Month: February 2012

Pastry in Yerevan (19th-20th centuries)

22/02/2012

Svetlana Poghosyan Candidate of historical science, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography The system of…

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A present with the symbols of Yerevan of the 1970s – to the Yerevan History Museum

14/02/2012

The historical values of the Yerevan History Museum have been replenished with another 7 samples…

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The Yerevan History Museum has been replenished with a rich collection of Oriental culture

01/02/2012

The Yerevan History Museum has been replenished with a rich collection of Oriental culture which…

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.