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Anania Shirakatsi

A medieval explorer of numbers, the heavens and nature

THE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF THE ARMENIAN PATRIARCHATE OF JERUSALEM

Jerusalem

Heaven and Earth

The shape of the world in Armenian mythology

Toros Roslin

Living colour and spiritual depth in Cilician illumination

OLD KHNDZORESK

A Historic Settlement Shaped among the Cliffs

Halidzor Fortress

From monastic retreat to the stronghold of Davit Bek’s liberation struggle

Armenian ornaments

A world of forms, beliefs, and memory in Armenian art

Armenian Taraz

The language of identity and memory woven into dress

Armenian kings and dynasties

The rulers and turning points of Armenian statehood

Hovhannes Sharambeyan Museum of Folk Arts

The art of everyday Armenian life

Discover Armenian craftsmanship through carpets, embroidery, ceramics and carved objects.

Sanasar and Baghdasar

Branch One · Sanasar and Baghdasar

Branch One · Part A · Battle against the Caliph of Baghdad

Light and Darkness

The eternal alternation of day and night

OLD SHINUHAYR

A Historic Settlement Preserved in the Vorotan Gorge

The language of Armenian ornament

The visual language of repetition, symmetry, and rhythm

Matenadaran

Armenia’s memory in handwritten pages

Explore manuscript art, medieval knowledge and the colours of Armenian miniature painting.

Mkhitar Heratsi

A medieval physician who joined medical learning with attentive care

The Marriages of Sanasar and Baghdasar

David of Sasun · Branch One · Part B

Sargis Pitsak

A master of line, ornament and symbol

Kingdom of Urartu

Fortresses, canals and royal power in the Armenian Highlands

TATEV MONASTERY COMPLEX

A Centre of Faith, Learning and the Spiritual Strength of Syunik

Regional Costumes

The diversity of the Armenian world in color and form

Amirdovlat Amasiatsi

A scholar of medicine, medicinal substances and Armenian scientific language

The Sun and the Sun-Mother

The sun’s heavenly journey and a mother’s embrace

Derenik Demirchyan House-Museum

Inside a writer’s world

Explore the home, personal objects and literary legacy of Derenik Demirchyan.

Orontid dynasty

Armenia between the Achaemenid empire and the Hellenistic world

Symbols and principal motifs

From the tree of life to the eternity sign: layers of meaning

Women’s and Men’s Taraz

The roles and elegance of traditional life expressed through clothing

OLD KHOT

A Historic Settlement Built into the Cliffs and a Testament to Syunik’s Mountain Life

Momik

Harmony of stone, line and light

SAGHMOSAVANK

A Monastery of Psalmody and Medieval Learning

Artaxiad dynasty

From Artaxias the founder to the empire of Tigranes the Great

The Sun, Arevamanouk and the Sun-Mother

A mother’s love on the journey from curse to deliverance

Grigor Mlichetsi

Graceful lines and human warmth in Cilician manuscripts

ZORATS KARER

A Megalithic Monument of Prehistoric Syunik

Ornament in stone and architecture

The harmony of light, shadow, and carved stone

Karen Demirchyan Museum

A life seen through the history of an era

Discover personal archives, working diaries and objects connected with Karen Demirchyan.

Cyrill Demian

From a Viennese workshop to a new chapter in the accordion’s history

Wedding and Ceremonial Taraz

A new chapter of life marked by festive dress and good wishes

Alexander Spendiaryan House-Museum

A composer’s home, a musical legacy

Discover the intimate world of Alexander Spendiaryan through instruments, scores and personal belongings.

