DESTINATION OF THE MONTH NOV‘2024 

In November, as in any other season, you can spend a wonderful, bright and interesting vacation in Yerevan, walking along the most beautiful streets and parks and, of course, visiting the most beautiful places.
establishment of museums. After all, Yerevan is a city of museums.

Every corner of this ancient country has its centuries-old history, and therefore the capital, which is 29 years older than Rome, is no exception.

First, you can visit the National Gallery of Armenia.
The National Gallery of Armenia is situated in Republic Square. It was founded in 1921 as one of the departments of the State Museum. In 56 exhibition halls the visitors are invited to enjoy Fine Arts by Armenian, Russian, West-European and Eastern artists of different historical periods.

Here the visitors can admire portraits, landscapes, still lifes, sculptures by Armenian outstanding artists Hakob Hovnatanian, Hovhannes Aivazovsky, Gevorg Bashinjaghian, Vardges Surenyants, Martiros Sarian, Garzou, Jansem, Hakob Gyurjian etc. In the halls of Ancient and Medieval Armenian Arts documental copies of frescoes from Armenian churches are presented. The collection of Russian Art in the National Gallery of Armenia is highly appreciated by art lovers for its artworks by famous Russian painters Bryullov, Vrubel, Repin, Serov, Kandinsky, Chagall etc.

The national collections consist of 400 thousand items (archeological, ethnographical, documental, numismatic etc.) which represent the historical Armenia, reflecting the complete picture of the history of Armenia’s culture from the remote past (about one million years ago) up to present day.

Another reason to visit the National Gallery is the bronze head and left hand of the Hellenistic statue of the Armenian goddess Anahit arrived in Armenia for the first time after the historic loan from the British Museum. These samples will be held in the History Museum of Armenia “Mother Goddess. At the center of the six-month exhibition “From Anahit to Mariam”. The exhibition opened on September 21, 2024, which coincides with Armenia’s Independence Day, and will run until March 21, 2025.

VISITOR INFORMATION
Now the temporary exhibitions ”Armenian Impressionism”, “Martiros Sarian. Book and Art”, “The Guises of the Nude. Perceptions of Nudity in Armenian Graphic Art”, “French Interior”, a permanent exhibition of Hovhannes Aivazovsky, Hakob Gyurjian’s halls, and the Armenian Old and Medieval Art halls are open in the gallery

Article by July S

References:
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_Museum_of_Armenia
www.gallery.am/en/