Month: October 2016

An individual exhibition of Karel Zeman’s works has opened at the Yerevan History Museum

19/10/2016

By the joint initiative of Yerevan Municipality, Yerevan History Museum and the Embassy of Czech…

The exhibition “Gost-Made in Yerevan” opened at the Yerevan History Museum

11/10/2016

On October 8 “GOST-made in Yerevan” exhibition opened in Yerevan History Museum. Samples of textile…

“The story of Khachkar -Armenian Cross Stones” exhibition opened at the National Museum of Ethnology of Osaka

04/10/2016

“The story of Khachkar -Armenian Cross Stones” exhibition dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Armenian…

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The exhibition called “GOST-made in Yerevan” is going to be open in Yerevan History Museum

02/10/2016

The exhibition called “GOST-made in Yerevan” is going to be open in Yerevan History Museum…

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.