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The Roslin Art Gallery is an art gallery located in Glendale, California, that is dedicated to preserving Armenian folk art.

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The Roslin Art Gallery is named after Toros Roslin, the most prominent master of the Armenian illuminated manuscripts in the Middle Ages. The gallery aspires to promote and introduce Armenian art, both historical and contemporary. [1] The gallery was founded in 1998.

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