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The first meeting of the series dedicated to Yerevan took place

10/04/2021

Yerevan History Museum started the series of the meetings dedicated to Yerevan with Mark Grigoryan, the author of “Unknown Yerevan” television program.

The theme of the meeting was Yerevan, Yerevan philosophy.

In the exhibition hall of the museum were presented the 70th anniversary messages of Mark Grigoryan’s grandfather famous architect Mark Grigoryan and the plan of Yerevan made by the latter in 1949.

In addition, the archive of the architect was donated to the Yerevan History Museum by the speaker Mark Grigoryan.

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The museum of Yerevan history was founded in 1931. Being attached to the communal division of Yerevan City Council it was called Communal Museum and in 1936 it was renamed Yerevan History Museum.
At first the museum was located in one of the rooms on the second floor of the Yerevan Fire Department. In 1936 it was moved to the Blue Mosque (Gyoy Djami) where it functioned for about 56 years.
In 1994-1997 it was located in the building of former Hripsimeh Female Gymnasium. In 1997-2005-in the building adjacent to the secondary school n 1 after Shahumyan. In 2005 it was established in the newly built building of the Municipality of Yerevan making a unified architectural ensemble.