Yerevan History Museum
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The Yerevan History Museum is the history museum of Yerevan
, the capital city of Armenia
. The museum was founded in 1931 as the Communal Museum. It is located in the Yerevan City Hall.
The architect of the building was Jim Torosyan.
At the beginning, the museum was located in two rooms, on the second floor, of the Yerevan Fire Department building.
In 1936, it was moved to the Blue Mosque (Gyoy-Djami) where had functioned for sixty years.
From 1994 to 1997, the museum was located in the building of former Hripsime Female Gymnasium.
From 1997 to 2005, the museum functioned in one of the adjacent buildings of the school N1 named after Shahoumian.
In 2005, the museum was established in a new building. It forms an architectural complex together with Yerevan Municipality.
The collections of archaeology, ethnography, numismatics, fine arts, written records, photography and others, kept in the storage of 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
.
Architects
Painters
Sculptors
Scientists
, Yerevan Mayor Yervand Zakharian, and other high officials were present.
The main exposition of the museum consists of three parts.
Yerevan
Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously-inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country...
, the capital city of Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
. The museum was founded in 1931 as the Communal Museum. It is located in the Yerevan City Hall.
The architect of the building was Jim Torosyan.
History
| Years | Place | Duration (years) |
|---|---|---|
| 1931-1936 | Yerevan Fire Department building 2 rooms in 2nd floor |
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| 1936-1994 | Blue Mosque Blue Mosque, Yerevan The "Blue Mosque" was built by Iran, and is also known as the "Persian Mosque," "Gök Jami", . The mosque is in Yerevan, Armenia. The Yerevan region was under various Muslim rulers since the incursions of Timur in the 14th century... ("Gök Jami") |
58 |
| 1994-1997 | Hripsime Female Gymnasium | 3 |
| 1997-2005 | School №1 after Stepan Shahumyan Stepan Shahumyan Stepan Gevorgi Shahumyan was a Bolshevist Russian communist politician and revolutionary active throughout the Caucasus. Shahumyan was an ethnic Armenian and his role as a leader of the Russian revolution in the Caucasus earned him the nickname of the "Caucasian Lenin", a reference to the leader... Mashtots Street 23 |
8 |
| 2005-present | Yerevan Yerevan Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously-inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country... City Hall |
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At the beginning, the museum was located in two rooms, on the second floor, of the Yerevan Fire Department building.
In 1936, it was moved to the Blue Mosque (Gyoy-Djami) where had functioned for sixty years.
From 1994 to 1997, the museum was located in the building of former Hripsime Female Gymnasium.
From 1997 to 2005, the museum functioned in one of the adjacent buildings of the school N1 named after Shahoumian.
In 2005, the museum was established in a new building. It forms an architectural complex together with Yerevan Municipality.
Collection
There are more than 87,000 objects exposed in the Yerevan History Museum. They represent the local material and spiritual culture from ancient times to the present day.The collections of archaeology, ethnography, numismatics, fine arts, written records, photography and others, kept in the storage of 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
Yerevan
Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously-inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country...
.
Scientific council
The scientific council affiliated to the museum has had the best intellectuals and artists of the time as its members, including:Architects
- Alexander TamanianAlexander TamanianAlexander Tamanian was a Russian-born Armenian neoclassical architect, who is remembered today for his work in the city of Yerevan.Born in the city of Yekaterinodar in 1878 in the family of a banker. He graduated from the St Petersburg Academy of Arts in 1904. His works portrayed sensitive and...
- Toros ToramanianToros ToramanianToros Toramanian was a prominent Armenian architect. He is considered "the father of Armenian architectural historiography."-Biography:Toramanian was born in 1864, in the town of Şebinkarahisar, Ottoman Empire...
- N. Bouniatian
- M. Mazmanian
Painters
- Martiros SaryanMartiros SaryanMartiros Saryan was an Armenian painter.He was born into an Armenian family in Nor Nakhijevan . In 1895, aged 15, he completed the Nakhichevan school and from 1897 to 1904 studied at the Moscow School of Arts, including in the workshops of Valentin Serov and Konstantin Korovin...
- G. Gyurdjian
- Taragros
Sculptors
- A. Sargsian
Scientists
- Stepan Lisitsyan
- Y. Shahazyz
- A. Barkhoudarian
- B. Arakelian
- T. Hakobian
The museum today
The museum is a leisure place for people of all ages, occupation and preferences. Presently the public relations experience of the museum has gained new application. The museum-school ties are being strengthened acquiring new meaning and importance. The museum is in continual contact with old citizens as well as citizens of young generation. The mass media always highlights the everyday life of the museum and the events dedicated to the city. Each year the publications of the personnel increase in number.Exhibition halls
The inauguration of the main exposition of the museum took place on 3 April, 2007 during which the President of the Republic of Armenia Robert KocharianRobert Kocharian
Robert Kocharyan was the second President of Armenia, serving from 1998 till 2008. He was previously President of Nagorno-Karabakh from 1994 to 1997 and Prime Minister of Armenia from 1997 to 1998.-Biography:...
, Yerevan Mayor Yervand Zakharian, and other high officials were present.
The main exposition of the museum consists of three parts.
See also
- List of museums in Armenia
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