The Girl and the Sun

The endless quest for the sun’s healing water

Andreas Artsruni

Exploring the structures of crystals and the mineral wealth of the Earth

Ornament in applied arts

From carpet to manuscript: a living tradition of craft and ornament

Toros Taronatsi

Gold, colour and wisdom in the manuscripts of Gladzor

Arsacid dynasty of Armenia

The Christian kingdom and the birth of Armenian letters

Patterns, Fabrics and Modern Revival

The memory of craftsmanship, from tradition to new creation

SAINT HRIPSIME CHURCH, KHNDZORESK

The Spiritual Memory of an Ancient Settlement

ORGOV AND THE ORGOV SOLAR CALENDAR

From an Ancient Cultural Landscape to the Modern Exploration of Space

Temple of Garni

The Legacy of Classical Architecture above the Azat Gorge

Ornament as cultural memory

The continuity of forms and meanings across generations

Khachatur Abovyan House-Museum

From the ancestral home to a new literary voice

Explore Abovyan’s family home and the exhibition tracing his life, ideas and travels.

Haruthiun Abeljanz

An Armenian contribution to Zurich’s tradition of chemistry

The Hovnatanyan Dynasty

From church murals to the individual portrait

Age of the nakharars

Noble houses, faith and political continuity without a crown

THE GREAT HERMITAGE OF TATEV

A Centre of Seclusion, Monastic Life and Spiritual Learning

The Boy and the Sun

The legend of a small request and an unfinished sock

The Sun and the Wedding Party

The legend of a wedding turned to stone

Bagratid Kingdom of Armenia

The restored crown and the flourishing cities of medieval Armenia

Ecclesiastical Iconography

Faith expressed through colour, line and symbol

Hovhannes Tumanyan Museum

The storyteller’s books and everyday world

Meet Tumanyan through his library, family belongings and the objects he chose to live with.

Spiru Haret

From celestial mechanics to the reform of public education

TSAKUT CHURCH

A Forgotten Medieval Sanctuary near Tatev

The Sun and the Moon

Armenian legends of the heavenly lights

Yerevan Modern Art Museum

Colour and imagination without boundaries

Discover individual voices in Armenian modern art, from Minas to later generations.

Armenian Mural Painting

Colour and memory on the walls of Armenian churches

Giacomo Luigi Ciamician

A visionary investigator of chemical change and solar energy

Kingdom of Vaspurakan

The Artsruni court and the sculpted splendour of Aghtamar

Dmitry Mirimanoff

Investigating the foundations of sets and the patterns of numbers

The Moon

Traces of dough on the moon’s face

Komitas Museum-Institute

The living memory of Armenian song

Follow Komitas from the collection of folk songs to the concert stage.

VOROTNAVANK

A Centre of Royal Patronage and Medieval Learning

Kingdom of Syunik

Mountain strongholds and the endurance of southern Armenian kingship

Early Secular Portraiture

The face, dignity and historical memory of the individual

ARUCHAVANK

A Remarkable Monument of Seventh-Century Architecture and Wall Painting

The Stars

Heaven’s lanterns and the Straw Thief’s Way

Kingdom of Lori

The Kyurikian crown among the fortresses and monasteries of the north

Hovhannes Aivazovsky

The immensity of the sea and the promise of light

Martiros Saryan House-Museum

Sunlight in the language of colour

Enter Saryan’s colourful world, from his paintings to his studio.

Mihran Kassabian

A pioneering investigator of medical X-rays

Hayk the Patriarch

The legendary founder of the Armenian nation who, according to Movses Khorenatsi, defeated the Babylonian tyrant Bel near Lake Van.

Thunder, Lightning, Flashes and Dew

Heavenly forces and legends of battles with dragons

Aram Khachaturian House-Museum

The person behind the melodies

Discover the composer’s Yerevan home and the world behind his music.

Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia

An Armenian crown on the Mediterranean crossroads

Hovhannes Adamian

An engineer who advanced the transmission of colour images

KUSANATS ANAPAT OF SHINUHAYR

A Centre of Women’s Monastic Life, Manuscript Culture and Education

Vardges Sureniants

History, human drama and national memory

Ara the Beautiful

An Armenian king whose beauty so captivated the Assyrian queen Semiramis that she waged war for him, immortalised in countless retellings.

