The Yerevan History Museum ( hy, Երևանի Պատմության Թանգարան (''Yerevani Patmut'yan T'angaran'')) is the history museum of
Yerevan
Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Y ...
, the capital city of
Armenia
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. The museum was founded in 1931 as the Communal Museum. Currently, the museum is located in a building attached to the
Yerevan City Hall
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. The architect of the building was
Jim Torosyan
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.
History
Beginning in 1931, the museum was located in two rooms on the second floor of the Yerevan Fire Department building, and in 1936, it moved to the Blue Mosque (''Gyoy-Djami'').
From 1994 to 1997, the museum was located in the former Hripsime Female Gymnasium. From 1997 to 2005, the museum functioned in one of the buildings of the school N1 named after
Stepan Shahoumian. In 2005, the museum was established in a new building; it forms an architectural complex together with Yerevan City Hall.
Collection
, there are more than 94,000 objects held in the Yerevan History Museum which represent the local culture from ancient times to the present day.
See also
*
List of museums in Armenia
;List of the museums in Armenia:
*History Museum of Armenia
*Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts
*National Gallery of Armenia
*Yerevan History Museum
* Charents Museum of Literature and Arts
*Cafesjian Center for the Arts
* ARF Histor ...
*
History Museum of Armenia
The History Museum of Armenia (armenian: Հայաստանի պատմության թանգարան) is a museum in Armenia with departments of Archaeology, Numismatics, Ethnography, Modern History and Restoration. It has a national collection of 40 ...
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Erebuni Fortress
Erebuni Fortress ( hy, Էրեբունի) is an Urartian fortified city, located in Yerevan, Armenia. It is above sea level. It was one of several fortresses built along the northern Urartian border and was one of the most important political, e ...
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National Gallery of Armenia
The National Gallery of Armenia ( hy, Հայաստանի ազգային պատկերասրահ, ''Hayastani azgayin patkerasrah'') is the largest art museum in Armenia. Located on Yerevan's Republic Square, the museum has one of the most prominent ...
*
List of Armenian Genocide memorials
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Turkey has campaigned against the establishment of such memorials. In 1983, Israeli diplomat reported ...
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Charents Museum of Literature and Arts
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Aram Khachaturian House-Museum
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Matenadaran
The Matenadaran ( hy, Մատենադարան), officially the Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts, is a museum, repository of manuscripts, and a research institute in Yerevan, Armenia. It is the world's largest repository of Armenian ...
References
Bibliography
* Albert Parsadanyan. ''School Companion''. Yerevan, VMV-Print, 2008, pp. 102–103.
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