From September 9, another part of the permanent exhibition of the History Museum of Armenia, entitled “Christian Armenia։ 4th-9th centuries” will reopen to the public. The exhibition covers the distinct Armenian culture of the 4th-9th centuries.

The sculptural examples of the remarkable monuments – Dvin, Kasagh, Zvartnots – of Armenian architecture, equal-armed and blooming crosses, symbols of early Christianity, as well as four-sided stelae, unique in the context of the region and in Eastern Christian art, will be presented.
The exhibition includes pottery and luxury glassware representing the secular life of the Middle Ages, coins and bullae testifying to active trade relations, advanced irrigation systems representing agriculture, and artefacts representing one of the most mystical crafts of the time, alchemy.

On the same day, in parallel with the permanent exhibition, a temporary exhibition “Masterpieces from Medieval Armenia” will open, featuring a number of original manifestations of the culture of medieval Armenia from the 11th to the 16th centuries, represented by khachkar (cross stone) art examples of that period (16th century khachkar from Old Jugha (Julfa) cemetery), bas reliefs, stone church models, and masterpieces of woodwork and metalwork (the wooden door of St. Arakelots Monastery in Mush, 1136; a cauldron found in Haghartsin Monastery).