Gevorg Bashinjaghian

The quiet grandeur of the Armenian landscape

Erebuni Historical and Archaeological Museum-Reserve

Yerevan’s story beneath the surface

Discover ancient urban life through archaeological finds and Urartian culture.

Fire and Lightning

The secret of fire and the legend of heavenly punishment

Mesrop Mashtots

The creator of Armenian letters and a pioneer of education in the mother tongue

Varaztad Kazanjian

A pioneer of reconstructive surgery of the face and jaw

SAINT MINAS CHURCH OF KRATAK

A Medieval Sanctuary Preserved among Forests and Boulders

Vahagn the Dragon-Reaper

The fire-born god of thunder and war, slayer of dragons, whose cosmic birth from a reed of fire is preserved in pagan Armenian hymns.

Gabriel Kazanjian

The author of an early handheld hair-drier patent

Yeghishe Charents House-Museum

Between the poet’s lines

Discover Charents’s personal world through his apartment, books and manuscripts.

Fire and Water

The sibling bond between opposing elements

Panos Terlemezian

Van, landscape and human dignity

David of Sassoun

The hero of the medieval epic "Daredevils of Sassoun", a UNESCO-recognised oral masterpiece of Armenian resistance and chivalry.

Yeghishe Tadevosyan

Moving light and the lyrical breath of nature

Mountains, Lakes and Rivers

Legends behind the names and forms of Armenia’s landscapes

Museum of Russian Art

A collector’s passion shared with everyone

Explore Aram Abrahamyan’s collection and the art of the Silver Age.

Stephen Stepanian

An inventor linking concrete mixing and transport

SAINT MINAS CHURCH IN TATEV

A Monument to Village Faith and Late Medieval Art

Plants

The mysterious stories of trees and flowers

Ervand Kogbetliantz

From mathematical theory to numerical computation

TSARU SAINT HOVHANNES CHURCH OF LOR

A Historic Pilgrimage Site and a Restored Spiritual Heritage

Stepan Aghajanyan

The silence of a portrait and the strength within

Vazgen Sargsyan House-Museum

A personal view of a public life

Discover Vazgen Sargsyan’s life and personal memories in Ararat village.

SAINT STEPANOS CHURCH, DARBAS

A Symbol of Historical Memory and Community Spiritual Revival

Animals

Legends of the origins and traits of animals

Hakob Hovnatanyan

Tiflis portraiture and the individual presence

Space Museum

Armenian science reaches for the stars

Explore the history of space research and instruments developed in Armenia.

Oscar Banker

An inventor in automatic transmission and applied mechanics

Arshak Fetvadjian

Architectural memory preserved in watercolour

BGHENO NORAVANK

A Centre of Architecture and Manuscript Culture Hidden in the Forests of Syunik

Emil Artin

A master of the structural language of modern algebra

Birds

Transformations and legends of the winged world

Communications Museum

Devices that brought people closer

Trace telecommunications in Armenia from historic instruments to digital connections.

Aramazd

Creator of heaven and earth and father of the gods

Dilijan Museum of Folk Arts

The colour and memory of Armenian textiles

Discover the Sharambeyan branch, now home to the Armenian Textile Museum.

Martiros Saryan

Armenian light in the language of pure colour

HOLY SAVIOUR CHURCH OF SVARANTS

A Centre of Village Faith and Restored Historical Memory

Semyon Kirlian

An experimenter who turned electrical discharge into images

Anahit

Goddess of motherhood, fertility and Armenia’s well-being

Arthur Bulbulian

From facial prosthetics to oxygen masks for aviators

SAINT HRIPSIME CHURCH OF BARDZRAVAN

The Surviving Spiritual Memory of an Abandoned Settlement

Hakob Kojoyan

Epic power in a world of line and ornament

Nikolay Nikoghosyan Cultural Foundation

Sculpture, line and the human figure

Explore Nikolay Nikoghosyan’s world of sculpture, drawing and painting.

