Category: Culture

“Matenadaran” means a "book-depository" in ancient Armenian. Indeed, Matenadaran is the pride of Armenian culture, the world's largest storage of ancient manuscripts. It towers over Mesrop Mashtots Prospect in the centre of Yerevan. It was created on the basis of the collection of manuscripts, nationalized in 1920, belonging to Echmiadzin Monaster. The chronological sequence of [...]

The History Museum of Armenia was founded in 1921. The Museum occupies first two levels of the building on the Republic Square. The Museum collection has about 400,000 exhibits. The permanent exposition covers the entire history of Armenian people – since the times of primitive society up to now. The museum displays the objects of [...]

Yerevan is replete with incredible museums, and Martiros Saryan House Museum is perhaps the most colorful of them all.Martiros Saryan was a great 20th-century Armenian portrait, still life and landscape painter who was not afraid to use bold and vibrant colors in his works, leading many to affectionately refer to him as a Master of [...]