Yerevan History Museum

The Yerevan History Museum (Armenian: Երևանի Պատմության Թանգարան (Yerevani Patmut'yan T'angaran)) is the history museum of Yerevan, the capital city of Armenia. The museum was founded in 1931 as the Communal Museum. Currently, the museum is located in a building attached to the Yerevan City Hall. The architect of the building was Jim Torosyan.[1]

Yerevan History Museum
Երևանի Պատմության Թանգարան
The main facade of the museum
Established1931 (1931)
Location1/1 Argishti street, Yerevan,  Armenia
TypeHistory museum
DirectorArmineh Sargsyan
Websiteyhm.am

History

Beginning in 1931, the museum was located in two rooms on the second floor of the Yerevan Fire Department building, and in 1936, it moved to the Blue Mosque (Gyoy-Djami).[1] From 1994 to 1997, the museum was located in the former Hripsime Female Gymnasium. From 1997 to 2005, the museum functioned in one of the buildings of the school N1 named after Stepan Shahoumian. In 2005, the museum was established in a new building; it forms an architectural complex together with Yerevan City Hall.[2]

Collection

As of 2017, there are more than 94,000 objects held in the Yerevan History Museum which represent the local culture from ancient times to the present day.[2] The collections of archaeology, ethnography, numismatics, fine arts, written records, and photography, kept in storage in the museum, tell a vivid story about the past and the present of the capital city and its people. There are three scientific expositions of the museum, that have collected, studied and showed objects highlighting the history of Yerevan.

Scientific council

The scientific council has included the following members,

Architects:
Painters:
Sculptors:
  • A. Sargsian
Scientists:
  • Stepan Lisitsyan
  • Y. Shahazyz
  • A. Barkhoudarian
  • B. Arakelian
  • T. Hakobian

Exhibition halls

The inauguration of the main exhibition of the museum took place on 3 April 2007, during which the President of Armenia, Robert Kocharian, Yerevan Mayor, Yervand Zakharian, and other high officials were present. The main exposition of the museum consists of three parts.

See also

References
  1. "ՔԱՂԱՔԱՊԵՏԱՐԱՆԻ ՆՈՐ ՇԵՆՔԸ ԵՐԵՎԱՆՈՒՄ. ՔԱՂԱՔԻ ՊԱՏՄՈՒԹՅԱՆ ԹԱՆԳԱՐԱՆԸ ՎԵՐՋԱՊԵՍ ԳՏԱՎ ԻՐ ՀԱՆԳՐՎԱԱՆԸ" [Yerevan New City Hall Building: City History Museum at Last Sheltered]. www.panarmenian.net. November 27, 2004.
  2. "Yerevan History Museum". Yhm.am. Retrieved January 21, 2017.

Bibliography
  • Albert Parsadanyan. School Companion. Yerevan, VMV-Print, 2008, pp. 102–103.

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