Yerevan History Museum, Municipal history museum in central Yerevan, Armenia.
The Yerevan History Museum is a city museum in central Yerevan, Armenia, tracing the history of the Armenian capital from ancient times to the present through its collections. It holds archaeological finds, old coins, paintings, documents, and historical photographs arranged in themed rooms.
Founded in 1931 as the Communal Museum, it opened in two rooms of the Yerevan volunteer fire society building with about 400 objects. In 1936 it moved to the 17th-century Blue Mosque and was renamed the Yerevan History Museum. After stays in the former Hripsime Female Gymnasium (1994–1997) and a building of School No. 1 (1997–2005), it gained a wing of the new Yerevan City Hall complex, designed by Jim Torosyan, where the main exhibition opened on 3 April 2007.
The museum holds objects from daily life, crafts, and local trades that show how ordinary people lived in the city across generations. The section on the Soviet period is especially concrete, with household items and photographs that bring that era close to the visitor.
The museum is centrally located in downtown Yerevan and easy to reach on foot from most points in the city center. It is worth checking opening days in advance, as weekdays tend to be quieter and allow more time to look at each room without crowds.
The museum's scientific council has included major Armenian intellectuals and artists, among them architects Alexander Tamanian, Toros Toramanian, Nikolai Buniatian and Mikayel Mazmanian, painters Martiros Saryan and Grigor Gyurjian, and scholars Stepan Lisitsian and Yervand Shahaziz. Since 2005 the museum has run educational programs for children, including the game-excursion "Let's Get to Know Yerevan" and a reenactment of the 1724 defense of Yerevan.
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