MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES

State index: 1.6.170
Architect: Grigor Aghababyan,
Client: Ministry of Culture of the USSR
Construction organization: Ministry of Industrial Construction of the
USSR
The building is located at the end of Tumanyan Street, on the hill, at 40 Moskovyan Street. It is oriented towards Tumanyan Street and smoothly ends it.
The house-museum was opened in 1953, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the death of all-Armenian poet Hovhannes Tumanyan. It is rich with memorial materials. Its funds include Tumanyan’s personal belongings and documents, personal library, archive, which reflect the poet’s life and activities.
A
wide staircase leads to the house-museum building. The façade of the building is symmetrical. The first
floor is deaf, the second is solved by three powerful, deep arches. In 1966 a
basalt-made building with square plan, was built next to Tumanyan’s house,
which is connected with the house by a staircase.
In
the interior decoration of the Yerevanian house, the layout of the rooms of
Tumanyan’s Tbilisi house and the “Vernatun” have been preserved.
The layout of the museum is designed taking into consideration the proper visibility of the exhibits. Hovhannes Tumanyan’s high sculpture (1971, bronze, sculptor: Ghukas Chubaryan, State index: 1.6.170.1) is installed on the left headwall of the staircase.
“Scientific Research Centre of Historical and Cultural Heritage” SNCO
Yerevan Municipality
WORKING HOURS
Tuesday-Saturday 10:30-17:00
Sunday 10:30-16:00
Monday: Closed
ENTRANCE FEE
Adults - 1000 AMD
Schoolchildren, students, pensioners, refugees - 500 AMD
EXCURSION
Armenian - 2000 AMD
French, English, Russian, Arabic, Western Armenian - 3000 AMD
Educational programs - 2500 AMD
Cartoons - 100 AMD