The National Gallery of Armenia was founded in 1921 by the decision of the Government of Soviet Armenia, as one of the five departments of the State Museum - the Art Department. Martiros Saryan was appointed the director of the museum. As the first state museum of Armenia, it was officially opened to visitors on August 14, 1921.
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1967
A monument to the victims of the Armenian Genocide was built on Tsitsernakaberd Hill.
1886
Ethnographic map of the Erivan Governorate.
