| Jora Manoucherian, President of RAA-USA, on behalf of the Board of Directors, welcomed the attendees. He noted that RAA has digitized and archived approximately 690,000 photographs and documents, forming a unique collection.
He further explained that the RAA office building, acquired and renovated in July 2023, includes a library named in honor of Samvel Karapetyan, housing more than 20,000 volumes, as well as an auditorium named after Armen Hakhnazarian. He also shared that the RAA Museum is currently under development and will feature letters of recognition, medals, artifacts collected during expedition trips, and other valuable materials. |