History Museum of Armenia

Region

Yerevan

Distance from Yerevan

1.8 km

Type

Museum

History Museum of Armenia was established by the law adopted by the Parliament of the First Republic of Armenia as an Ethnographic-Anthropological Museum-Library. The initiators were Prime Minister Alexander Khatisyan, Minister of Education and Culture Nikol Aghbalyan, representative of Georgia David Zavriev, senior supervisor of Caucasus Ethnographic Museum Smbat Ter-Avetisyan.

Interesting

facts about History Museum of Armenia

Facts

The museum holds a collection of about 400,000 items in the following sections: archeology (35% of the main collection), ethnography (8%), numismatics (45%), and documentation (12%).

The History Museum of Armenia takes the guests to the ancient times. 2000-year-old coins, decorations, carpets, and household items of ancient Armenians - all this and much more is exhibited in the museum and provide an opportunity to form an objective view of Armenian history and culture.

Weather in Yerevan

The favorable weather conditions of Armenia provide the maximum duration of the visiting period : in Armenia, the warm season begins in March and lasts until late autumn, and winter is short and snowless. The pronounced precipitation season is changeable. The visiting season of the History Museum of Armenia depends on weather conditions.

Sights

near History Museum of Armenia

Republic Square

0 km

NATIONAL GALLERY OF ARMENIA

0 km

Northern Avenue

1 km

Mashtots Avenue

1 km

History Museum of Armenia on the map on Armenia