Khachatur Koshtoyants

Exploring how living organisms function and evolve

OLD HALIDZOR

A Historic Settlement Preserved in the Vorotan Gorge

Central Bank of Armenia Visitor Centre

Money as history and knowledge

Explore the history of Armenian currency and the role of the Central Bank.

Minas Avetisyan

Jajur in colour, memory and human drama

Vahagn

The fiery birth and courage of the dragon-slaying god

Mesrop Mashtots

Theologian and linguist who created the Armenian alphabet in 405 AD, securing the survival of a literature and a faith.

Astghik

The rose-fingered goddess of love, water and Vardavar

HOLY MOTHER OF GOD CHURCH OF GETATAGH

A Monument of Village Faith and Manuscript Culture

Eduard Isabekyan

The drama of history and human dignity

Mikhail Chailakhyan

Searching for the internal signal that makes plants flower

Sergei Parajanov Museum

An unexpected world of imagination

Discover collages, drawings and objects transformed by Parajanov’s singular vision.

Komitas

Priest, ethnomusicologist and composer who transcribed thousands of Armenian folk songs and founded modern Armenian classical music.

Abram Alikhanov

Building experimental nuclear physics and scientific institutions

Grigor Khanjyan

National memory, from drawing to monumental art

SAINT GEVORG CHURCH OF LOR

A Seventeenth-Century Sanctuary and Restored Community Memory

Hovhannes Karapetyan Geological Museum

Time preserved in stone

Explore Armenia’s minerals, rocks and traces of ancient life.

Nane

Aramazd’s daughter, a figure of war and maternal power

Aram Khachaturian

One of the 20th century's great composers, whose ballets Spartacus and Gayane and the universally known Sabre Dance reshaped symphonic music.

Katapult Pavilion — Exhibition

A meeting place for creativity

Explore the art and creative ideas of the 2023 exhibition through a virtual tour.

Andronik Iosifyan

From electromechanics to weather observation from space

Yervand Kochar

A new language of painting, space and sculpture

Mihr

The radiant god and the heroic legacy of the two Mhers

Sergei Parajanov

Filmmaker of poetic cinema whose Sayat-Nova (The Color of Pomegranates) is considered one of the most singular works in film history.

Artem Mikoyan

From Sanahin to the age of jet aviation

HELEN AND EDWARD MARDIGIAN ARMENIAN MUSEUM OF JERUSALEM

Jerusalem

Harutyun Kalents

Colours of light, memory and inner silence

SAINT HRIPSIME CHURCH OF TOLORS

A Submerged Sanctuary and the Surviving Memory of a Lost Village

Tir

God of wisdom, learning and the interpretation of dreams

Martiros Saryan

The defining painter of 20th-century Armenia, whose saturated landscapes shaped a national visual identity.

Amanor and Vanatur

Gods of the New Year’s fruits and hospitality

Luther Simjian

Bringing photography and automated services together

Hakob Hakobyan

Silent objects and the human inner world

William Saroyan

Pulitzer Prize-winning Armenian-American novelist and playwright, author of "The Human Comedy" and "The Time of Your Life".

Ivan Knunyants

Exploring organofluorine chemistry and new materials

NORAVANK

The Spiritual Centre of the Orbelian Dynasty and an Architectural Masterpiece of Momik

Rudolf Khachatryan

Precision of line and an enduring search for form

Spandaramet

The mysterious ruler of the underworld and the depths

Foundation of Erebuni

King Argishti I of Urartu founds the fortress of Erebuni, the urban seed of modern Yerevan, recorded on a cuneiform stone still preserved today.

Arshile Gorky

A lost world remembered through abstraction

Hayk the Patriarch

The freedom-seeking patriarch and the origins of the Armenians

ARMENIAN MONASTERY OF SAINT SAVIOUR

Jerusalem, Israel

Sos Alikhanian

From genetics to industrial microbiology

Armenia adopts Christianity

Under King Trdat III and Gregory the Illuminator, Armenia becomes the first state to adopt Christianity as its official religion.

