Works of Great Armenian Wizard Edward Ghazaryan The Museum of folk art is situated in Abovyan Square, near the monument of the Armenian visionary writer Khachatur Abovyan. The center’s collection recruitment works were done by the efforts of the prominent figures of Armenian fine arts, such as M. Saryan, H. Kojoyan, H. Babayan and others. However, this unique center of […]
Sardarapat Battle Memorial Complex
Article from TourInfo Magazine National Museum of Armenian Ethnogra phy and History Memorial complex of the heroic battle of Sardarapat is the museum that presents the history of the Armenian liberation movement and the glorious victory. The memorial is also a wonderful architectural complex which was opened in 1968, on the day of the 50th anniversary […]
30 Well-known Museums in Yerevan
Article from TourInfo Magazine International Day of Museums The International Museum Day is a celebration that is held on May 18. On that day all the museums are open to welcome visitors and present new exhibitions and programs. The idea of this festival belongs to the French Ministry of Culture and Communication. The festival was formerly known […]
Msho Charentir
The Giant Treasure of Matenadaran One of the gorgeous sights of Yerevan is Mashtots Avenue which stretches along many beautiful buildings, but the most gracious architectural one stands at the highest place at the edge of the avenue. This building made of steel color basalt is Matenadaran, research institute of ancient manuscripts after M. Mashtots […]
The Monument of Musaler
The Memorial of the Battle of Musaler The Armenians have struggled for their freedom and faith for centuries. Tragic and heroic pages in the history of Armenian people have always been closely intertwined with each other. And the same is with the events of 1915. We always remember the Armenian Genocide and the heroic battle of Musaler […]
Protection of the archaeological heritage as index of European integration
During last 30 years cultural heritage, pillars of which is archeology, has faced more and more difficult problems because of intermingles of this field: problems are no longer limited to buildings and structures, it refers to the environment and landscape. And as far the archeological activities first of all assume destroying so before making decision […]
Master Levon’s Underground Sanctuary
Present Day Ark The underground museum-shrine is situated in one of the suburbs of Yerevan which will not leave any visitor indifferent. You must by all means visit village Arinj in the surroundings of Yerevan to see the Master Levon’s underground sanctuary. In Arinj everyone knows Levon Ararkelyan and you can easily […]
The House-Museum of Charles Aznavour in the Heart of Yerevan
Celebrated chansonnier Charles Aznavour participated in the openning ceremony of his house-muséum. After 3 years of constuctional works, which were held under the auspices of the president of Armenia, the architects introduced the house-museum to the public. It is noteworthy that the building itself is not a traditional museum complex; but it is a residence with dwelling and working […]
Martiros Saryan House-Museum to be repaired
In 2011 12000 people visited famous Armenian painter Martoros Saryan’s House-Museum. Ruzan Saryan, Director of the Museum, mentioned that compared with 2010 number of visits in 2011 increased with 1000. The most interesting visitor of 2011 was Sezh Sargsyan, president of Armenia. During his visit the same issues regarding the Museum were presented. Ms. Saryan mentioned: […]
The Museum of Folk-Art in Armenia
The Museum of Folk-Art, named after artist Hovhannes Sharambeyan, is a unique cultural center best representing the Armenian folk art. Here there are Armenian decorative-applied and pictorial works. Situated at the beginning of the Abovyan street, near the statue of Khachatur Abovyan and decorated with ornaments peculiar to the Armenian architecture – pilasters, capitals with engraved […]