State Museum of Nature of Armenia, Natural history museum in Yerevan, Armenia.

The State Museum of Nature of Armenia is a natural history museum in Yerevan that displays animal specimens, plants, minerals, and fossils from across the country. The collections are arranged in several rooms, covering the range of living things and geological formations found in the region.

The museum was founded in 1952 during the Soviet period, when similar institutions were being set up across the region to document local nature. Over the following decades, the collections grew steadily and the museum became an established part of scientific life in Yerevan.

The museum shows Armenia's wildlife and geological variety through its collections, giving visitors a sense of what lives in the mountains and valleys here. You can see how nature shapes the character of the region.

The museum is centrally located in Yerevan and easy to reach on foot or by public transport from most parts of the city. Visiting in the morning or early afternoon leaves enough time to go through all the rooms without rushing.

The museum's most notable exhibit is a specimen of the Persian leopard, an animal now rare in Armenia. Many of the birds and mammals on display are listed in the Red Book of Armenia, and the museum also keeps a branch in Gyumri, in the Shirak region.