Since 2000, Bakur Karapetyan, a writer, publicist, painter, and engineer, and Director of the “Shushi Fortress City” Charitable Foundation, has collected and digitized around 7,000 historical photographs documenting the life of Armenian communities around the world. The photographs were gathered from private individuals, museums, and archives.

 

From his extensive collection, 242 photographs have been selected to depict the settlements, cultural heritage and prominent figures, economy, and everyday life of Western Armenia, to be presented at the exhibition at the Tekeyan Centre.

 

The collection has been exhibited:

 

• 1996 — at the Museum-Institute of Architecture, in Armenia;

• 2005 — at the Yerevan office of the Government-in-Exile of Western Armenia;

• 2023 — at the Armenian Youth Association in Los Angeles (Glendale);

• 2026 — at the Tekeyan Centre.

 

The exhibition at the Tekeyan Centre is open until April 30, 2026.