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EVEN LINCY FUNDS DID NOT HELP

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The cultural centers of Gyumri including museums have not been heated for already several years. The heaters purchased and placed by the Lincy Foundation last year are not appropriate for heating museums. In order to provide normal temperature all the heaters should work according to 10-hour schedule what demands considerable expenses. The funds assigned by the budget are not enough to provide more or less appropriate heating.

''If we try to save the funds during summer and spend them on heating in winter, this will be sufficient for a month only'', Director of the the Museum of Folk Architecture and Urbanism Sona Harutyunyan told our colleagues from Tsayg TV Company.

Optimal temperature for keeping the displays is 17-20 degrees Celsius. According to the museum directors, stable temperature should be maintained in the halls otherwise sharp temperature drops will result in spoiling of the exhibit and canvases.

Administrations of the cultural centers hope that the electric heaters will be replaced by gas ovens or heaters. City Hall officials promised to solve the problem by supplying the museums with natural gas.