MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES

The museum occupies a unique place in the historical territory of the Yerevan Ararat Brandy-Wine-Vodka Factory.

The Yerevan Ararat Brandy-Wine-Vodka Factory is a leading Armenian brandy production company, founded in 1877 during the Russian Empire. It produces several types of famous Armenian brandy, including "Noy" and "Araspel". The factory is located on the left bank of the Hrazdan River, in the center of Yerevan, occupying the territory of the historical Yerevan Fortress. The building was designed by the famous architect Rafael Israelyan.

VISITOR INFORMATION

A special place in the historical territory of the Ararat Brandy-Wine-Vodka Factory is occupied by the museum, which stores and presents information and personal properties about people who made a great contribution to the development of the factory, such as N. Tairyan, N. Shustov, M. Sedrakyan, M. Musinyants, K. Silchenko.

The factory, named after the biblical Ararat, is also symbolically represented by a bas-relief based on the motifs of Hovhannes Aivazovsky’s painting “Noah Descends from Ararat”.

The museum also exhibits a bas-relief from the performance of the banned play “Woe from Wit” by the Russian writer Alexander Griboyedov, organized in 1827 as part of his visit to the Erivan Fortress. (The play was staged near the Dalmahan Wall of the Erivan Fortress. The roles were played by Russian officers, and the roles of the women were played by young soldiers).

A separate section in the museum contains information about Gagik Tsarukyan, where the new achievements of the combine are also presented.