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History Museum of Armenia

Region

Yerevan

Distance from Yerevan

1.8 km

Type

Museum

The History Museum of Armenia is the first museum of the First Republic of Armenia, founded in 1919. The museum has the following departments: archaeology, ethnography, numismatics, and modern history. A visit to the museum provides a comprehensive understanding of Armenian culture and history, from prehistoric times to the present. The museum is particularly rich in Armenian coin collections, including coins from the kingdoms of Sophene, Artashesian, Kyurikian, and Cilician Armenia.

Interesting

facts about History Museum of Armenia

Facts

Initially, the museum was called the Ethnographic-Anthropological Museum-Library.

The world's oldest known leather shoe (dated to 3600-3500 BCE) found in the Areni Cave is part of the museum's permanent exhibition.

The museum houses a national collection of around 400,000 artifacts.

The cuneiform inscription left by Urartian King Argishti I (782 BCE) about the founding of Yerevan is preserved in the History Museum of Armenia."

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

0 km

Northern Avenue

1 km

Mashtots Avenue

1 km

History Museum of Armenia on the map on Armenia