History Museum Of Armenia
The History Museum of Armenia was founded in 1919 but was opened to the public only two years later, on August 20, 1921. Since its establishment it has been named differently. Back in 1920s it was known as the State Central Museum of Armenia, in early 1930s as the Cultural-Historical Museum, while in middle 1930s as just the Historical Museum. In 1962 was named the State History Museum of Armenia and from that day up to the year 2003 it was known as so. The museum acquired its present day official name in 2003, which goes as follows “History Museum of Armenia.”
The museum was initially formed relying of collections of the Armenian Ethnographical Association of the Caucasus, Nor Nakhidjevan Museum of Armenian Antiquities, Museum of Antiquities of Ani and Vagharshapat Repository of Ancient Manuscripts.
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