Aslamazyan Sisters Gallery

It is the gallery of the painters Mariam and Yeranuhi Aslamazyan in Gyumri, opened in 1987 in a former residential house of black tuff built in 1880–1900, with a flower garden and porches with wooden latticework. The building is on the city's list of immovable monuments of history and culture.

The gallery shows more than 620 original paintings, graphic works and ceramics by Mariam and Yeranuhi Aslamazyan: the first floor is devoted to Yeranuhi's works and the second to Mariam's. Besides paintings, there are Mariam's ceramic plates, Yeranuhi's pottery and other handmade pieces by the sisters, such as bowls, tableware and candlesticks.

The building suffered heavily in the 1988 earthquake and for a time served as a shelter for Gyumri residents who had lost their homes; only years later did it become a gallery again. It was rebuilt in 2003 with the support of the Lincy foundation.

Mariam and Yeranuhi Aslamazyan grew up in a cultural environment: their father, Arshak Aslamazyan, was friends with architects Toros Toramanian and Nikoghayos Buniatyan, orientalist Hovsep Orbeli and historian and linguist Nikoghayos Marr. The sisters played a significant role in the art and culture of the Soviet Union, and some of Mariam's works, including "Armenian Still Life" (1955) and "Red Cactus Flower" (1957), are kept in the State Tretyakov Gallery.