Month: May 2015

News

Yerevan History Museum joins Night of Museums-2015 European cultural action

17/05/2015

On May 16 the Yerevan History Museum as well as all other 109 museums of…

“Museum night 2015”

11/05/2015

The Municipality of Yerevan and the Yerevan history Museum invite you to the events to…

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.