Near East Art Museum is a museum of art located in
Yerevan,
Armenia. The museum was opened in 1993 and is based on a collection donated by
Marcos Grigorian
Marcos Grigorian, also known as Marco Grigorian ( hy, Մարկոս Գրիգորեան; fa, مارکو گريگوريان; December 5, 1925 – August 27, 2007) was an Iranian-Armenian and American artist and gallery owner, and he was a pioneer o ...
, painter, collector and honorary citizen of Yerevan in the memory of his daughter, actress
Sabrina Grigorian
Sabrina Grigorian ( hy, Սաբրինա Մարկոսի Գրիգորյան; 1956–1986) was an Italian-born Armenian actress.
Life and career
Sabrina Grigorian was born in Rome, Italy, on July 28, 1956, to artist Marcos Grigorian and Flora Adami ...
, The museum shares the building with
Yerevan Museum of Literature and Culture.
The Museum houses about 2,600 exhibits containing works of Marcos Grigorian as well as Russian, European and Middle Eastern applied arts - Iranian
faucets of the 12th-19th centuries,
doorknocker
A door knocker is an item of door furniture that allows people outside a house or other dwelling or building to alert those inside to their presence. A door knocker has a part fixed to the door, and a part (usually metal) which is attached to th ...
s, keys, locks, nails, Iranian-Turkmen silver ornaments of the 18th-19th centuries, 3 or 4,000-year-old bronze items, etc. The exhibits are housed in 3 hall rooms.
Notes
* Earth Works. Grigorian, 1988, New York.
* The Contemporary Armenian Carpet, Near East Museum, Yerevan, 1999.
References
External links
Marcos Grigorian's works at the center of "Middle East Art Museum" exhibitionAfter reconstruction, the museum opened its doors to the renewed Middle East exhibition
Museums in Yerevan
History museums in Armenia
Art museums established in 1993
1993 establishments in Armenia
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