time. The coverage of the issue began appearing in the beginning of the 19th century and continues finding its place in the modern day media publications.

These publications evidence the world wide response on Armenian genocide issue confirming its actuality, importance and awareness among international community.

The online-exhibition presented by Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute displays although valuable but only a modest part of such publications and thus is open for new material submissions.