Month: June 2013

Educational

On the initiative of the RPA Women’s Council the schoolchildren were the guests of the museum

04/06/2013

By the initiative of the Women’s Council of the RPA the pupils of the school…

News

The museum presented the works of children

01/06/2013

On the event of the Day of Children’s Rights Defence, June 1 an exhibition of…

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.