Aram

The hero who shaped his homeland’s borders and name

George Ter-Stepanian

Understanding moving slopes and assessing geological hazards

Jean Jansem

Human vulnerability and a compassionate line

Armenian alphabet invention

Mesrop Mashtots creates the 36-letter Armenian alphabet, securing Armenian as a literary, theological and scientific language.

Ara the Beautiful and Shamiram

A legend of beauty, unrequited love and royal conflict

Artem Alikhanian

From cosmic rays to Armenia’s school of experimental physics

Jean Carzou

Labyrinths of line and dreams of civilisation

CHURCH OF THE HOLY ARCHANGELS

Jerusalem

Bagratid Kingdom restored

Ashot I is recognised as king of Armenia, founding the Bagratid dynasty and a 150-year golden age centred on Ani.

Léon Tutundjian

A dialogue between geometry and organic form

Viktor Ambartsumian

Revealing the birth of stars and a changing universe

Tork Angeghya

The giant who carved rocks and stirred the seas

Fall of Ani

Byzantine annexation of the Bagratid capital of Ani — "city of 1,001 churches" — opens the way for the Seljuk conquest of 1064.

Aram Nalbandyan

Understanding the chains behind chemical reactions

Goshavank

A Centre of Faith, Learning and Legal Thought

Harutyun Kalents: Colour and Memory

A human world preserved in delicate colours

Tigran the Great

The legend of royal courage and the struggle against Azhdahak

First printed Armenian book

In Venice, Hakob Meghapart prints Urbatagirk, the first book in the Armenian language, inaugurating four centuries of Armenian printing in the diaspora.

Samvel Kocharyants

Electrical engineering and the coordination of major design programmes

Sanatruk

From a miraculous childhood rescue to a king’s rebuilding of a city

Eastern Armenia joins the Russian Empire

The Treaty of Turkmenchay transfers Eastern Armenia from Persian to Russian rule, accelerating modernisation and cultural revival.

Yervand

A mysterious birth, royal power and downfall

Edward Keonjian

The wide possibilities of low-power electronics

Krdikants Church of the Holy Mother of God

The Spiritual Memory of a Historic Settlement near Lernadzor

Armenian Genocide

The Ottoman state organises the deportation and mass killing of its Armenian population. Recognised today by dozens of nations and a defining trauma of the modern Armenian world.

Armen Takhtajian

Mapping the diversity and relationships of the plant world

Artashes

Tales of a coronation, Satenik and Armenia’s royal house

Church of the Holy Mother of God in Meghri

Architecture and Frescoes in Meghri’s Great Quarter

First Republic of Armenia

After the collapse of the Russian Empire, Armenia declares its First Republic on 28 May 1918, surviving two and a half years amid war and famine.

Bagrat Ioannisiani

Opening a wider view of the universe through large telescopes

Smbat, Artashes and Artavazd

Campaigns, conflicts at court and the memory of a beloved king

Church of the Holy Mother of God in Verin Hand

Faith and Community Memory in Verin Hand

Independence of the Republic of Armenia

Armenia declares independence on 21 September 1991, restoring sovereign statehood after seventy years inside the Soviet Union.

