The interaction between the History Museum of Armenia, the Matenadaran, and the National Library of Qatar can be valuable. Nouneh Sarkissian visited the National Library of Qatar

During the working visit of the President of the Republic of Armenia Armen Sarkissian to the State of Qatar, the President’s wife Nouneh Sarkissian visited the National Library of Qatar, which is one of the largest research, university, and public institutions of the Qatar Foundation.

The book depositories of the National Library of Qatar store about 800 thousand books; the library also has more than 500 thousand e-books and periodicals.

Accompanied by the library management, the director of the History Museum of Armenia Davit Poghosyan, and the scientific secretary of the Matenadaran Vahé Torosyan, Mrs. Sarkissian toured the library, got acquainted with the literature and publications kept there, as well as the exhibits of the Heritage Museum: unique books, manuscripts, maps and other valuable materials representing the Arab and Islamic culture.

Mrs. Sarkissian talked to the library management about cooperation with scientific and educational institutions of Armenia, in particular, noting that cooperation with the History Museum of Armenia and the Matenadaran can be valuable, especially in terms of digitizing the literature, making it available, and developing the library culture on the whole.