MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES
HISTORY MUSEUM OF YEREVAN
With exhibits on traditional crafts, daily life, and significant historical events, the museum offers visitors a deep understanding of Yerevan’s cultural heritage. 1931, 2005
01. Introduction
02. Yerevan Cave
03. Ancient exhibit Obsidian
04. Shengavit
05. Karmir Berd
06. Ceramic vessels of the 2nd millennium BC Avan-Arinj
07. Bronze figurines of a wild boar and a bull
08. Kingdom of Van
09. Painting of the god Khaldi
10. The rite of cremation Urartian
11. Winemaking
12. Karmir Blur
13. Ritual rite of drinking wine, Shoe shape goblets
14. Statuette of Teisheba
15. Bronze shields
16. Urartian army, archers
17. Hellenistic culture and Avan Arinj
18. Model of Yerevan
19. Avan Cathedral
20. Frescos of Poghos-Petros church
21. Model of Katoghike
22. Coins on pyramid
23. Painting of Sedrak Arakelyan Ghantar
01. Capture of Yerevan fortress
02. Vasiliy Behbutyan
03. Nerses Ashtaraketsi
04. Interior of the house of wealthy Yerevan residents
05. Crafts in old Yerevan
06. City Duma
01. Yerevan before and after joining the Russian Empire
02. Yerevan in the beginning of the 20th century
03. Painting ''Builders of Yerevan''
04. Tamanyan's Yerevan
05. Yerevan metro
06. Education, sport, industry and art
07. Symbols of Yerevan
360 Virtual Tour of the Museum
The Yerevan History Museum is located in the Yerevan municipality building at 1/1 Argishti Street. Established in 1931 under the communal department of the Yerevan City Council, the museum was originally known as the Communal Museum. It first occupied a room in the Voluntary Fire Society building (1930, designed by architect Nikolai Buniatyan and Anna Ter-Avetikyan) on what is now Andrei Sakharov Square. In 1936, the museum moved to the site of the Persian Blue Mosque (Goy Jami), constructed by Yerevan’s sardar Hussein Ali Khan in 1765-1766, where it remained until the 1990s.
In 1982, by decision of the Yerevan City Council, the museum was allocated the building of the Hripsimian Gymnasium at 6 Amiryan Street. Due to an extended renovation period, the museum did not relocate until 1994, and it stayed there until 1997. It was then transferred to the building of Stepan Shahumyan School No. 1 at 33 Mashtots Avenue, where it remained until 2005.
Since 2005, the museum has been housed in the newly constructed Yerevan City Hall building at 1 Argishti Street. A dedicated space for the museum was designed as part of this building, and the main exhibition was officially opened on April 3, 2007.
The building project, designed by architects Jim Torosyan and Romik Martirosyan, with construction by Henzel Hakobyan and development by Gagik Galstyan (posthumously), earned the State Prize of the Republic of Armenia in 2007.
The museum’s scientific council featured some of the most prominent intellectuals and artists of the time, including architects Alexander Tamanyan, Toros Toromanyan, Nikolai Buniatyan, Mikael Mazmanyan; painters Martiros Saryan, Gabriel Gyurjian, Taragros; sculptor Ara Sargsyan; and scientists Stepan Lisitsyan, Yervand Shahaziz, Sedrak Barkhudaryan, Babken Arakelyan, Tadevos Hakobyan, among others.
The museum’s collection
includes approximately 94,000 items ranging from ancient artifacts to
contemporary works. It features archaeological, ethnographic, numismatic, and
fine arts collections, as well as photographs and other valuable exhibits. The
main exhibition is divided into three sections: “History of Yerevan from
Ancient Times to the Late Middle Ages,” “Yerevan in the 19th Century,” and
“Yerevan from the Late 19th Century to the Present Day.”
Today, the Yerevan History
Museum stands as a unique symbol of Yerevan’s rich heritage.
“Scientific Research Centre of Historical and Cultural Heritage” SNCO
Yerevan Municipality
WORKING HOURS
Monday-Saturday -11:00-17:30
Sunday - Closed
ENTRANCE FEE
Adults - 1500 AMD
Students - 1000 AMD
Schoolchildren - 500 AMD
EXCURSION
Armenian - 2000 AMD
Excursion with a game - 3000 AMD
English, Russian - 5000 AMD