The History Museum of Armenia is participating in «The Joint Exhibition of Asian Civilizations», at the National Museum of China from May 13, 2019 to August 11, 2019, where other institutions and museums representing the heritage of Asian peoples are taking part as well. The exhibiti [...]
"I am Ashurbanipal: King of the world, King of Assyria" The History Museum of Armenia is participating at the international exhibition "I am Ashurbanipal: King of the world, King of Assyria " to be held at the British Museum in London from November 8, 2018 to February 24, 2019. The aim o [...]
ARMENIA AND IRAN. MEMORY OF THE LAND From October 17, 2017 to January 17, 2018, the National Museum of Iran will host an exhibition called ARMENIA and IRAN. MEMORY OF THE LAND. This is indeed a historic event in the centuries-old cultural life of our two neighboring nations. For the firs [...]
100th anniversary of the First Republic of Armenia and Heroic Battles in May On May 25, within the framework of the festive events dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the First Republic of Armenia and the Heroic battles in May, the exhibition entitled “The First Republic of Armenia: a [...]
Along with sculpture and miniature painting, carpets are one of the best manifestations of the distinct culture of the Armenian people. Armenian carpets are ornamented “texts”, in which the sanctified symbols of our ancestors’ beliefs, worship and religious notions, coming from the depth [...]
Armenian traditional costumes with their stable characteristic features, going deep into the centuries, are a specific indication of the origins, development and historical fate of the Armenian people and reflect their cultural identity and certain peculiarities of national temperament. [...]
Dvin was one of the earliest settlements of the Armenian Highland as far back as the 3rd millennium BC. In the 5th century, Dvin was the royal domain of the Armenian Arsacid kings and the Holy See of the Armenian Church. From the beginning of the 8th century, during the Arab rule, Dvin w [...]
The 4th century marked an important historical event in the life of the Armenian people. In 301, under King Trdat III, Christianity was proclaimed state religion. Armenia became the first country to have officially adopted Christianity. In 303, the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, the spi [...]
The Exhibition presents a recently restored curtain, made in Madras 300 years ago. All the exhibited objects have been restored by MARO HARUTYUNYAN, restorer of the History Museum of Armenia. RESTORATION What are the myths of different peoples about the creation of the world if not “inf [...]
In 885, Armenia’s independent statehood was restored. When Ashot I Bagratid was proclaimed King of Armenia in the city of Bagaran and Ani became the capital of Armenia in 961, the city building started. By the end of the 10th century, Ani was a typical medieval city with a citadel and su [...]