On October 15 at 15:00, the History Museum of Armenia will host a workshop titled Archaeological Tourism for Development in Armenia: The Restoration of the Garni Mosaics and Armenian-Italian Activities in Dvin and Aruch.
The workshop will focus on Armenian-Italian collaboration in the fields of archaeology and cultural heritage preservation, with particular attention given to the restoration of the Garni mosaic and the results of archaeological research conducted in 2025.
Programme
15։00 | Welcome and Workshop Opening
Davit Poghosyan – Director, History Museum of Armenia
15։10 | Institutional Addresses
Zhanna Andreasyan
Minister, Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of the Republic of Armenia
H. E. Alessandro Ferranti
Ambassador of Italy to Armenia
Dr. Emilio Cabasino, Dr. Paola Abenante
AICS – Italian Agency for Development Cooperation –Team Culture and Development
15։40 | Research Highlights
Prof. Michele Nucciotti – University of Florence, General Project Coordinator
Archaeological Tourism for Development: the AICS ARCHETOURDEV Project
16։00 | Dr. Emanuela Daffra – Superintendent, Opificio delle Pietre Dure
The Opificio delle Pietre Dure and Mosaic Restoration
16։15 | Drs. Arianne Palla, Anna Patera, Francesca Toso, Federica Cappelli, Philip Kron Morelli – Opificio delle Pietre Dure | University of Florence
The Mosaic of Garni: Report on Restoration Activities 2025
16։45 | Dr. Sergio Ferdinandi – ISMEO & Dr. Astgik Babajanyan – IAE, NAS RA, co-director of the Aruch Excavations
Archaeological Research and Development in Aruch
17։00 | Prof. Hamlet Petrosyan – IAE, NAS RA, Director of the Dvin Excavations and Dr. Lapo Somigli – University of Florence, Activity Manager
Archaeological Research and Development in Dvin
17։15 | Concluding Remarks
Harutyun Vanyan – Head of the Department for Preservation of Historical and Cultural Monuments of the Ministry of ESCS
The workshop is organized in collaboration with the University of Florence and the History Museum of Armenia.
We warmly invite you to participate in this significant scientific and cultural event.