Armenia Tourism

Early Iron Age settlement of Metsamor with a small but rich archaeological museum, is not far from Echmiadzin. The summit of the mound has an early first millennium BC sanctuary, and there are important remains of pits used for gravitational separation of iron from slag. A little further is a hill with 3rd millennium BC [...]

If you want to visit a place, extremely popular with both locals and tourists where amazingly unusual surroundings will embower you, leading you into the magic world of one of the greatest masters in the world, then your only right choice can be S.Parajanov’s House-museum. S. Parajanov (Sarkis Parajanyan – 1924-1990) was a prominent artist, [...]

The Republican Center of Aesthetical Education, which boasts the first children’s picture gallery in the world, is one of the places of interest in Yerevan. On March 13, 1970 a children’s art gallery opened in Yerevan. Apart from periodical shows, there is a permanent exposition which rates the gallery in the rank of museums. The [...]

Hovhannes Tumanyan is famous Armenian poet, great philosopher, an inimitable artist who synthesized in his creations the best traditions of Armenian and World Literatiure, and created his wonderful works in all literary genres. One of the greatest literary men of Russia, Valeriy Bryusov, spoke about Hovhannes Tumanyan in following words: “The poetry by Tumanyan is [...]

The music of Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978), an outstanding composer of our time is well known all over the world. His highly original, life-asserting music merits universal acknowledgement. The imagery of his vividly and essentially theatrical music is plastic to the point of tangibility; his harmony and color pallets are exuberant. His music has won the [...]

Museum of Modern Art of Armenia was founded in 1972 by art critic Henry Igityan and has become the first specialized museum of modern art in the former Soviet Union. It still remains one of the most frequently visited places of Yerevan. The unusual building of the museum is the only one in Yerevan constructed [...]

A real connoisseur of Art cannot imagine Armenian painting without Martiros Saryan, an outstanding artist of modern times. His style was grounded in the world painting tradition and deeply rooted in Armenian national culture. He made widely used folk themes and motives and breathed new life into them by enriching them with new expressive devices, [...]

This is one of the leading art museums in the region. Its collections include outstanding examples of Armenian, Russian and European art. Altogether the museum numbers more than 20,000 works of painting, sculpture and graphic and applied art in its collections, with more than 3000 of which are constantly exhibited. The section on Armenian art [...]

The Museum of Erebuni Welcome to one of the most famous museums of Yerevan – the Fortress Town of Erebuni, ancient forerunner of Yerevan, located at the hilltop of Arin-Berd. Erebuni, together with such splendid works of architecture, as the towns of Arghishtikhinili, Taishebahini etc., represent in the territory of modern Armenia the period when [...]

The State Museum of Folk Art of Armenia is a unique center of culture where specimens of decorative and applied art are preserved and displayed. The museum with its two branches – Yerevan Exhibition of wood-carving and Dilijan Museum – carries on a considerable work in collecting, studying, and introducing Armenian folk art. The museum [...]