Lecture: “The Secret of Armenian Women’s Natural Makeup: Ritual, Death or Life?”
The thousand-year-old secrets of cosmetics teach us how to combine beauty with practicality. Did Armenian women use makeup centuries ago? From what materials did they create natural perfume, kohl, face powder, and other cosmetic products? These questions were explored by Vahe Sema Kotanyan, ethnographer, designer, and founder of the Armenian clothing brand SEMA, during a […]
“The Earliest Shrines and Saints of the Christian East: Saint Thecla the Protomartyr”
On March 13, within the framework of the international exhibition “Sacred Dialogues: From the Louvre to the History Museum of Armenia,” a lecture entitled “The Earliest Shrines and Saints of the Christian East: Saint Thecla the Protomartyr” was delivered by Zaruhi Hakobyan, Candidate of Art History, Associate Professor, and Head of the Chair of Art […]
“Constitutions, Statehood, and Museums” Two-Day International Conference
From July 3rd to 4th, the “Constitutions, Statehood, and Museums” two-day international conference took place at the History Museum of Armenia, dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the ratification of the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia. Within the scope of the two-day conference, Armenian and international speakers delivered various sorts of reports, which encompassed the topics […]
Carpet Cutting and Donation Ceremony
On 29th August, through a joint initiative by the History Museum of Armenia and the ‘Megerian Carpet’ Cultural Complex, the solemn ceremony of cutting and donating the carpet that had been woven there for several months took place in the exhibition hall entitled ‘Fragments of Identity: Carpet’. The opening remarks were delivered by the Director of […]
Notes and Coins of the Republic of Armenia in 1993-2023
The History Museum of Armenia hosted Nune Teryan, Coordinator of the Currency Issue and Numismatics Centre of the Financial Markets Department of the Central Bank of Armenia, and Anzhela Gevorgyan, specialist of the same centre, who conducted a lecture on “Notes and Coins of the Republic of Armenia in 1993-2023”. The speakers presented the 30-year journey of the […]
“Source Study Value of the Coin” international conference
On June 9, took place an international conference “Source Study Value of the Coin” was launched at the History Museum of Armenia, dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the issue of the national currency of the Republic of Armenia, the dram. Davit Poghosyan, Director of the History Museum of Armenia, Astghik Marabyan, Head of the […]
Metsamor city district as a burial ground
The History Museum of Armenia hosted a lecture entitled “Metsamor city district as a burial ground: the results of the preliminary study of archaeoanthropological materials,” which was conducted by Hasmik Simonyan, researcher of the IAE NAS RA, curator of the anthropology collection of the “Service for the Protection of Historical Environment and Cultural Museum-Reservations” NCSO. […]
The Process of RA Independence
In the History Museum of Armenia, a speech was held on the topic “The Process of Independence of the Republic of Armenia”, which was conducted by Seda Galstyan, the head of the Museum’s Modern History Department. Within the framework of the lecture, the museum hosted the statesman Aram Manukyan, who personally read the Declaration of […]
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The Nobel Prize winner Artem Patapoutian donated his prize to History Museum of Armenia
We are pleased to announce that the History Museum of Armenia hosted the first Armenian Nobel Laureate, renowned representative of the field of medicine, molecular biologist, neurologist Artem Pataputyan, who presented his award to the History Museum of Armenia. The 2021 Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to the scientist for discovery of temperature and […]
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Valuable collection, excavated from the Shengavit site
On March 24, the History Museum of Armenia hosted Phoenix Sardaryan and Artashes Sargsyan, who donated the valuable collection, excavated from the Shengavit site by the merited archaeologist Sandro Sardaryan. These unique finds of 170 items (statuettes of stone and clay, bronze ornaments, tools of bone and obsidian, fibulas, etc.) will help re-evaluate the unique heritage […]