Artavazd

A father’s curse, a chained king and tales of his successors

Kirill Shchelkin

Researching combustion physics and leading scientific programmes

Church of Saint John the Baptist in Meghri

The Spiritual and Artistic Heritage of Meghri’s Small Quarter

Elizaveta Shahkhatuni

Building confidence in flight through calculation and testing

Vahanavank

A Centre of Monastic Culture and Royal Memory in Syunik

Benjamin Markarian

From the Byurakan sky survey to active galaxies

Saint Hripsime Church of Tandzaver

The Enduring Spiritual Heritage of Tandzaver

Tateos Agekian

The motion of stellar systems and their statistical patterns

Church of the Holy Mother of God in Verin Khotanan

A Witness to Faith and Community Life in Verin Khotanan

Surb Nshan Church of Yeghegis

A Witness to the Medieval Architecture of Yeghegis

Mkhitar Djrbashian

Function theory and the growth of Armenia’s mathematical school

Church of the Holy Mother of God in Areni

The Art of Momik and the Spiritual Heritage of Areni

Cyrus Melikian

Automatic coffee, from an engineering idea to everyday life

Alenush Terian

From teaching astrophysics to studying the Sun

Church of Saint Mary, the Holy Mother of God, in Rind

A Centre of Faith and Unity for the Community of Rind

Duduk repertoire

The melancholic apricot-wood duduk, inscribed by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage, voices Armenian sorrow and tenderness worldwide.

Zorats Church

Where Faith and Military Tradition Meet in Yeghegis

Harry Daghlian

A young physicist’s life and a lesson in research safety

Alexander Kemurdzhian

An engineering path to the surface of the Moon

Arates Monastery

The Legacy of Monastic Life in the Mountains of Vayots Dzor

Roger Altounyan

Breathing research, from the patient’s experience to pharmacology

Grigor Gurzadyan

Space telescopes beyond the atmosphere

Church of the Armenian Monastery of San Lazzaro degli Armeni

A Centre of Armenian Prayer and Scholarship in Venice

George Adomian

New approaches to nonlinear equations

Armenian Church of the Holy Cross in Venice

A Witness to the Centuries-Old Armenian Presence in Venice

Armenian Monastery of Saint James in Jerusalem

The Heart of Armenian Spiritual Life in Jerusalem

Nikolay Enikolopov

From polymer chemistry to new materials

Ashot Sarkisov

Marine energy and the science of safety

Gregory Garibian

Transition radiation as a way to identify particles

Michel Ter-Pogossian

From physics to new images of the human body

Sarkis Acopian

From solar radio to engineering and philanthropy

John Najarian

Expanding the possibilities of transplant surgery

Karapet Chobanyan

Material joints and new possibilities for strength

Gurgen Askaryan

New insights into light and high-energy radiation

Levon Chailakhyan

From cellular communication to living systems

Sergey Mergelyan

From a mathematical theorem to Armenian computing

Albert Kapikian

From identifying viruses to vaccine research

Sergei Adian

From mathematical logic to a major problem in group theory

George Aghajanian

From neuronal signals to psychiatric research

Yuri Oganessian

Expanding the boundaries of the periodic table

Boris Babayan

Computer architecture and parallel computation

Paris Herouni

Exploring the universe through radio waves

Michael Artin

Ideas connecting algebra and geometry

Raymond Damadian

From magnetic resonance to medical imaging

Robert Nalbandyan

The biochemical world of proteins and metals

Hagop Akiskal

Exploring mood, temperament and their connections

Hagop Panossian

Engineering innovation and scientific cooperation

Suren Arakelov

Where number theory meets geometry

Caro Lucas

A pioneer of intelligent systems and engineering education

Leonid Khachiyan

A new mathematical route to optimal solutions

Ardem Patapoutian

Uncovering the molecular mechanisms of touch

Leyla Adamyan

Surgical innovation for women’s health

James Bagian

From spaceflight experience to safer healthcare

Vahe Gurzadyan

Mathematical approaches to the universe’s great questions

Mikhail Pogosyan

From aircraft design to engineering education

Ara Darzi

Surgical technology for better healthcare

Avie Tevanian

Ideas at the foundations of modern operating systems

Noubar Afeyan

From life-science ideas to innovative ventures

Garik Israelian

From stellar research to a meeting of science and art

Norair Sisakian

From plant biochemistry to space biology

Karen Ter-Martirosian

Theoretical physics and the interactions of particles

Tigran Khudaverdyan

Developing digital services and managing technology

Khndzoresk Cave Settlement

One of Eastern Armenia's largest cave villages — gorge dwellings, St. Hripsime church, and a full digital preservation landing with 3D tours and visual restorations.