History Museum of Armenia
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Հայաստանի պատմության թանգարան | |
.jpg) The History Museum and the National Gallery share a building | |
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| Established | 1920 |
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| Location | Yerevan, Armenia |
| Type | national museum |
| Collection size | Archaeological, Numismatic, Ethnographic |
| Visitors | 106,900 (2019)[1] |
| Website | historymuseum.am |
The History Museum of Armenia (
Republic Square in Yerevan. The state financially supports the museum and owns both the collection and the building. The museum carries out conservation and restoration work and publishes works on Armenian architecture, archaeology, ethnography, and history. They also have published a series of reports on archaeological
excavations since 1948. The museum carries out educational and scientific programs on Armenian history and culture as well.
History
On 9 September 1919, the
National Assembly of Armenia founded the History Museum of Armenia. The museum opened to visitors on 20 August 1921.[3] Its first director was Yervand Lalayan
.
Originally named the Ethnographic-Anthropological Museum-Library, it has been renamed several times, first to the State Central Museum of Armenia (1926), then to the Historical Museum (1935), the State History Museum of Armenia (1962), the Cultural-Historical Museum (2000), and finally to the History Museum of Armenia (since 2003). The museum was formed using the collections of the Armenian Ethnographical Association of the Caucasus, the Nor Nakhijevan Museum of Armenian Antiquities, the Museum of Antiquities of Ani, and the Vagharshapat Repository of Ancient Manuscripts. The original collection numbered 15,289 objects.
In 1935, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Armenia, established separate museums. These museums received items that originally were part of the History Museum of Armenia:
- The Museum of Art of the Armenian SSR, was organized according to the History Museum's Department of Art (the current National Gallery of Armenia) and received 1,660 objects.
- The Museum of Literature, (the current Charents Museum of Literature and Arts) was formed from the History Museum's Department of Literature and received 301 objects and 1,298 manuscripts.
- The State Museum of Ethnography was founded in 1978 and received 1,428 objects and 584 photographs.
The museum continually replenishes its collections with finds from current excavations made at ancient Armenian sites by the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography and the
Armenian Highlands. These ancient societies include Caucasus, Crete, Egypt, Mitanni, the Hittite Kingdom, Assyria, Iran, the Seleucid Empire, the Roman Empire, and the Byzantine Empire
.
Among its directors were Yervand Lalayan (1919-1927) and Karo Ghafadaryan (1940-1964).
Collections
- A large collection of 3rd to 2nd millennia BC bronze items.
- The historical-cultural heritage of Urartu, consisting of cuneiform inscriptions, bronze statuettes, wall-paintings, painted ceramics, arms, and weapons with sculptural ornamentation, excavated from Karmir Blur, Arin-Berd, and Argishtikhinili.
- The cuneiform inscription of 782 BC about the foundation of the city of Erebuni (Yerevan), by the Urartian king Argishti I.
- A collection of objects reflecting the history of transport. 15th-14th century BC wooden carts and chariots, excavated from Lchashen along with miniature models in bronze.
- A collection of Seljukgold, silver, and copper coins which have circulated in Armenia.
- A collection of Armenian coins, issued in Kiurike kingdom (11th century); and Armenian kingdom of Cilicia(1080-1375).
- Finds from the archaeological sites of Artashat, and Oshakan, specific to the transformation of Hellenistic culture in Armenia
- Finds excavated from the cities of Dvin, Ani, and the fortress of Amberd, reflecting 4th-5th-century Christian culture.
A replica of the Satala Aphrodite.
Objects with articles
- Statuette of a Bird (15th - 14th centuries BC, Lchashen)
- Pot With a Lid, Tricolor (16th-15th centuries BC, Karashamb)
- Statuette of a Wolf (6th - 5th centuries BC, Ayrum)
Exhibitions
The History Museum of Armenia has held exhibitions in Bochum in 1995, at the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris in 1996, in Musee Dobree Nantes in 1996, in Lyon in 1997, in Cairo in 1997, at the Zappeion Megaron of Athens in 1998, in Bonn, in Halle-Wittenberg in 1998, in Peking in 1998, at the Vatican Library in 1999, in Paris in 2000, at the British Library in London in 2001, in Rijksmuseum, in Leiden, in the Netherlands in 2001–2002, and in Budapest in 2002.
The museum has participated in various international exhibitions including ones in
Tsukuba in 1984, in Venice in 1987, at the Pavillon des Arts in Paris in 1999, at the Louvre in Paris in 2007, in New York from 2008 to 2009, in Thessaloniki in 2009, at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg in 2009, at the Princeton University Art Museum in 2010, and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
in New York from 2014 to 2015.
For the first time, the History Museum of Armenia will exhibit the bronze head belonging to the statue of goddess Anahit from the British Museum collection. The exhibition will take place in September 2024.[4]
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to National History Museum of Armenia.
- History of Armenia
- Yerevan History Museum
- National Gallery of Armenia
- List of Armenian genocide memorials
- Charents Museum of Literature and Arts
- Aram Khachaturian House-Museum
- Matenadaran
References
- ^ Nazaretyan, Hovhannes (10 February 2022). "Զբոսաշրջությունը հաղթահարում է կորոնավիրուսային շոկը [Tourism overcoming coronavirus shock]". civilnet.am. Archived from the original on 10 February 2022.
- ^ "History museum of armenia - History". Archived from the original on 2015-03-29. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
- ^ Tʻangaran, Petaken Patmakan; Amirian, S.; Hovhannisian, J. (1968). Guidebook to the State Historical Museum of Armenia. Ministry of Culture of the Armenian SSR.
- ^ "Впервые в Ереване будет экспонироваться бронзовая голова статуи богини Анаит из коллекции Британского музея" (in Russian). panorama. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
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