MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES

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HOUSE-MUSEUM OF HOVHANNES TUMANYAN


1949-1953


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


40 Moskovyan str.
+37410 560 021, +37410 516021