Yerevan History Museum

Beginning in 1931, the museum was located in two rooms on the second floor of the Yerevan Fire Department building, and in 1936, it moved to the Blue Mosque (Gyoy-Djami).[1] From 1994 to 1997, the museum was located in the former Hripsime Female Gymnasium. From 1997 to 2005, the museum functioned in one of the buildings of the school N1 named after Stepan Shahoumian. In 2005, the museum was established in a new building; it forms an architectural complex together with Yerevan City Hall.[2]

As of 2017, there are more than 94,000 objects held in the Yerevan History Museum which represent the local culture from ancient times to the present day.[2] The collections of archaeology, ethnography, numismatics, fine arts, written records, and photography, kept in storage in the museum, tell a vivid story about the past and the present of the capital city and its people. There are three scientific expositions of the museum, that have collected, studied and showed objects highlighting the history of Yerevan.

The scientific council has included the following members,

Architects:

• Alexander Tamanian
• Toros Toramanian
• N. Bouniatian
• M. Mazmanian

Painters:

• Martiros Saryan
• G. Gyurdjian
• Taragros

Sculptors:

• A. Sargsian

Scientists:

• Stepan Lisitsyan
• Y. Shahazyz
• A. Barkhoudarian
• B. Arakelian
• T. Hakobian

The inauguration of the main exhibition of the museum took place on 3 April 2007, during which the President of Armenia, Robert Kocharian, Yerevan Mayor, Yervand Zakharian, and other high officials were present. The main exposition of the museum consists of three parts.

• List of museums in Armenia
• History Museum of Armenia
• Erebuni Fortress
• National Gallery of Armenia
• List of Armenian Genocide memorials
• Charents Museum of Literature and Arts
• Aram Khachaturian House-Museum
• Matenadaran

• Albert Parsadanyan. School Companion. Yerevan, VMV-Print, 2008, pp. 102–103.