The world of an Armenian enlightener
In Kanaker, the Khachatur Abovyan House-Museum brings together an ancestral home and a separate exhibition building. The domestic setting offers a glimpse of traditional everyday life, while the exhibition follows the writer’s education, teaching and literary work.
His ascent of Mount Ararat, studies in Dorpat and novel Wounds of Armenia reveal different sides of an enquiring mind. The two virtual tours on this page let visitors explore both the ancestral house and the museum exhibition and connect the writer’s family surroundings with his intellectual world.