The Djulfa Virtual Memorial and Museum (DVMM) was established in December of 2007 to document the deliberate destruction of the largest medieval Armenian cemetery at Djulfa (Old Jugha, Julfa, Culfa) in the exclave of Nakhichevan (Naxçıvan), Republic of Azerbaijan.

Advisory Board:

• Dr. Lucy Der Manuelian: Arthur H. Dadian and Ara Oztemel Professor of Armenian Art and Architectural History, Department of Art and Art History, Tufts University
• Steinar Gil: Norwegian diplomat and philologist; Ambassador to Azerbaijan at the time of Djulfa’s destruction
• Dr. Dickran Kouymjian: Haig & Isabel Berberian Professor of Armenian History and Art, Emeritus, Director of Armenian Studies Program, Emeritus,  California State University, Fresno.  Member of the National Academy of Sciences, Republic of Armenia
• Jora Manoucherian: President of Research on Armenian Architecture – USA
• Dr. Ian McIntosh: Director of International Partnerships and Projects at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Senior Editorial Advisor to Cultural Survival Quarterly, The World Report on the Rights, Voices and Visions of Indigenous Peoples
• Dr. Anahit Ter-Stepanian: Professor of History of Architecture, Russian Modernism, and Art and Revolution at Southern Connecticut State University; Professor of Art History at Sacred Heart University

• Simon Maghakyan, MA

Project Manager:

• Zane Stevens, MA

Outreach Coordinator:

• Sarah Pickman

Technical Support:

• Armen Hovhannisyan, webmaster and administrator of www.hayastan.com
• Armine Paglevanyan, designer

Contact founding executive director Simon Maghakyan by clicking here